Sorry for the insanely stupid question; but can a VPN be contained to one browser on Windows 10?
Let’s say my mother has cancelled her TV subscription but I know she really loves a particular soap opera, and there seems to be a site in Canada that allows people within Canada to watch it for free (probably with ads before the video) - could I download one browser for her, put the VPN on that browser and leave the regular browser she used with her current and real location.
Hopefully you get my drift [for those reading and the one that downvoted this post of mine, yes you are correct, I’ve never used VPN]
Take any old low power laptop, get it working, put a VPN on it which exits into Canada. Now install Privoxy on it and be sure to uncomment the port 8118 in the configuration (any port would work - but that’s default). I’d recommend Ubuntu or Debian for this along with a good VPN which provides a native Linux VPN client.
Now, install a proxy switcher on your mom’s browser. Set one entry for direct, the other for the ip address of your privoxy gateway. Be sure to configure port 8118.
Click browser “direct” - she’s in the US (?).
Click browser “gateway” - she’s in Canada.
This setup will spoil you. You can add as many additional gateways as you like. Very little speed penalty.
Yes but not all. I believe Chrome has an OpenVPN like extension that will work for only Chrome. NordVPN has one for Chrome and Firefox that will work at a browser level. Just do some research because not all will work.