My Surfshark subscription is about to expire. Is there such a thing as a reliable, fast free vpn?
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I noticed that too.
You could watch BBC iPlayer and Sky before, then when they started advertising. Even being recommended by the BBC themselves their servers stopped working for them. Not too sure if its still the same now. I still have my Nord sub but I rarely use it.
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How did you manage that?
I purchased 2 years for $80, so your £71 sounds about right. I got 50% cash back via Quidco. Worked out at £37.53 cash back.
Quidco had a 90% Cashback offer on last week.
Thanks folks.
I hadn't used Topcashback or Quidco before now.
I originally had a Surfshark account. I cancelled my autorenewal with Surfshark and I've just signed up to Topcashback and purchased Surfshark again via links in Topcashback with 75% cashback.
Here's hoping it all works out....
I hadn't used Topcashback or Quidco before now.
I originally had a Surfshark account. I cancelled my autorenewal with Surfshark and I've just signed up to Topcashback and purchased Surfshark again via links in Topcashback with 75% cashback.
Here's hoping it all works out....
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Happy NordVPN customer here. Very handy for watching the F1
Off topic, but is this using F1 TV Pro?
Signed up this morning after getting SurfShark through TCB, but am reading a lot of stories online of people not being able to watch the races or having their subscription cancelled?
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Privacy above all else but there is a myriad of other legitimate, as well as illegitimate, reasons for someone to want to use a VPN (their own or a providers).
Although agree that the security angle that a lot of VPN providers advertise is complete bull.
So instead of ones ISP being potentially able to see the sites one goes to, it's the VPN company who can see it?
I run my own VPN here but the only reason is so that when I'm out and about, I can connect to it from my phone or my laptop and go through my Pihole for ad blocking.
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Yup! I’ve been using it for 2 years.
Now, I subscribe to F1 TV pro through the apple subscription (£59 a year) so not too bothered if it’s cancelled as it’s cheaper than Sky.
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So instead of ones ISP being potentially able to see the sites one goes to, it's the VPN company who can see it?
There's no potential, ISP's have always been able to collect this data although now due to the IPA, this has been somewhat standardised with ICR's (Internet Connection Records) and ISP's have to retain this data which typically requires a warrant for a subset of this data. But where it now gets sketchy is the fact they've been trialling warrantless gathering of data (https://www.wired.co.uk/article/internet-connection-records-ip-act / https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.p...-isps-trial-new-internet-snooping-system.html).
But sure, you put a lot of trust into a no-logging VPN provider but again there's still plenty of other reasons for someone to use one.
Cool although you don't really need a VPN for that as you could do ad-blocking locally, or via a DNS service, or even spin up a remote PiHole docker (Oracle offers free Arm VPS's).
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Perfect, was considering getting Sky as i'm using a family members Sky Go at the moment, but pretty sure that's only 720p @ 24fps, which looks a bit trash on a 65" 4K via a laptop & HDMI.
Roll on Imola to see how it works!
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Just checking in to see what people are using? Been on surfshark for nearly 5 years but the Sub ends in a month and thought I would see if there are any better options? Will be for phone/ipad/macbook and windows machines.
I have been using proton vpn recently ? not sure on its reliability, they seem to have point of presence in Amsterdam and the US. I think they have 6 locations
I’m not paying for the service and as far as i can see there is no limitations on say bandwidth
I’m not paying for the service and as far as i can see there is no limitations on say bandwidth
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Proton is decent. I have a paid for plan because I use several of their products; VPN, email, cloud storage and their password manager. The VPN is a bit of an add-on for me as I really use them for their other services. But I recall their free option being OK, albeit with quite limited locations. I particularly like that they are Swiss based and have been audited to confirm a no logs policy.
I only am using it on my android mobile to gain access to some content really, but seems ok
Generally i dont really use VPNs for unblocking services, only in some use cases.
If you haven't renewed yet there is 95% cashback off on surfshark from topcashback atm. I would set up a completely new account for the best chance of it tracking smoothly.