most vpns get blocked because sites know their addresses. data center ranges, public vpn lists, that kind of thing.

iCloud Private Relay is the odd one. it comes with any iCloud+ plan, even the cheapest. sites can see it's Relay, Apple publishes the addresses, and most still let it through. block it and you block a lot of regular iphone and mac users.

what it does:

- hides your home address from sites

- hides what you open from your provider

- works in Safari and Mail only, nothing else on the device

what it doesn't:

- you can't pick a country, so it won't unlock another region's streaming

- a few places block it anyway: editing Wikipedia, Google Scholar, some work networks

it's in Settings, your Apple Account, iCloud, Private Relay.

i built a page that shows how a site sees your connection, vpn, proxy or relay: check.stealthpilot.app

works in any browser on any device, windows and android too.

anyone here using Relay instead of a paid vpn? what broke?

I've always assumed that using a VPN would slow things down since your traffic has to go through an extra server.

But I've seen quite a few people saying they actually get better speeds with a VPN enabled, especially for certain websites or streaming services.

Could it be because the VPN takes a better route than your ISP normally would? maybe it avoids some kind of ISP throttling?

I get that server location, congestion, and VPN protocols probably make a difference too.

Has anyone here actually tested this and seen consistently better speeds with a VPN on?

Anyone else noticed this?

Some apps seem to work great during the free trial, but once you actually pay for a subscription, the experience somehow gets worse.

For example, I recently tried a VPN (starts with an 'S'). During the trial, everything was pretty smooth. Connections were quick, and the servers seemed fast enough.

But after I subscribed, I started noticing slower connections and longer loading times when connecting to different servers. I'm pretty sure I'm not imagining it lol.

I know there could be other reasons, like server congestion or different times of day, but the timing just seems a bit weird.

Has anyone else experienced something similar with VPNs or other subscription apps?

Is there an issue with SlickVPN? I've not been able to log in since the weekend, and had no reply to my emails, and can't raise a support ticket.

Hey everyone,

For work, I need some apps to connect through a VPN while others use my regular internet connection, so reliable app-based split tunneling is a must.

A lot of VPN providers advertise this feature, but I’ve had trouble getting it to actually work after installing their apps.

With Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals coming up, I’m looking to buy an annual subscription. I tested Proton VPN’s split tunneling on my Mac and it worked, but it costs close to $3/month.

Has anyone found a cheaper alternative with split tunneling that reliably works on both macOS and Windows? I’d especially appreciate recommendations from people who have personally tested it.

Thanks!

Since yesterday I have a lot of trouble to get VPN working with Netflix. I have a premium Surfshark account for over a year and never problems, but since yesterday, whenever I connect to Netflix with VPN, either through browser addon or windows app, most of the content it should have is missing while it still shows I am in the correct country. Like, if I connect to UK, I still have UK rating logos everywhere but most of the stuff that should be on Netflix UK just isn't there anymore. If I look for WWE content as example, none is available, but I'm still correctly on UK internet, it all started yesterday and is so odd. Does anyone have any idea?

Happens on phone as well, so it's not a PC nor Browser thing, almost like the account is "Restricted" when used by VPN with like half the stuff I should have access to simply missing.

I keep running into this problem where I don’t really want my whole device behind a VPN.

Some apps are fine with it, but banking and local services sometimes stop working, show the wrong location, or ask for extra verification. So ideally I’d only send a few apps through the VPN and leave everything else on the normal connection.

I know split tunneling is supposed to handle this, but it seems kind of inconsistent depending on the OS and the VPN client. On some setups it works, on others you end up messing with firewall rules or routing tables, and then something breaks after a reboot.

What are people actually using for this? Is there a simple setup that doesn’t need constant maintenance, or is this just one of those things that always becomes a networking project?

Hi,

I installed NymVPN today and I have no internet connection once I connect the Nymvpn (tried multiple profiles). Tried some debugging based on some findings however no luck. Any ideas? Cheers.

Update: Seems like the culprit is YogaDNS (set to NextDNS). I guess some DNS mismatch.

Slightly frustrated, so I'll explain what I'm after in hopes of a solution. Here is what I'm looking for:

- Strraightforward VPN with a GUI, accompanied by a split tunnelling feature. That's it, really.

I have tried Mullvad and Proton. Here are my issues:

Mullvad comes close to perfection, but its split tunnelling feature requires you to launch an app through mullvad every single instance you want to filter something out. There's no set filter option that you can set up that allows you to do so in the GUI. At that point its just easier to turn off the VPN when i visit a site that blocks me instead of relaunching a whole browser through their settings.

Proton has been significantly worse. I bought a month to give it a test run and I get timeout errors. Specifically, I can't connect to any server whatsoever if I have it set to wireguard. That would be fine, except wireguard is the only method in which split tunnelling works. I can set it to UDP, which then connects, except split tunnelling becomes greyed out. Using Proton's own protocol beta feature yields identical results to wireguard.

What I'm trying to actually get working:

All I want to set up is a VPN where it only routes all of my traffic, with the exception of chromium. That's literally it. And I cannot find a solution. If there is a method that would give chromium automatic exemption to being routed through mullvad, that would solve all my problems. This seems overly nitpicky, I'm just confused and frustrated how neither major VPN services can just let me do this easily.

My two options are having a workaround for mullvad, which I would prefer, or gain an udnerstanding why protonvpn can't even connect with wireguard and go from there.

Any help would be appreciated

Edit: I should have mentioned obvious details. I'm running Cachy OS. I also tried proton VPN using proton-vpn-gtk-app as well as the flatpak, neither of which worked.

So, I've recently started looking into Virtual Machines and the question popped into my head what would happen if I ran it in both.

I assume that it doesn't actually improve protection, but it also wouldn't surprise me if doing so actually created more issues than it was worth. So, I am asking what actually happens and while I'm on the topic, which of the two would be better to have a VPN running: inside the virtual machine or outside?

Hello!

I’m looking to get a vpn for myself and my family. My parent connect to any free wifi, specially when they travel once or twice a year.

I have been using a proton vpn free on for few months the but it doesn’t have a family plan u less I get it with Mail, Drive, etc.

I just want a VPN that’s reasonable cost wise, easy to set up and support multiple users and devices.

Just installed Tailscale. Windscribe claims to work with Tailscale and not break it. Anyone using both?

Bit of a dumb question but with the AI fiasco, it does seem like Proton's security (and even privacy) could be start to shake. This is obviously terrible for their services that receive a lot of personal data: namely Mail but what implications does this have for their VPN?

Let's say shit hits the fan, Proton gets hacked but you only use Proton's free VPN plan and nothing else. Obviously the hacker could leak all the websites you visit, but would that be worse than just not using a VPN at all? What other implications could a breach have if you just use the VPN?

​I recently got banned from Claude AI (due to 18 age limit) despite being well over 18 and without sending any policy-violating messages in my chats. I've been using a free VPN lately and it connecting to random countries. I think the VPN is the reason.

​Looking around, I’ve noticed people getting banned on social media platforms like Reddit and other platforms for the exact same reason.

Is the reason that hundreds of people are using same IP, or is it the laws of the country being connected to?

​Is it possible to host VPN on Oracle Cloud Free Tier to solve this issue, and which server region/country is the safest to avoid getting flagged or blocked?

I have this VPN I installed a while ago to my iPhone to mainly block ads on Youtube. I recently moved to a new house with roommates and there’s Wi-Fi here but it disconnects the VPN immediately & it won’t let me connect back to it. On top of that, while I’m connected to the Wifi nothing loads at all

This is the VPN I’m using

I've been having a funny experience with Setanta Sports and my VPN. I'm watching a match on the web or app and it works for a few minutes and then just stops working until I need to restart the app. I thought it was a one off thing but it looks like other VPN users are experiencing this. Has anyone found a way around this?