Does Parallel VPN Create More Anonymity?
I have never heard of parallel VPNs and could not find more than the following site – https://thesafety.us/en/parallel_vpn – relating to it.
As I understood it, the idea is to set up two parallel tunnels by e.g. using a VPN connection on your router and then setting up a second to another server on your PC. This is supposed to encrypt the data flow twice.
My question is: Does it really help increasing your anonymity or is it just a hoax?
Answer
Potentially.
If you have two separate VPN providers, both would need to keep logs of your connection which then could be traced back to you. I would find a trustworthy VPN provider and just keep one, more than one is just paranoid, or for those that risk sever repercussions in case of being discovered (in which case I wouldn’t do it from my home anyway).
There are many other ways to be identified over the internet, so don’t think that having a VPN or a fancy parallel VPN is all you need. Take a look at IPLeak.net. The cookies of a particular website, for example, are used to identify you. If you visit or login to that website even once without your VPN you will be recognized by them even when using the VPN.
Anonymity is achieved by common sense and good IT knowledge, not a fancy VPN.