VPNs

LateX'Dog · 25 Feb 2014 at 19:53

So who do you all use?

And will they all allow me to shop digitally around the world without region locks?

LateX'Dog · 25 Feb 2014 at 20:31

YarwoodUK said:
Why do people use VPNs these days? (Genuine/sincere question!)

Other than to purchase things from different countries for a lower rate of course

There is that.

For me its to remove global restrictions on services and to be some what anonymous on the web.

LateX'Dog · 25 Feb 2014 at 21:06

Well I've just paid for Private Internet Access ( https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/ ) to see how they are. Also using OpenVPN too.

LateX'Dog · 25 Feb 2014 at 22:10

Rainmaker said:
You won't go wrong with PIA. Don't forget the SOCKS5 proxy as well, which is handy as a backup/safety net in your torrent app. If you grab Proxifier you can set that to proxy your browser for a given list of sites. Say if a certain site was blocked by your ISP, you can tell Proxifier to route any requests for those URLs through your proxy and leave the rest of your traffic untouched...

PIA have decent bandwidth and are OK. They're one of the few companies who genuinely don't log and they're run by a privacy advocate. They're also one of the few companies whose bandwidth can saturate my 120/12 line. Play around with their app if you're running OpenVPN. If you have a slower computer you might find blowfish encryption gives you a better speed than AES128/256.

Appreciate the reply, thank you.

Sorry i think i might have miss guided you a little. I have no idea what im doing with VPN's

I basically want to use them to bypass content filters and provide some anonymity while browsing.

All i've done is installed OpenVPN and used the config files PIA told me to use and it works. But certain things are not connecting, like computer game clients are not connecting. So i'm guessing i haven't set things up correctly.