VPN

[RED-DOG]

Have one on all devices.

I do use torrents, stream movies and have a dodgy sky/by/us cable package, so there's reason for me to have one.

But I would not use public WiFi without one, and even home networks are easily gotten into. For the cost there's little reason to not have one if you do any sort of financial transaction online

So you're saying paid for version, always on?

Recommend?

[RED-DOG]

As a side note, I use a 5yo android smartphone which I don't want to update yet because I will have to lose at least one of the fetures that I like on this one. However....

The last and final security update for this model was ~ Aug last year. Will using a VPN help keep that secure or is that a whole nother pile of pancakes?

If I pay for a VPN, can I use the same one across several devices?

[teddybloat]

Yeah you can usually have 5+ connections

Paid versions will be faster (less traffic on servers) more stable (better spec on severs + protection against attacks - popular ones are constantly attacked by foriegn governments and hackers trying to leak people's IPs) and will generally have better security and flexibility. (ability to chose country for example  which is useful for cheaper Netflix subs, evading geoblocking etc)

A vpn simply keeps your web traffic safe.

Imagine someone wants to see who you are writing to. They simply read the address labels on you letters. A vpn is like a PO box. Anyone wanting to see your web traffic simply sees stuff being sent to and from a single server. The content is opaque to even your service provider.

So yes it will make you more secure esp on public wifi

[RED-DOG]

https://www.ultravpn.com/

?

[teddybloat]

Not used them, but looks at the pricier end. For that price you could go with protonvpn which is designed by the team at CERN and hosted in Switzerland (mega tight security and privacy  laws) and is the go to for journalists in countries that will kill you for writing the wrong words, and for whistleblowers (they also made a hyper secure email service)


I've used Xpressvpn and proton and they were both excelletn, bit at the expensive end of the market and probably overkill.


Nord, private internet access and IP vanish have been used by people who's opinions I trust and are much cheaper options.

I couldn't recommend anything outside of them as I don't know enough about other providers.

[RED-DOG]

Nord do 3 years @ £82.40 with a 30 day trial.

Seems OK to me. I'm going abroad next week so I could give it a bit of a test run with BBC iplayer.

[doubleup]

Even if it works for iplayer now, it eventually won't.  BBC log where multiple connections are made using the same IP and now that they make you register, it's pretty easy to work out that vpns are being used.  So don't use iplayer as a reason to take up a provider.

[Sheriff Fatman]

Nord do 3 years @ £82.40 with a 30 day trial.

Seems OK to me. I'm going abroad next week so I could give it a bit of a test run with BBC iplayer.

I used Tunnelbear and NordVPN from France a couple of years ago to be able to stream Game of Thrones on Sky.  Both were easy to use, but both were hit and miss with regard to being accepted by Sky, which supports the earlier comment regarding them being detected and blocked by sites.

Free trials are a good bet to do test logins, but will typically have restricted data limits.

[RED-DOG]

Even if it works for iplayer now, it eventually won't.  BBC log where multiple connections are made using the same IP and now that they make you register, it's pretty easy to work out that vpns are being used.  So don't use iplayer as a reason to take up a provider.

I'm sure you are right.

I guess I need to do more research into what is and isn't possible.

I know nothing about torrents for example.

[StuartHopkin]

Do you have a second pc/laptop that you can leave running in the UK?

[RED-DOG]

Do you have a second pc/laptop that you can leave running in the UK?

Leave a laptop running? Mrs Red would have a fit. She's convinced we would come home to a smoking crater if I leave the sky box plugged in.

If I left a laptop on she would swear blind that someone was casing our gaff and stealing our valuables through the camera.

 

[teddybloat]

If you want to watch TV shows there are apps that let you watch pretty much anything for free (on android anyway)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ytyc8ix7cpo1ffv/Titanium_TV_AF_2.0.16.apk?dl=0

For example.

Install at your own risk. I've used it for a while and it works fine (I have a debrid account which pulls more links, but you can get links without one)

[celtic]

Even if it works for iplayer now, it eventually won't.  BBC log where multiple connections are made using the same IP and now that they make you register, it's pretty easy to work out that vpns are being used.  So don't use iplayer as a reason to take up a provider.

I'm sure you are right.

I guess I need to do more research into what is and isn't possible.

I know nothing about torrents for example.

Yeah what doubleup says. Had loads of problems trying to get iplayer. Just catches you eventually until it becomes too much of a hassle. Got rid of mine in the end.

[marcro]

Have one on all devices.

I do use torrents, stream movies and have a dodgy sky/by/us cable package, so there's reason for me to have one.

But I would not use public WiFi without one, and even home networks are easily gotten into. For the cost there's little reason to not have one if you do any sort of financial transaction online

So you're saying paid for version, always on?

Recommend?

I use IPVanish and can highly recommend it.

I use it on public WiFi networks and at home when streaming or wanting to read something on a site which is not available to the UK.  Some sites will detect you are using a VPN and ask you to turn it off.

Otherwise I leave it off.

[Karabiner]

Do you have a second pc/laptop that you can leave running in the UK?

Leave a laptop running? Mrs Red would have a fit. She's convinced we would come home to a smoking crater if I leave the sky box plugged in.

If I left a laptop on she would swear blind that someone was casing our gaff and stealing our valuables through the camera.

 

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