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What sort of security? They protect you from your ISP seeing what you are doing, and nothing else. It won't stop you from picking up malware from dodgy sites, and it won't stop state level actors or law enforcement finding out what you're up to.
 
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markwilliams82 said:
Fair enough, just reading about NordVPN and the reduced price it’s on offer for and the promise of extra security etc including anti-malware protection and data breach scanner
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For the most part that's marketing as they try and push the price up and add premium tiers to what is realistically speaking a thing people use to torrent through.
 
Dark web monitoring is something that has almost no cost that all these providers are throwing into their bundles, if you have a Google account it's free. Malware protection is built into Windows.
 
Caged said:
What sort of security? They protect you from your ISP seeing what you are doing, and nothing else. It won't stop you from picking up malware from dodgy sites, and it won't stop state level actors or law enforcement finding out what you're up to.
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NordVPN has threat protection pro so actually it will help stop malware.

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Threat Protection Pro™: For your daily security online

NordVPN’s Threat Protection Pro™ is a powerful anti-malware tool that protects you from malicious downloads, dangerous websites, phishing scams, ads, and trackers.
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Was lucky enough to pick up a Windscribe Pro lifetime subscription for $29 years ago - it gets used on most of our devices, either for accessing Netflix US/Japan (son's a big animé fan), to bypass the hospital's ridiculously invasive WiFi (same for when I stay at a big chain hotel) and to access our home PC/PS5 when we're away.

I've yet to find a device they don't have a native app for.
 
Totally different scenario but if you want to access a NAS or cameras remotely then you definitely need a VPN server (Wireguard or OpenVPN both free) either on a compatible router, a Raspberry Pi or the NAS itself (e.g. Tailscale).
 
robj20 said:
What makes then better than say Private Internet Access for instance who I chose on them having been audited a number of times and tested in court.
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I would say the main thing is total anonymity and privacy. You register an account number with no other details. You can pay in cash or crypto as well as other conventional routes.

Plus having been around since 2009 so are OGs
 
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