I want to set up a lemmy instance as a subreddit alternative for a community I moderate. I would be running the instance on a local machine in my home so I really want to make sure that it can’t be traced to my physical location.

I already subscribe to ExpressVPN for general use, can I just install it on the local machine, press connect, and boom be anonymous? What impact would this have on users?

  • nivenkos@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I think you can do it but you’ll probably need port forwarding on the VPN.

    Unfortunately Mullvad just cancelled this feature.

    Alternatively you can run your own VPN with a VPS (and use it like a reverse proxy), then you can easily control the port forwarding.

  • poVoq@slrpnk.net
    0·
    1 year ago

    At best a reverse IP search can show the general area, no way someone can pin-point your house with it.

    • rlyehfhtagn@lemmy.mlOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, you’re definitely right about that. I would still like to prevent that from happening. I’d rather it shows the general area of a place nowhere near where I’m at.