This is a great idea, I'll give it a try. I have never tethered an internet connection via USB... is it easy? I'm using debian.
Good point! I think you located the problem, thank you!
But do devices connected via hotspot share your phone's VPN connection?
I wonder if that would be with Googles now twice-yearly released security updates. That's a long time between security updates.
I would configure your phone to already have the necessary settings for VPN, so that any subsequent device’s traffic routes through that VPN (home).
Does PostmarketOS work like that? On Android even if the phone has VPN active any device that connects to the phone's hotspot will not have the VPN connection.
The security and privacy of my parent's home connection is exactly the issue... there is none!
What are router tools? I honestly don't know anything about routers, but now that I think of it PiHole can function as a DHCP server... would that do it? I'm still confused about why I get one IP address in the terminal on Postmarket and a different IP address in the browser.
I'm a Linux user, I like all the extra steps ;)
Which logs corespond to that? Like kernel log or is there something more relevant?
It's Ubuntu. I'm "sure" of it because it didn't work after an update, and this has happened a couple times before that after an update my phone isn't recognized and then after the next update the phone is recognized again. I'm not sure what else it could be but I'm not in any sense an advanced user.
What's that look on her face... aggressively horny? Is this normally how Canadian ladies get while smoking BC buds??