ChatterBank1 min ago
Vpn Advice Please ......
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Any advice on any decent VPN's out there please??
I have a basic understanding of how they work - feel free to elaborate though ..... but are they truly safe??
I'm just after a basic, free VPN that does what it says on the tin, is simple to use and is reliable .... I'm not after too much am I ??
Recommendations please ??
I have a basic understanding of how they work - feel free to elaborate though ..... but are they truly safe??
I'm just after a basic, free VPN that does what it says on the tin, is simple to use and is reliable .... I'm not after too much am I ??
Recommendations please ??
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The free ones are generally rubbish. In particular I advise steering well clear of using Hotspot Shield, which slowed my laptop to a crawl with all of the ads it sent me. Even when I paid to upgrade to the full service (where the ads should have disappeared)
20:15 Tue 19th Jun 2018
The free ones are generally rubbish.
In particular I advise steering well clear of using Hotspot Shield, which slowed my laptop to a crawl with all of the ads it sent me. Even when I paid to upgrade to the full service (where the ads should have disappeared), I still kept getting problems with them.
Further, the free services often don't let you select the location of the end server which your internet traffic is routed through. If, say, you want to use a VPN to stream US video services, it's not going to help much if your VPN decides to route your connection via Poland (rather than the USA)!
Other free services, such as TunnelBear and Steganos Online Shield, work well but come with quite a tight limit on how much data you can pass through them each month. (So they can be useful for, say, catching up on an odd programme from US TV but they're no good for regular use).
This article, from PC Mag, looks at the various free options that exist:
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However your best option is almost certainly to fork out for a full-service VPN, with NordVPN at $99 for 3 years (equivalent to about £2.10 per month) possibly being the best service on offer:
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In particular I advise steering well clear of using Hotspot Shield, which slowed my laptop to a crawl with all of the ads it sent me. Even when I paid to upgrade to the full service (where the ads should have disappeared), I still kept getting problems with them.
Further, the free services often don't let you select the location of the end server which your internet traffic is routed through. If, say, you want to use a VPN to stream US video services, it's not going to help much if your VPN decides to route your connection via Poland (rather than the USA)!
Other free services, such as TunnelBear and Steganos Online Shield, work well but come with quite a tight limit on how much data you can pass through them each month. (So they can be useful for, say, catching up on an odd programme from US TV but they're no good for regular use).
This article, from PC Mag, looks at the various free options that exist:
http://
However your best option is almost certainly to fork out for a full-service VPN, with NordVPN at $99 for 3 years (equivalent to about £2.10 per month) possibly being the best service on offer:
https:/
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Er, wouldn't that be a VPL, Caran?
A virtual private network serves to hide the information passed to the internet by your computer (or phone, etc). So, for example, having a VPN installed on your phone when you connect to the free wifi in Costa (or wherever) means that the data passing between your phone and the router in Costa is encrypted, so it can't be hacked into by the tech-savvie person sitting at the next table.
Further, VPNs route your traffic away from your ISPs own servers, so that it 'emerges' elsewhere in the world. For example, someone in the USA can't normally view much of the content on the BBC website (or on the BBC iPlayer) because the BBC's servers will see that they're trying to connect from outside the UK. However if they use a VPN which has an 'end server' based in the UK, they can make it look as if they're in this country. (Conversely, people in the UK can use a VPN to access geo-restricted services in the USA and elsewhere).
Er, wouldn't that be a VPL, Caran?
A virtual private network serves to hide the information passed to the internet by your computer (or phone, etc). So, for example, having a VPN installed on your phone when you connect to the free wifi in Costa (or wherever) means that the data passing between your phone and the router in Costa is encrypted, so it can't be hacked into by the tech-savvie person sitting at the next table.
Further, VPNs route your traffic away from your ISPs own servers, so that it 'emerges' elsewhere in the world. For example, someone in the USA can't normally view much of the content on the BBC website (or on the BBC iPlayer) because the BBC's servers will see that they're trying to connect from outside the UK. However if they use a VPN which has an 'end server' based in the UK, they can make it look as if they're in this country. (Conversely, people in the UK can use a VPN to access geo-restricted services in the USA and elsewhere).
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