VPN vs Proxy: BIG Difference!

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓'𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐈𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐀 𝐕𝐏𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐗𝐘?

You may think a VPN and Proxy are similar, because they have a similar end result: Hiding your IP address. But the way they do this is very different, and they cannot be used in the same way and by the same software. They are also very different in terms of security and encryption. This video goes over the difference between VPNs and different protocols used in Proxy servers. By the end, you'll be well informed and know whether to use a VPN or Proxy.

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[ThioJoe]

See I don't just extend videos past the 10 minute mark ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[idankcai]

heyyy i reccomended this, thanks ma man.

[kuzco]

Thank you very much, first video that actually explains pretty well and gives very good examples!!!!

[thriftynick]

Great explanation of the differences. I've used free proxies before when coding webscrapers for my clients. That way they could scrape a website and not have their ip blocked if found out.

[Maarten]

First video I saw of you and I can tell you... You just got a new subscriber. Which is very rare with me🤣

[AtypicalPaul]

Great job on the video. Clear info :). Great audio too :)

[natetolbert]

When VPNs first hit the scene, encryption wasn't the main purpose. Back then they were usually hosted by a third party and were often half way across the world. People would buy multiples, just so they could be "truly anonymous." In other words, it was before we all realized that that doesn't exist. We had switcher software configured to switch connections every 30-60 minutes.. this was right around the time that TOR was at the peak of its popularity.

[raymikado]

Joe, thank you for the highly professional advice you're providing on your site. I'm not sure if I watch another episode of yours telling us about the difference between VPN and Onion (Deep Web Connection). Thanks again

[RandyGerard]

Thanks for the info, really informative👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[michaelmcelroy]

I would literally only ever use my own proxy. Sometimes malicious web servers may inject proxy settings into your browser forcing your browser to use their proxy, and like Joe said, start injecting ads into your web traffic. Coming from a network engineer, just use VPNs if you're concerned about security.

[Simulacrum]

this got me thinking

is it possible to double a proxy with a vpn

[pappabear]

Im happy that you talked about DNS because you're absolutely correct. DNS is going to try and resolve which ever way it can, if you're changing your connection route to the Internet over a proxy and DNS isn't being filtered correctly, you can end up reaching out to a malicious site without realizing it. Great Video!

[ful]

Hi Thio, you mentioned DNS leaks. But doesn't the proxy do the DNS look up instead of your browser? Doesn't the browser just send the hostname+port to the proxy, and the proxy ends up doing the DNS lookup?

[Hyzalker]

Useful situation for proxies: When I was younger, I used to play a game that was locked for my country, so I had to use a proxy to connect to a server on a country that was supported by the game so I could play. There were other solutions but the proxy was the best in terms of ping, which was very important for an action game. The email and password I used for my game account were not related with any of my other accounts so I wasn't really worried about getting hacked, especially since the good items were hard locked to my character and needed real money to be unlocked. I did get hacked once and somebody stole my character's money tho, and I didn't share my email or password with anyone, so it might've been because of the proxy connection.

[brianmesumbe]

What if I am under a NAT, will SSH not be slightly secure/ more secure?

[djray]

ThioJoe, Great stuff from you Always. ?? What type of camera do you use. This video is the best video I've seen so far... Do tell...

[bluha]

what camera is this. its mental! best ive seen on YT

[Architector_]

One possible use for a free proxy that I can think of is when you get an IP-based ban on some forum and just want to spam on it for a little bit longer. You use the proxy to hide your IP, so you get full access to the site, make a throwaway account and spam.

Although, if you have a dynamic IP, then even that isn't needed - just reboot your router.

[xBINARYGODx]

Love the haircut! And while I normally prefer guys to be clean shaven, you seem to have the prefect amount of facial hair in the right places.

[aadhavjaimurugesh]

If you have a VPN as an extension, do all applications on your computer still go through the VPN, or just the browser traffic goes through the VPN. Thanks a lot and love your videos!