Is OpenVPN server at home useless?

Hi,

I'm considering setting up a VPN on my home server. However, I've been debating the usefulness in protecting my privacy.

I understand that setting up a VPN connection can have several benefits such as when connected to a shady network, I will be secured between my server and device, can bypass any website restrictions on that network etc, access my home network.

But, the connection is only secure between my device and my server. So if the end target is to more strongly enforce my right to privacy, my server which directs the now unencrypted, outgoing traffic, is still connected to my isp, still has the ip address of my house, and is still open to my country's government, isp etc.

If the server is located in another country than of course my traffic will be encrypted until that server is reached, and then the outgoing unencrypted traffic will assume the new ip address of the vpn server which will arrive at the desired website, with me being masked since it has a completely different ip address in a completely different country.

So I've been googling and I have to agree that self-hosted vpn is much better, but not matter how much I googled, this disadvantage I highlighted is never discussed online. Am I missing something, or is my explanation correct?

Could someone please enlighten me how I can secure BOTH my privacy and security???

I have considered either using something like Amazon AWS or my home server, or just going with a service which I would least prefer since I am not in control of my data. As I said, from the way I see it, self hosted vpn provides security but not privacy as I explained above.

Thank you.

Submitted May 08, 2017 at 12:19PM by Techigamer http://ift.tt/2pVgHBg via TikTokTikk