VPN's

[Anon_F]

Looking through an old PC mag and they have an article on VPN's.
Cyberghost5/TunnelBear & Hola all come out well in the article.
Does anyone use them & do they do the job of masking your IP address well enough?

Just use a few sites who i dont really want them to know my IP address.
Nothing illegal or dodgy, honest.





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[bootneck02]

We believe you feckit, honest Seriously though have a look at as search engine called start page here is a link https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/startpage-https-privacy-search/reviews/

 

[V_R]

pr0n

 

[floppybootstomp]

pr0n

Aye. Or terrorism. Or mayhap villainy, skulduggery & bank robbery.

 

[bootneck02]

Skulduggery defiantly

 

[muckshifter]

you can all laugh, but you all should be using a VPN, especially if you take your laptop to your corner WiFi Café.

I had a spot of bother with my 'online' banking app, so I popped along to the bank to see if they could give me an answer. I was invited to logon to their WiFi, I asked if it was a 'secure VPN' I got a blank expression on her face, so ... I walked out! I did not install the app.

There are several benches outside my bank where I could quite happily sit with a laptop (heck, I could use my phone) and a piece of software and collect a lot of 'information' from people conducting any banking transactions.

A lot of VPNs don't allow you, physically block access to, p2p and recognised abusive sites.

Feckit, pick one that is in a country jurisdiction that does not have any data retention programs. Have a read


do I use a VPN ... nope, I own a Purdey

 

[Anon_F]

do I use a VPN ... nope, I own a Purdey

As they only sell a Purdey in pairs i hope it's not a sawn off one!!!

 

[Anon_F]

Aye. Or terrorism. Or mayhap villainy, skulduggery & bank robbery.

None of the above but thanks for the vote of confidence V_R & FBS, oh and i see Royal as well!!
Just dont like all the crap you get when you surf etc.
And anyway i can assure you i bet i know the best corn sites than you do anyway!!!

 

[Ian]

Witopia is a good VPN provider - I use it for the very reason that Mucks mentioned, as if I connect to a WiFi hotspot then I can be sure it's secure . It's not the cheapest VPN provider, but it works really well and has loads of points of presence.

 

[floppybootstomp]

Ok, ok, all you serious old Hectors, Massah Flops assumed anybody who wanted to hide themselves must have something to hide, is all.

And besides, I'd never even heard of a VPN prior to this thread.

 

[Anon_F]

Thanks for input people & trialing a few to see which one i get on with the best.