Honestly I have not used a VPN with it yet. I have been wanting to purposely bait the hook and do counter intelligence to document their intrusions. manipulations, and control. Intelligence agencies are collecting data on all starlink users and I am trying to catch them at it. Stealth is counterproductive in my efforts to do this.
But something you can look forward to if you do hook up down there. Just like all internet providers the bandwidth and speeds available drop as more and more users tap into it. The system is already having capability issues and even sometimes drops down to old school 56k dial up speeds. Sometimes it is so slow websites time out on you before they load. And... It is like the old days where you have to click it or lose it. If you idle too long it will disconnect you. I have to turn off my connection and turn it back on all the time to reestablish service back again after I idle too long.
People forget that the satellite uplink/downlink system still has to go through a terrestrial system on the other end to tie it to the WWW. Questions are not asked about who all is tied into this terrestrial system that supports the satellite system. The satellite system is only as good and secure as the terrestrial system supporting it. Who is operating the terrestrial servers? Does Musk have his own extensive terrestrial server system or is he utilizing 3rd party services such as Amazon or Alphabet for this server power? If he is using insecure 3rd parties then it is all tied into the existing spy net. All the censoring and monitoring that already exists and many “think” they are dodging by using Starlink.
Websites see the connection as sourced directly from Starlink but is it with no stepping stone servers in between? You can bet it is not, there are 3rd parties in between...
Russians have some of the best hackers in the world. I am sure besides Starlink they are using any cell towers and GPS systems (Europe or American) they need to send their drones accurately.