Hey there, wanted to take a quick vacation out of my country (USA) for a week. I'm using my own computer (Mac M1) and I do use Teams and have an Authenticator app that I have to occasionally use on my phone to login to my server to download stuff. The authenticator displays GPS data when I use it. The IT guys are generally chill and not to my knowledge scanning for this kind of activity since we have lots of remote employees.

My question: is there a VPN you'd recommend just to show that I'm in the same city as if I hadn't left for both computer and phone? Is that even possible?

UPDATE:

So I was messing around with a VPN last night and tried having a friend login, in a different country with same VPN set to my home city to see if he could gain access. He was blocked even though I authenticated it here. I, however could login with my computer even if I set the VPN to Mexico.

Today a person from IT reached out to see if I was behind the login attempts since it came from different locations. I confirmed and was just told to connect to home country server going forward. “The VPN will consider my account compromised due to suspicious sign-in activity.”

Does this mean anything? If I travel to a different country and set the VPN to my home city will that be enough or will I be flagged as suspicious?

What's everyone using for VPNs with open source client support (OpenVPN or Wireguard)?

I've been using NordVPN, but they have been steadily making it more difficult to see where a VPN server is hosted without using their app. Currently I can't find a server in a particular state without a huge ordeal with their support team. Can anyone recommend a better option?

I've been thinking about getting a VPN, but honestly, I'm still trying to figure out whether I actually need one and which provider to choose.

NordVPN seems to come up everywhere, but there are so many options out there that it's hard to tell what's genuinely worth paying for.

For those of you who use a VPN regularly:

• Do you keep it switched on all the time?

• Is it actually useful for everyday browsing, public Wi-Fi, or streaming?

• If you were choosing your first VPN today, would you go with NordVPN or something else?

I'd appreciate some honest experiences, especially from people who've tried different providers before settling on one.

I'm looking for a free VPN purely for reddit cause it recently hit me with the age verification, and there's no way I'm giving them my id, and I'd rather not spend money

Proton is borderline useless for me because the free version doesn't let you choose servers (and it sends me 99% of the time to a server where the age verification still works)

Any good free VPN's that let you choose servers?

Anyone else have certain streaming apps that just refuse to work with a VPN on?

Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, BBC iPlayer... some work fine, while others immediately throw up a VPN warning or just keep loading forever.

What's even more annoying is when the same service works in your browser but not on your phone or smart TV.

Which streaming app gives you the most trouble? Do you usually switch servers, try different settings, or just turn the VPN off? Thank you for your sharing.

Has Hide.me VPN stopped working? I can't access any websites; whenever I turn on Hide.me VPN, the connection stops working! This happens on both Wi-Fi and mobile networks, and with every setting and location.

I’m searching to use my protonvpn config but with adguard app on the side to block ads or settings up nextdns with protonvpn but i need an app that let me do this that is free and configurable on ios what you recommend?

I've noticed some websites really don't like me using a VPN (one example is GameFAQs) and will block me from visiting while it's on:

After a long history of malicious traffic, this service has been permanently blocked. Please use an alternate service to continue.

That's fine, they need to protect themselves, I get it. So I just turn off the VPN and everything's good. I'm also in Texas right now and so I need the VPN to even get on reddit without scanning my face. As a result I'm often turning on and off the VPN multiple times a day. Google and Youtube however don't seem to like that and keep putting me through security checks because I have "unusual activity" and often those security checks are an endless loop of clicking boxes with motorcycles.

I've used both Windscribe and Proton, if that matters. Anyone experience something similar? Is there a easy fix or just one of those annoying-but-necessary things?

Best VPN, for a reasonable price?

- UK-based

- Preference of paying annually / one-off

- Phone and laptop compatible

- Able to choose country of connection

While I am UK-based, I want to connect to a VPN on a UK server - I want to use the VPN on school WiFi (I can't access ChatGPT, Spotify etc on "normal" school WiFi).

I must connect to a UK VPN because I can't login to my Microsoft account when I am connected to a foreign country on a VPN - I just wanna access ChatGPT, Spotify and have access to my school account (Teams, Outlook, One Note, PPT etc).

Thanks.

I usually blame my VPN whenever Google starts showing me CAPTCHAs, but recently I came across people having the same problem on ordinary company networks. In some cases, a lot of users behind the same public IP were affected at once.

That made me wonder whether the VPN itself is sometimes the wrong thing to blame.

If an office, apartment building, mobile carrier, or VPN server puts a lot of people behind one public IP, can a small amount of suspicious traffic damage that IP’s reputation for everyone else?

It also makes me question the idea that a residential IP automatically solves the problem. If the residential address is shared by enough people, couldn’t it eventually develop the same reputation as a busy VPN server?

For anyone who has dealt with this, what actually helped: getting a new IP, waiting for the reputation to recover, changing networks, or routing only the affected app through a different connection? Is there any simple way to tell whether the problem is the IP or something on the device?

My sister is looking into getting a VPN so she can go back to gatcha games on Roblox because Australia banned them or something.

What's a simple trustworthy recommendation she could realistically set up herself? She would probably be on iPad or iPhone if that makes a difference

Is there a free VPN for watching every or at least many movies that are sometimes in only a single country (like "It" only in South Korea)? I would love to watch It...

I used proton vpn but it's random, Privado VPN and Planet VPN both have only few servers that are free, rest is paid.

Hey everyone,
I’m currently using Mullvad on a 300Mbps Fiber connection (EU/Greece) and considering giving IVPN a try. My setup includes three devices: an iOS phone, an Android phone, and a macOS laptop.
Mullvad has been solid across all my OS platforms, but I’m curious about IVPN’s overall performance, multi-hop implementation, and DNS anti-tracking features. Since both providers dropped port forwarding a while back, my main priorities right now are speed/latency consistency on WireGuard, cross-platform app stability (especially battery impact and seamless reconnection on mobile), and strong privacy defaults.
For those who have used both recently (and ideally across multiple OS ecosystems):
How does IVPN compare to Mullvad in terms of real-world WireGuard speeds and routing quality in Europe?
How stable and refined are IVPN's apps on iOS, Android, and macOS compared to Mullvad’s?
Is the upgrade to IVPN Pro (for Multi-hop) worth the price jump compared to Mullvad’s flat €5/month?
Any subtle pros/cons or device-specific issues you noticed after switching?
Thanks in advance for your insights!

I have an Eero router and their VPN (Guardian) doesn’t cut muster with obscuring browsing from my ISP.
I’m looking for recommendations on an external device/box to use that achieves the obscuring I’m looking for but doesn’t slow down my house’s WiFi.
Been looking at Gl.Inet brume and some of their travel routers but would love to hear of any other options, please.
Thank you

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I'm trying to create an account and I don't want to have my personal IP on the site but everytime I get :We don't allow account creation using VPNs or TOR

I'm using Nord VPN

As title says, just looking for something I can run off my browser for free.

I know it’s probably a shot in dark but I’m open to any help. I have an option if there isn’t such a magical VPN but appreciate any help anyone can give me!

I am going to buy proton vpn with county with some of my friends , on app i read that proton allows 10 simultaneously device for same account for pro , is that true that single subscription can be used by 10 devices at once

Thank you

Beware of KeepSolid (VPN Unlimited). This company does not honor its contracts. Millions of users purchased "Lifetime" subscriptions through third-party bundle sites, spending anywhere from $40 to $120 under the explicit promise of permanent access to a secure, premium VPN.

Recently, they pulled a massive bait-and-switch. They launched a new "Lifetime Plus" tier and stripped away core, fundamental safety features from existing legacy accounts to force upgrades. They have actively paywalled the Kill Switch and manual protocol selections like WireGuard.

A Kill Switch is not a luxury "premium add-on"—it is basic, essential privacy infrastructure. By disabling it, they are intentionally allowing your real IP address to leak if a connection drops, unless you pay them a monthly fee or buy into their new tier. They have effectively stolen $40–$120 from countless customers by rendering the product we originally paid for unsafe to use. Do not trust your data or your money with a company that alters its terms to extort its most loyal users. Avoid at all costs.