Hello r/Addons4Wako,
I’m new to using Wako and am amazed at the ease of use - my set up is Wako on my iPhone for finding links via Helios (Magnify providers and Premiumize cloud account) then sending the links to Kodi on my NVIDIA SHIELD TV Pro for streaming.
With this set up, should I be using a VPN? If so, would that be on my iPhone as that’s doing the scraping or on my SHIELD as that’s doing the streaming? Or both?
Any advice would be appreciated, thanks!
You don’t need a VPN. Kodi will stream directly from PM. By the way, you can install Wako on Shield and play directly; no Kodi is needed.
Okay, cool, and how about on my phone where the scraping is happening?
Also, I did try that out but something about the interface on the TV didn’t feel right! 
Same, no need for a VPN on your phone. Wako is not a native app; it’s a web app, which is why it looks weird on TV; personally, I use Stremio on TV; it is fast and very responsive, even on potato hardware.
Oh, really? Would it being a native app mean it would need a VPN? If so, why?
Ah nice, I also have Stremio as a back up!
Thats the whole point of PM, you don’t need a VPN. Not being rude or meaning this in a rude manner, but look into why a VPN is necessary, and look into PM and what it does.
Right yeah, fair enough, so even if I was streaming on my phone too that would be fine then as that’s from PM too - but what about the actual scraping of the links from the providers? That doesn’t come from PM directly from what I understand but are you saying it also wouldn’t need a VPN either?
Helios or whatever scraper you’re using, itself doesn’t (well shouldn’t) store user activity, it only scrapes and presents links. Those links are then pushed to PM.
The file host sees PMs IP not yours. If it’s cached then the file host doesn’t see any IP. PM might log your IP for security reasons, and they don’t want you sharing accounts with other people. They remove their logs over time.
This is the same as a VPN, although some VPNs claim to not keep logs at all.
Regardless you’re pretty safe. You don’t need a VPN, and using one that connects to random servers might cause your account to be banned if they think multiple people are using your account.
I really appreciate this breakdown and glad to hear that there’s very little risk - in my mind I just presumed that in some way I’d at least be seen as the one scraping the providers as it’s my search query etc.