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VPN use and choices
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I use ”private internet access” whenever not on home wifi.
ExpressVPN user here...
I value my own privacy more, so i don't really trust VPN's. Personal use.. but since non of my personal info that goes online is real,, to me VPN's are ok. just to act as a safegaurd.
If you know how to do your privacy, then VPN's are not really required. You can educate yourself for sure. The problem is no one really does, and rather trust others to do it all for us. Per-devce is not an issue, as i only use the service on Mac.
I made my own with a Vultr VPS instance and Wireguard. It's worth it to me, especially on public networks.
IMO it's absolutely worth the extra step, we have to look out for ourselves. I personally use Nord and have found them to be both reasonably priced and fast enough to where I don't even notice most of the time.
Good to use when traveling or on public wifi. Otherwise, for home use, not necessary in most democratic countries. ExpressVPN and NordVPN are good.
I have reviews almost all top VPNs like Express, Nord, Ivacy, IPvanish, and more for my YT channel. I'd say as long as you are getting a decent deal from these VPNs then they are all great for personal use and for work too. However, it depends on what you are getting them for. For eg, Express is great for wide range of VPN servers they have or Ivacy is great for streaming and unblocking Netflix. IPvanish is great with torrenting and so on.
To be honest, I mainly want it to watch Football and (Premier League) and shows on BBC.
Not bothered about Netflix and such. Thanks
NordVPN seem to have a rather good deal, currently.
PS: Odd that some companies do not allow you to pay via PayPal. NordVPN seems to be one of them. Hmm...
Not bothered about Netflix and such. Thanks
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NordVPN seem to have a rather good deal, currently.
PS: Odd that some companies do not allow you to pay via PayPal. NordVPN seems to be one of them. Hmm...
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Well, just finished trying Surfshark, and it was awful. Talk about slow to download an episode of EastEnders.
And, even slower trying to watch things on BBC iPlayer.
No thanks. Simply not worth the trouble. I even tried a few difference network settings in the app.
And, even slower trying to watch things on BBC iPlayer.
No thanks. Simply not worth the trouble. I even tried a few difference network settings in the app.
Well like I said mate, if you're looking to stream, Ivacy might be a good choice.
Nord VPN user here. I bought the 3 year before their "oops" was found out. I still use it.
Due to that "oops" - I looked into TunnelBear and really like the simplicity and the interface. Struggling to decide between Nord VPN and TunnelBear. Cost really isn't an issue for me but at least TunnelBear's record is clean so I'm leaning towards that when renewal is up for both.
I use them for both work/personal since work doesn't provide me with a VPN on our dev machines. Only real time I use the VPN is when I'm out on public WiFi, university wifi, or travelling for work.
I have always found VPN speed to be very iffy at best no matter what I've used.
Due to that "oops" - I looked into TunnelBear and really like the simplicity and the interface. Struggling to decide between Nord VPN and TunnelBear. Cost really isn't an issue for me but at least TunnelBear's record is clean so I'm leaning towards that when renewal is up for both.
I use them for both work/personal since work doesn't provide me with a VPN on our dev machines. Only real time I use the VPN is when I'm out on public WiFi, university wifi, or travelling for work.
I have always found VPN speed to be very iffy at best no matter what I've used.
very old thread here, but i thought i might add that i suspect that paypal froze my account and permanently kicked me off the platform for using a VPN. they of course won't say why they flagged my account, but apparently i'm banned for life. i read in their forums that using a VPN is against their TOS. i can understand why they might do this, and maybe it's just easier for them to ban people, but it seems like they could have verified my identity one way or another if they cared to. this, after having a paypal account for 20 years and never misusing it.
Good grief that's upsetting. These companies.... I guess I won't rely on PayPal for anything serious.
Did PayPal boot you for using a VPN to access PayPal or for sending payments to a VPN service via PayPal? Or do you think it was something else? In any case, termination without telling you what you did wrong is infuriating!
they won't say at all. but the only thing i can think of that violates their TOS (which i didn't know until yesterday) was the use of the VPN. i haven't sent or received money in at least a month. maybe they thought my last transaction was suspicious as well - paid for a subscription to PVOutput, which is in australia.
it looks like someone tried to get into my account (or did get into my account - i got an "unknown login" email) and then when i changed my password and set 2FA they disabled the account. maybe they thought whoever had gotten in the first time went back in and locked me out of the account and the password changes coming thru my VPN was suspicious? i guess i can try making a new account with a different email address and bank account using my iphone cellular and see if it works. but from reading their forums they are serious about banning individuals and won't hesitate to ban me again if they determine another account belongs to me. i suppose i could try making an account for my wife and see what happens with that.
what i can't understand here is that paypal operates as a bank. i sincerely doubt that any "traditional" american bank could just close your account and say you have to wait 6 months to transfer the money out. maybe paypal has somehow escaped all the banking regulations?
it looks like someone tried to get into my account (or did get into my account - i got an "unknown login" email) and then when i changed my password and set 2FA they disabled the account. maybe they thought whoever had gotten in the first time went back in and locked me out of the account and the password changes coming thru my VPN was suspicious? i guess i can try making a new account with a different email address and bank account using my iphone cellular and see if it works. but from reading their forums they are serious about banning individuals and won't hesitate to ban me again if they determine another account belongs to me. i suppose i could try making an account for my wife and see what happens with that.
what i can't understand here is that paypal operates as a bank. i sincerely doubt that any "traditional" american bank could just close your account and say you have to wait 6 months to transfer the money out. maybe paypal has somehow escaped all the banking regulations?
Thanks for the heads up. I've had PayPal since like 2005 and time and time again I've heard of PayPal cancelling accounts for no good reason. You've just stated another one. PayPal and eBay have really gone down the sh*tter in the past many many years.
In the US, yes. PayPal is regulated as a money transmitter, not as a bank. This has a lot of implications for PayPal's operations. In particular, PayPal escapes a lot of federal-level regulation because money transmitters are primarily regulated by states. So PayPal can get away with many consumer-hostile policies and actions that banks cannot.
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thanks for that info. total BS. i never bothered to look into that. i think the loss of paypal doesn't matter to me so much and i think anyone that's using it for payments (like PVOutput) don't actually require you to have an account - i think i can just do CC payments without the account.
I use pureVPN. Probably not the best one, but got a cheap deal way back when. There were a period when they were quite unstable, but nowadays they're fine. I use it mainly to access Reddit (Reddit is blocked in Indonesia). I couldn't get it to work for video streaming services like Hulu though.
I use the “premium” VPN from disconnect.me even at home, because it has built in tracker/ad blocking which works really well.