Massive Internet Attack Strikes America

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Reub wrote:I'm using the new Opera browser on my PC with VPN and it masks my IP address and shows my location as being in other countries and/or states. I like it and its free.
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Reub wrote:I'm using the new Opera browser on my PC with VPN and it masks my IP address and shows my location as being in other countries and/or states. I like it and its free.
Private? You hope so. ;)

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China just bought them? Never mind!
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I think that VPN would add security to your browsing experience by hiding your actual IP Address and masking your location. I actually got a message from my email provider recently asking whether I was really signing in from Canada. It really sucks that China is buying them!
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Reub wrote:I think that VPN would add security to your browsing experience by hiding your actual IP Address and masking your location. I actually got a message from my email provider recently asking whether I was really signing in from Canada. It really sucks that China is buying them!
There's plenty of alternatives, none built into a browser that I'm aware of, though. Free ones are very slow too.
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i have given a vpn called windscribe a test run, it is a browser based (Firefox add on)...they also have others browsers they are compatible with... they also offer router, phone, and computer based vpns

i have only tried the free browser based version and it didn't seem to make any speed difference...
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The browser isn't the VPN just an ad & tracker blocker and secure.link generator. There's better plugins to do the former (i.e. uBlock Origin and PrivacyBadger).

I like that it supports DD-WRT to put the VPN routing at the router level instead of on each PC, but it's only for paying members.

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Wow, they're giving away 10GB of VPN data per month to the free accounts for a limited time. I encourage everyone to jump onboard. Make sure you select the 10GB tab when signing up.

You can check you IP here: http://whatismyipaddress.com/
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MachineGhost wrote:
Reub wrote:I think that VPN would add security to your browsing experience by hiding your actual IP Address and masking your location. I actually got a message from my email provider recently asking whether I was really signing in from Canada. It really sucks that China is buying them!
There's plenty of alternatives, none built into a browser that I'm aware of, though. Free ones are very slow too.
Over the past couple of months I have tried the free Opera browser with (VPN activated) on my MacBook Pro, the free Opera VPN app on my iPhone, and the paid NORD VPN (gets reasonably high ratings on various VPN test sites) on my MacBook Pro. All slowed down my browsing to an unacceptable level. Oh well.
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I'm only seeing occasional 404 errors but downloads tend to fail more often than not when I forget to turn it off for that.
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