User Original Data Can Be Leaked Even If You Use A VPN, This Is The Cause

JAKARTA Virtual Private Network (VPN) should hide your identity. However, you can still be caught using a VPN because of some things that you are not aware of.

Launching from How to Geek, VPN is designed to hide anyone's identity. However, the web server can still detect that you are trying to trick them by using a VPN. This can happen because the VPN server IP address used.

Although the real IP address of the user is hidden, the VPN server has a public IP address. The web server and the security company have compiled a list of thousands of IP addresses known to come from the VPN service.

Website can easily block access if the IP address used is blacklisted. Apart from the IP address, your VPN may leak because of the browser you are using.

Regional settings of devices, cookies, and other data stored in the browser can leak your original location. This creates a mismatch between VPN server locations and information from the browser.

VPN data leaks can also occur due to configuration problems, such as DNS leaks. When a user types a web address, a browser can send a request to a local DNS server instead of a VPN. This will reveal the user's original location.

Another problem that can leak the use of VPN is Web Real-Time Communication (WebRTC). This feature, which is used by popular browsers such as Chrome and Firefox, can bypass VPN and create direct connections.

Finally, there is a risk of killing switch failure in VPN. This feature should cut the internet connection automatically if the VPN is cut off. However, if this feature fails to work, the user's connection can be directly exposed to the internet without protection.