Mine stays on all the time, except on the odd occasion I have to switch it off (eg. visa applications, paying fines, etc)
Mullvad. Always on. Wireguard to access home network remotely
I always had it on, and got banned from my favorite game server for possible alt-accounts. It’s a tight-knit community and the admin fixed it for me a few times until it got annoying. Now I start my game with a shell script that turns off the VPN via CLI before loading so I don’t get banned over and over. 90% of everything else goes through a VPN, not because it has to, but because I want my ISP to be blind by default, at least to the degree I can make that happen
I have nonpublic services I host at home so I VPN home anytime I’m out.
I have a docker container for my Linux ISOs with a VPN.
Always on a VPN. My house sends all traffic out through one, and I VPN back to my house when I’m out which puts me on the same connection.
Tailscale exit node?
No, a VPN provider that supports WireGuard, plus another WireGuard to get me on my network, and a custom iptables to handle the routing.
Sounds like you rolled your own Tailscale. Good on you!
i used to use it 24x7 before but now i just turn it on when i need it since it makes my internet significantly slower.
Always on for everything
I keep mine on almost always, runs fine so I usually don’t bother turning it off.
Depends on where I am and what I’m doing. When on work travel, I VPN home. When I’m home I VPN to work. Outside of that, I don’t really use VPNs.
If I really want to cover my tracks, I have other means and methods
