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?

  • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    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.

    Don’t worry, this is not possible. I just checked with different IP location finders. One got a completely wrong area, the other one found the nearest larger city.