Hoody offers a residential mode, which is very helpful when websites are hostile against VPNs. It generally allows for fewer captchas, as websites think you are a regular, unprotected home-ISP user. The tradeoff is that the speed is definitely slower.
Residential mode is achieved by routing your traffic through real residential IP addresses, provided by ISPs and 4G mobile networks. These IPs are sourced from users who have consented to share their unused bandwidth, ensuring an ethical and transparent process.
One of the key features that sets Hoody apart from other VPN providers is its always-on double-hop architecture. Every connection made through Hoody, regardless of the mode or location selected, always passes through a Hoody Relay before reaching the chosen Exit IP. This additional hop provides an extra layer of security and anonymity, ensuring that the user's true IP address is never directly exposed to the destination server.
By routing all traffic through a Hoody Relay first, users can effectively obscure their online activities from their ISP and any other parties attempting to monitor their connection. The ISP can only see that the user is connected to a Hoody Relay, without any visibility into the final destination or the nature of the traffic.
As of now, we only have a few residential locations due to the difficulty of implementing such a setup in many locations. But in general, to access a specific website, the geo-location of the exit IP is not really important.
If you wish to use geo-location bypass for streaming websites such as Netflix, use our streaming mode instead.
The residential IPs used in this mode are ethically sourced from reputable providers. We ensure that the use of these IPs does not violate any terms of service or cause harm to the original users.