Recommended VPN services
 

I guess my earlier suggestion doesn't bypass the local telecomms monopoly company unless the internet connection happened to be via a satellite.

Do you have suggestions - best brand - from among the dozens of VPN services, many of them free?
(For an Op system, sometimes I am using Android, otherwise Win7 but gradually switching over to using Linux in place of Windows).

I bought a lifetime subscription to TigerVPN on offer for about £30 so thats what I use and have no complaints. I have never tried using Skype from Morocco though :-). Best thing to do is try a few, like you say there are free ones, and if they work then great though they do tend to be restricted in some way.

If you then find yourself using the service a lot then you may consider it worth paying to remove any restrictions.

Thanks.

It's something I have looked at in the past and never bothered with.
FWIW and from my latest reading today, this is one of the many freebies that also provides a paid-for service.
https://www.hotspotshield.com/

So, the feedback is that the free version of hotspotshield is "supported" by adverts and some form of limited bandwidth, proving that there is no such thing as a free lunch.
I am now using their free trial full version which will revert to ads from tomorrow, so I am now invisible to the HUBB or something like that :innocent:

I use privateinternetaccess.com, it's great. All my devices under one account, many endpoints to connect to and should bypass any traffic restrictions like this Skype ban.

I'd suggest to anyone that they should only ever touch the Internet via a VPN. Get more people to do the same. Its the first step in keeping it a free, unmonitored, unrestricted information path.

I bought a 1 year subscription for ExpressVPN...I've got it installed on my Android phone and it works like a charm. Read many reviews before I paid up and ExpressVPN got top marks in terms of security and number of servers abroad you can hook up to.

There is a lot of choice in the souk
 

This thread could well be in the communications sub-section which doesn't get a great deal of attention week to week.
- it's of wide application outside of the specific country of the OP.

Recommended VPN services
 

See this thread:
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...-telecom-86356

I have used StrongVPN for many years, it has always worked for me in all sorts of out of the way places (Russia, India, Bangladesh, Morocco, etc.). Not the cheapest, but very reliable and easy to use / set up / switch servers, etc.

Michael

; I've used Hotspot shield for all of two days - as per the reference thread.
It works fine, is easy to use - a simple interface - and it is free.
There is a paid version advertised on their website (for a couple $ per month or thereabouts) which does away with advertisements but so far I am still on the trial version which doesn't send adverts to me.
The free version is supposed to lack some of the bandwidth that the paid-for version has but I haven't noticed significant impact so far.
It provides access to servers in many countries; 20 I have just counted.

From memory, I don't think hotspot shield is compatible with Linux but it is supposed to be OK for Android systems as well as Windows.

So, this VPN is OK for the Apple OS.

There is a new thread in the comms section thanks to a mod.
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...services-86393

Top five VPN`s for Ubuntu Linux/Mint

BolehVPN looks to be a good choice out of that lot for Linux users.

Mezo.

Gracias.
At first glance it looks like a good technical article about Linux and I am experimenting with Ubuntu.

As an update, my free trial "full" version expired and the VPN immediately stopped offering their service routing via a choice of some 20 countries.
I can now route only to their server based in the USA which makes me wonder what difference that makes for my current intended use - to be more secure when using public access wifi?

On the upside, I haven't noticed any intrusive adverts while I continue to test it on my own wifi.

Hi Walkabout

How you getting on with this? I have been on the same journey, having tried hotspotshield as it was recommended on one of the pcmag type sites.

The brief trial of the full kit seemed ok but the US only version is proving a PITA.

Most my cafe browsing is done in Starbucks (Uk) and i am struggling to get into many sites at all. Others (e.g. Bbc it wants to take me to the global rather than uk site). However most of the time im getting "Hmm, we can't reach this page".

I'm happy to pay for the full fat version but not sure if this will fix my issue.

Cheers
Andy

Recommended VPN services
 

Ive bitten the bullet and signed up for the elite package for a year. Will report on how it goes in uk and in africa over the summer.

First signs encouraging - everything that was not working in starbucks on the free version is ok now, once i have switched location back to the uk.

Now I get the advertisement - always the same one that pops up as a newly opened webpage.

I haven't switched it on so often since I started getting the pop up webpage; if it links in automatically (and it does that sometimes) I just switch it off.
That whole aspect of switching itself on means that in some way or other it is monitoring what I do on this computer and that made me "stop and think".

My sole use for it so far has been to secure the data between my computer and the router so I haven't tried accessing many webpages while connected via hotspot shield.

I'm not keen on Starbuck's coffee but their mugs are good!
Try Costa next time?

It is strange how the chosen location of the hotspotshield router should make such a difference in the quality of encrypted access.

I refuse to pay Costa prices. I can live with £1.55 for a filter coffee from Starbucks and its on my way to work!

A handy review of VPN for 2016 - changing rapidly
 

Try to use tunnel bear which provides free limited version. The speed performance is really great, but still 500 Mb a month is too little for me. I’m an instagram lover and need to get more traffic for posting. So, I've decided to choose paid package. Here is a link to it detailed review https://www.bestvpnrating.com/service/tunnelbear

tunnelbear from Canada
 

I've recently switched to using TunnelBear - so far, so good and no intrusive adverts.
I am using the free version because I only need it to secure dodgy public access wifi sources that cannot be trusted.

Tunnelbear does well in the annual review of VPNs for 2017 = a bonus.

Good enough for me
 

Thanks for the link; however, I can't see too much to read in that particular web page - what it does lead to is another web page https://www.bestvpnrating.com/free-vpn
which goes on to discuss the pros and cons of "free Vs paid for" VPNs with an emphasis on "there is no such thing as a free lunch".


Tunnel Bear is rated 3rd in their top 10 list - good enough for my purposes.

Come to think of it, most recently I have been using my phone service provider while overseas because,
A. it has attractive pricing for using it, with roaming costs amounting to pennies for all that I do while travelling.

B. it has become a PITA to log on to wifi services in places such as France ( which is still in a state of emergency that has been going on for years is the probable reason): they all want to harvest your personal details and I really can't be bothered.

I work in computer security so dabble in this area a fair bit.
It's good to know that some of these VPN providers are highly dubious to say the least, especially those that are totally free etc

I can recommend (with no guarantees!) ProtonVPN based in Switzerland. They have free and paid versions, I use the paid version and its very fast and reliable on Linux and OS X.
https://protonvpn.com

You should also, imho, consider moving away from gmail etc and into their email solution ProtonMail that has mailbox/end to end encryption so that nobody but you can read its contents, email to other users is end to end encrypted etc. Works very well... you can use @pm.me as your email address etc
https://protonmail.com

And whilst I'm here, use Signal rather than text messages, WhatsApp etc - absolutely nothing stored about your messages in their systems, end to end encryption, disappearing messages etc
https://signal.org

Encryption lesson over ;)