Best VPN?

is this anything to do with a VPL?

I love a whale tail.

did a lot of research on this pre Xmas..Nord comes out top on nearly all reviews if you go down that route and pricewise there were some great deals to get at the time

Seems to be more and more popular these days doesn't it. My antivirus even does VPN.

thanks johnny

In some cases it is better not to wear any at all!!!

moisok said he served in the army the other day. We now know: he totally commando.

is

Did I.?   How very interesting.  ??

Soup?

Cyberghost is quite good.

Nord for VPN
Tor and Brave for browsers
and DuckDuckGo for search engine

thanks, leazee

i tried Nord chaps, couldn't configure it and the support was shall we say - nefarious

thanks, Platini

What do you want this for? If you're looking to be able to bet when you're abroad, some sites will not allow you to login using a vpn which defeats the object of subscribing to it.

that's probably why they all want payment up front

McCoy Carp    20 Jan 19 09:11 
What do you want this for? If you're looking to be able to bet when you're abroad, some sites will not allow you to login using a vpn which defeats the object of subscribing to it.

but if you are abroad and the vpn shows you as being here does that not circumvent the software..i.e...they'd have no reason to suspect you were other than in the UK?

every one i've looked at wants you to sign a contact of sorts; even before you know it works or not. Bonkers; or just plain thievery

Well, from my experience 365 recognised I was using a vpn & regardless where I was wouldn't allow me to log into my account through it. Like you say, bit naughty really as you could be in UK & just want privacy/security & they are denying you this. With the roaming allowance now sorted & if you place your bets by mobile I wouldn't of thought VPN's would be needed so much now & even if you take a laptop can't you piggyback off your own phone when abroad? Of course there is another option to VPN's, one where you pay monthly & are not tied into a contract as well, if you want to use a laptop/computer abroad.........

hit me Carp!

Use a remote desktop connection ie VPS (virtual private server). The advantage to this being, if you're using a bot you don't have to have your computer/laptop connected to the internet all the time - you can turn it off. That's originally why I subscribed to one.

thank you very much, Mr Carp. Most helpful & very appreciated

Had to look back through a few emails to find the link but you may find this useful:

http://www.thebotdepot.com/vps-awesomeness/

I myself am going to bookmark the link in case I need to start using a bot again.

you are a good soul Mr Carp & i sincerely thank you for your gracious help

It's a pleasure, didn't know vps's existed to the kind owner of the Bot Depot pointed me in the right direction

i'm finding myself a novice in a lot of things myself since i took my sabbatical. We live & learn, sir

For betfair purposes only, Hide.me(paid, about 80 dollars a year) works from abroad(i.e. countries where betfair doens't allow bets). Cyberghost(free) used to work but for some reason messed things up. Not sure if they'd work now or not.

If you could tell me exactly what purpose you want to use the VPN for and if for betfair, how often you are placing bets etc I may be able to help.

thanks, detraveller but i think i'm sorted now. I did have a look at Cyberghost & there is a piece online about them discontinuing the free service, along with an explanation

Yes their free service was great. But discontinued.

If its a free VPN you want Barp, try the Opera browser, it has a built-in VPN - you can switch it on and off as you need.


Its not as good as the likes of Nord, tho.

i don't know, Platini as i said above i had trouble with Nord from the start. Thanks for the Opera advice, Platini i will add that as well

Tunnelbear is worth a look and has a free version to try

really be careful with free vpns if they involve an app of some kind.  There was one a couple of years ago that was just swapping over user's bandwidth, so your IP address was being used by another user who could have been conducting illegal activities.

thanks Gin but i tried that the other day & it won't install on Windows platform for some reason?

noted dave & thanks

a big big thanks to all who have replied & helped. I should be ok now with info received

By the way, you aren't fooling anyone with a VPN. It is not that complicated to detect a user logging in with a VPN. Anyone that wants to know your real IP, will know it without trying all that hard.

The opera browser is now owned by the Chinese. So don't do you top secret government work through their VPN.

"It is not that complicated to detect a user logging in with a VPN. Anyone that wants to know your real IP, will know it without trying all that hard."
Yea ... right ...

Baphornet 20 Jan 19 15:24 Joined: 02 Nov 18 | Topic/replies: 2,357 | Blogger: Baphornet's blog
thanks Gin but i tried that the other day & it won't install on Windows platform for some reason?


That's strange it's installed on my Win10 PC and works fine.

Gin; this is from Windows

TunnelBearVPN is one of the most popular VPN solutions nowadays, with both free and premium plans. In general, the installing and configuring procedure of one’s VPN is rather simple and shouldn’t take too much of his/her precious time.

However, there seems to be an issue with the TunnelBear’s client installation on Windows platform. Namely, users are unable to install the TunnelBearVPN for no apparent reason and they can’t bear with that (no pun intended)

Jan 20, 2019 -- 5:04PM, detraveller wrote:

By the way, you aren't fooling anyone with a VPN. It is not that complicated to detect a user logging in with a VPN. Anyone that wants to know your real IP, will know it without trying all that hard.

A good vpn app will have a firewall that routes all internet activity through the vpn and blocks all internet activity if the vpn drops

Here.

Jan 21, 2019 -- 8:03PM, dave1357 wrote:

Jan 20, 2019 --  5:04PM, detraveller wrote:By the way, you aren't fooling anyone with a VPN. It is not that complicated to detect a user logging in with a VPN. Anyone that wants to know your real IP, will know it without trying all that hard.A good vpn app will have a firewall that routes all internet activity through the vpn and blocks all internet activity if the vpn drops

True that(now I know why my VPN asks me to reconnect internet if the connection drops).

I of course don't have the technical expertise to defend the statement I made. But I was told this at work by the IT people. I was using a VPN on my personal computer and went to them to ask if I needed to disconnect my VPN while doing office work(as it was location sensitive work). They laughed it off saying, in short, that they(the people we were doing the project for) were able to figure out what my location was. This may of course not mean that they could see my IP but I still don't buy that my IP can't be tracked just because I am using VPN. I would think it would be illegal in that case.

ExpressVPN
working excellent for me, 15 months pay for 12 months cost me £80.  Highly recommend.

@ detraveller If you connect to a website using a vpn the website cannot see your IPA unless it uses some "device" (to be installed - malware of some kind - or already installed on your computer) to circumvent the vpn.  The infamous flashplayer can be used for this I believe.

As I said, the way round this is to ensure that your vpn app has a firewall that ensures all internet contacts go through the vpn. 

In any case the vast majority want a vpn for streaming blocked content at home or on holiday (low risk of detection attempt) or placing bets when abroad (slightly higher risk of detection attempt) and playing poker (very high risk of detection attempt).