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I am extremely concerned that my ISP collects any information once I am connected to a VPN server. For instance, as far as I know, when I start a connection to a HotSpotShield VPN server, an IP address is assigned to me just before a successful connection. Besides, I'll be having an extra IP address at the beginning with the TAP Adapter. An encryption tunnel is set up between me and the VPN server. Whenever my request for a website reaches them (VPN server), they decrypt the data and later they encrypt the reply which returns from the web (targeted) server. This works like that. So, the ISP can not see what I am watching, displaying and writing because the connection is encrypted. But, the targeted websites see and record all actions. Still, they can not identify my real IP address.
I'm really concerned about if the ISP can see "my location". OK, it has an IP address from another country as my real IP address, but how does my ISP detect the traffic going through them? Can they find out who I am? Won't they say "Hey, there is a traffic but who is and what he is doing right now?", because I get the Internet from them?
Now that your ISP also have a physical cable or FO or base tower laid out between their gateway and your physical location. If they want to find out where you are, they don't need to determine your location with IP addresses as this is more effective way to locate you. – Lie Ryan – 2015-02-18T00:29:25.740
1Your ISP can see your real IP no matter what you think the VPN is doing. Your traffic MUST go through them whatever happens (unless you are dialing to a remote connection using traditinoal modem). – Paul Sullivan – 2012-03-31T21:35:24.203
1I don't understand. Of course your ISP knows who you are because they charge your credit card every month, and of course they also know where you are because they probably installed a wire of some kind going in to your home in order to deliver you Internet access. Do you mean to ask if the web sites you browse to can know your location? – Celada – 2012-03-31T22:29:16.487
No ISP cares to spend the time and resources to look at what you are doing on your internet connection. Simply put, if you aren't breaking their network, they just don't care. Now if you are doing something to get a law enforcement angency involved, then your concerns are moot - they'll do what they need to do to track you down. Just because data goes through networks (not just the ISP's, but many along the way to the destination server) doesn't mean they care to look at every packet that comes through. – MaQleod – 2012-04-01T03:35:36.577