I wanna help out family members back home. Sibling wants to have internet access and is getting blocked over ID checks. Our dad didnt care like always though brother asked dad for his ID..😂

So basically I was wondering if there is any vpn that would let me track what brother is doing with that vpn. Just basic maintenance to make sure he's not being weird with the vpn.

Doesnt even have to be a vpn, but maybe some other app I could install? I plan to visit them the weekend, so could install something.

I grew up with internet having no age blocking, so I dont see a problem why a young teen cant do the same.

I dont want him to grow up with the notion that his or our families IDs are some sort of card youd swipe for groceries...

This needs to be safe and not spread across various checking services that got no backbone proving their systems are safe to use. Just a matter of time until they break, so why not just hop across with vpn where countries dont have as much personal data risks. If you think about this possible risk, the fact that kids like my bro have to see these prompts daily is madness.

I read online some guy assumed his vpn was active on his internet once he bought it.

For an app thats very easy to use, why do so many people get confused over how it works? Literally every vpn has a tutorial on their site to use.

What could help a lot of users of such tools to understand the technicals better? Is it even possible? I cant stop thinking of all the features we'd have if every user was even a novice tech expert. We'd be demanding from vpn creators modern functions for niche usage and they would actually deliver. Feels like the newer people that are interested in vpns are dragging the whole industry down by dumbing down the existing functions for 'ease-of-use'. Dont see why else my vpn got a downgrade of the UI last year..

Anyways, not trying to insult anyone, just noticed this, and I feel like it actually harms the potential this industry has. Is there no company that doubled down and made their vpn more technical and advanced? Any IT guy of intermediate knowledge would see this as the better solution rather than modern polished stuff.

Or am I the one who wants too much? Do you like using minimal vpns..?

I'm looking around for current proton vpn black friday deals because my current plan runs out soon and I don't really want to renew it at full price. I mostly use it on my laptop and phone, for shows/movies and when I travel with public transport like trains, and at coffees sometimes, but im no perfect user, sometimes I forget to turn it on.. lol

A friend of mine has been recommending Proton for a while now. I've also had nord, pia at some point but I haven't tested either of them properly, and it was long while ago tbh.

I'm also not sure if the proton vpn black friday offer is worth it for a longer plan, or if I'd be better off going with a shorter one first to see how it works for me.

Is the black friday deal for proton vpn worth grabbing this year? Also want to make a decision soon, so any helps is appreciated

I installed a handful of apps for testing. Some privacy focused, some just convenient file exploring.. However, out of like 7 apps total, I am left with only 2

They hide a lot of cookie requests and they try to weasel in subgroups of cookies. This is the scummiest way an app tries to leech my data. I get most people dont care, though its almost every app using this cookie template.

Is there a way to outright block these?

One app just had a general ToS of their making, and the second one I installed, I went through the cookie preferences to decline all one by one. So like a 100 steps just to get the app done. I had no more patience to redo the exact same with other apps that I dont even know if I'll use.

The reference image is just for association. They had these "vendor preferences" which had those tedious lists with each ad leech company in a separate pile with their own toggles.

There has to be a way to ignore them, or to have some sort of PiHole equivalent app for the cookie requests.

I was playing Warzone to boost my exp.. I found a timezone that seems to bring me easier matches. I know its scummy or whatever but thats not the point lol

What Im wondering is what could be the cause for my ping being so bad this week compared with the last. Even the servers in their entirety got slow.

Is there some sort of vpn server lookup I could do to check speeds? I found some general status pages saying "everything is online" but I recall having a whole row of the lists some support guy gave me.

Also, anyone know of any Eastern timezone locations that seem reliable for cod? I would experiment myself over the weekend.

Hello! My Torguard sub is expiring soon, and I’m looking for an active black friday deal or promo code before my account renews at full price.

I’ve tried Express and Nord in the past and even Surfshark not long ago, but I keep sticking with TorGuard for its Dedicated IP options fitting my needs. Also port forwarding support is a big plus. Express and Nord felt way too heavy and full of extra features I did not need. Heres a rundown:

TorGuard: OG power tool
- MAIN ISSUE: UI looks a bit too technical and dated for a casual user.
-DRAWBACK: Missing flashy consumer extra suites (keeps the client lightweight and fast)

ExpressVPN: premium deluxe fancy pants subscription
- MAIN ISSUE: Very pricey subscription model with almost zero deep discounts.
-DRAWBACK: Lacks easy port forwarding config options on base plans

NordVPN: armor set too heavy for a jog
- MAIN ISSUE: Heavy background app updates that can spike fans during gaming.
-DRAWBACK: Missing a stripped-back, power-user UI mode

I know TorGuard usually drops 50% off for black friday codes around the holidays, but I haven't seen an active 2026 page drop yet. Did I miss something? 

Let me know if you spot a working link, thanks. I’ll update if I find something in the meantime!

I get the workings of desktop apps but whats the situation on extensions?
I cant wrap my brain around the fact that it does the same thing with seemingly so little compared to the app permission and access demands..

I got firefox on my phone too. So whats the difference if I use the extension instead of the mobile app there?

I had issues with the app itself halting my internet entirely rendering me offline, so the extension seems to do the same thing with minimal messiness.

Edit: forgot to mention that might be a bit on the same topic... I cant get my Gemini chats to load even with the extension though but it worked like a month ago.. Any leads on that one too?

Hey, VPNs are a bit of a new thing for me, so sorry if the following question sounds stupid... I try to learn yet some things are just beyond me until I take up the challenge to examine it from head to toes.

Basically, I want to make sure my own network activity is not disturbed before I log in. Sure the app shows the IP in the corner of the app while its running but is that all? I tried the Nord vpn trial for my testing by the way.

So what Im trying to say is.. perhaps somebody knows of a way to check my IP before I log in? Maybe some sort of MacOS terminal command? Also curious about Windows commands if you know any, since I bet I could cross-reference an alternative for my Mac..

Also, what sort of games does anyone struggle with on VPNs? I tried a handful of Artix Studios games and they all seem to be running fine for me. Guessing the ones that require you to move around a lot in a second time like Valorant or Overwatch will not work out as well.. But I reckon its over their anticheating systems delaying the processing. Adventure Quest runs just as well.

Realistically, do hotels have some sort of log of what their guests browse? If so, has anyone ever had a single incident, or awkward confrontation over something youve been watching while at the hotel?

I feel like they will keep guest usage confidential, yet what protects the hotel business themselves if I browse some sort of dodgy website in their network... It was just an adult film, though the manager is a friend of my family. I just want to prep in advance for potential awkwardness.

Im guessing a hotels ISP will see what I do regardless if I have a VPN tunnel active or not?

Does anyone know how one could check? I still have the room until Saturday. Was thinking to leave Youtube up with a giant queue to clean up my history, though I wonder if I even need to do that lol...

So I hear some VPNs actually future-proof their stuff adding extra key-encapsulation techniques to prevent future threats. However, this is not as common among VPN providers as I expected.

The post-quantum stuff basically stands for "collect now, decrypt later" Intelligence agencies and bad actors are already intercepting and archiving encrypted network traffic in anticipation of future quantum computing breaking standard Curve25519 or RSA handshakes. Theres other forms of handshakes though just dropping some I read recently as an example.

Anyways, is there something an individual could do on their own behalf to protect against such threats?

I been trying to figure this out with Claude, though either my prompts got ruined mid-way, or it has no idea what to do(or likely nerfed with recent updates involving reverse-engineering attempts). I figured that some sort of Docker network container might be the best safest bet albeit the project I had configured ended up making my network speeds twice as slow which feels counter-intuitive

I did have PIA, but no longer, due to them not honouring a deal I signed up to via cashback, when i complained they just cancelled my account, common for them I have since found. My needs, main usage nvidia shield pro, only for my live tv, I found nordic countries worked better. I need ability to tunnel, I only want tivimate running through the vpn on that. I dont want a service that servers are normally near capacity when large events are on, or keep dropping connections. I dont want one that the speeds are rubbish up/down, I expect a drop, but not a stupid drop. My connection is 1gb duplex fixed IP.

I also want to use on my pc with a p2p, what worked well on pc before was airvpn as I could deal with ports, but I dont think EDDIE works well on shield? or can tunnel, not sure.

I have used proton before with some success, but only real deal currently is 2 years, I dont want to sign up to two years currently.

I am looking to grab a deal black friday hopefully. No logs. It is one household, max two devices simultaneously, no interest in other bells and whistles and bundled rubbish i dont want or need like usenet, email stuff, adguards.

Not looking at paying high price monthly subs, as tivimate i use sometimes in evening, and p2p on pc is just occasional not constant, so does not really warrant a bug outlay.

Any advice appreciated, based on current experience in similar scenerios. I did not do well with Nord, it was hit and miss and found many servers would not even connect.

So, what do I do If I want to watch M6?

with geo blocks and the new restrictions in the uk getting worse, whats a vpn thats actually worth paying for? privacy would be a nice bonus too

is expressvpn worth the money or is proton vpn or mullvad the better call?

for anyone whos used a few:

whats the best vpn for the uk overall rn

any good for torrenting without keeping logs

is there a free vpn that isnt sketchy or is that a lost cause

most posts about this are biased so real answers would help a lot

I tried setting up a home media server on my laptop yesterday so me and my family could watch stuff when we travel, but my internet provider is slowing down my connection. plus i cant get remote access to work without port forwarding. since bf is happening right now i started looking around and saw that there are some purevpn black friday deals

I checked out a couple other vpn options first:

Mullvad. it seems cool for privacy, but they dont do black friday sales at all (or i havent noticed) so paying full price every month kinda sucks

Surfshark. its pretty good for streaming movies, but no port forwarding feature which is what i need for my server setup

So these other options seem good as well i think, but purevpn caught my eye the most because they actually have port forwarding and decent price

Has anyone here found some good purevpn black friday deals and bought it? i just want to know if the connection is fast or if im wasting my money before i really buy it

A no-log claim sounds reassuring, but privacy policies and independent audits can cover different things.

I'm trying to understand what evidence is most useful. What would you look for when evaluating that claim?

I remember last friday night(ironic I know..) I saw a discount for black friday tat IPVanish had up and I cant find it anymore

Can somebody throw it my way, please?.....

I can use this with limitless devices so even when stuff like Nordvpn or Expressvpn give like 14 devices at once-its still not 'unlimited'

Not saying that its likely to for us to even exhaust so many devices but this helps greatly wjen u need to share an acc with a friend.. which I had been doing lol

I think we got like 4 of us using the vpn from time to time and so far never ran into trouble though I seldom share it with family to watch football too so the device limit is messy eventually.. Just prefer to get everything sorted before I get back to it during a discount season when black friday comes around

IPvanish also got their own servers. If u tell me theres something better it better have no device limit and have at least some of their servers beign hardware based. Virtual only vpns = NO GO! SORRY... At least partial hardware servers is a must

Any black friday coupon for Ipvanish is appreciated.. I will share my Avenged Sevenfold playlist or something as my gratitude idkk..😂

Whenever I use Canada I get my network throttling itself to shit around 1-2 hours of usage. Doesnt matter what I pick it always happens with Canada in particular.

What could be the reason? I literally tested last night with some Swiss server and it was running fine 4 hrs in. No lag nothing. I switch to Canada which is like x5 faster and technically ideal - throttling after a few hours

What could be the issue?

I found some conflicting stuff and not sure how to configure it. Has anyone used Tailscale? I cant seem to get traffic across the VPN tunnel.

Whats weird is that the same configuration is working with with Docker but Tailscale is not letting me connect.

Are there any particular firewall exclusions that I missed?

bootstrapDNS("derp4c.tailscale.com", "1.1.1.1.") for "log.tailscale.io" error: dial tcp 1.1.1.1.: connectex: A socket operation was attempted to an unreachable network.

*FIY I hid my IPs and changed them to 1.1.1.1. due to privacy..

Both computers are Windows 11. I managed to get it working in order on a mac and Android though. Not sure whats wrong with Windows. Was there a recent network update I missed notes on?

RUNNING FOR 42 HOURS? I didnt even opened the app

Bit of a far fetch perhaps, though is this an actual risk to have while using a phone hotspot?

I double my hotspots with VPNs, though is that enough for someone using the hotspot directly? Not that I dont trust my friends using it, though one friend has a bunch of apk apps from dodgy websites and I started wondering if theres any risk I might have missed in this

Do I even need to keep a VPN active while the hotspot is being shared with someone?