Wow, thanks for all the replies! Super helpful to see the differences between a http proxy and VPN laid out like this.
I tried HideMyAss (lol the name) just to see how it works, and yeah—it got me into a geo-blocked site, but I’m not gonna lie, it felt kinda sketchy. Maybe I’ll check out NordVPN for heavier stuff.
One follow-up: if I use a proxy for, say, streaming, can my ISP still see what I’m doing? Or does it just look like random traffic?
(Also, big thanks for the tool recs—bookmarking like half of these.)
I tried HideMyAss (lol the name) just to see how it works, and yeah—it got me into a geo-blocked site, but I’m not gonna lie, it felt kinda sketchy. Maybe I’ll check out NordVPN for heavier stuff.
One follow-up: if I use a proxy for, say, streaming, can my ISP still see what I’m doing? Or does it just look like random traffic?
(Also, big thanks for the tool recs—bookmarking like half of these.)