So basically, I use windscribe as my choice vpn to bypass my dad’s internet restrictions.
However, I have run out of the 30gb data recently as it has been a while since I used the code ‘GUARIMBA’, and then now I have no more data. I understand it is very cheap and can start at around 2$, but:
I don’t have access to a credit/debit card (even though I’m 15). I have plenty of cash, but I am unable to use it online.
I can’t use siblings/parent’s credit/debit/paypal/anything online currency to pay because my dad almost fanatically tracks all the payments
Am I really going to ask one of my friends to pay some money to some VPN company when I give them cash just so I can browse the internet unrestricted? I really don’t want to have to do this.
I am unable to download any other VPNs besides hide.me from the microsoft store and while I like ProtonVPN as it is free, I don’t have admin access on my computer.
hide.me is free but it’s INSANELY slow, buggy, and laggy which doesn’t work when I want to play with my friends. It also doesn’t let me connect to discord on my computer.
My dad obsessively blocks and tracks me on my laptop too - I’m just lucky I was able to disable Qustodio recently without him noticing. That’s why I can’t download ProtonVPN because it needs admin password.
-How did I download Windscribe then, if I don’t have the admin password? When my mom used the computer, I was able to get on and install it and use it then because again, my old crappy laptop was crazily tracked and blocked by my dad too. Now, it just happens to still be installed for which I am lucky.
I understand that it’s against the TOS, but I tried making two accounts and now none of them have data because windscribe tracks that.
I really just don’t know what to do. I can barely do anything with these internet restrictions and without more windscribe data I really can’t do anything. Free vpns from the microsoft store are trash compared to these and I’d rather just not use them.
Back to my dad, I’ll never be able to convince him to lift the restrictions or let me play games. He’s kind of obsessed with the idea because he believes that if I play ANY games or talk with ANY of my online, game-playing friends I won’t do well in school or get into a good college etc. (I’m Asian btw). I understand that it takes up time and is addictive, but I just want to be able to hop on Minecraft with my friends every couple days after I have no more activities and my homework is done. So this is not a way I can go.
Any advice??
I’m considering trying to purchase a visa gift/debit card to try and pay for a pro subscription too, but I really don’t know when I have the time to do so. My mom is now always on business trips so my dad wouldn’t really take me to a store to get one when I’m going to use it to bypass his restrictions…
TLDR;
strict dad, no more windscribe data, no way to buy it bc i have no online methods of payment. Windscribe best and only VPN i have.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and respond if you do so.
Not sure if this is an answer, I didn’t read it all as that’s alot. Perhaps goto a store, but a visa gift card with cash and use that to upgrade your account ?
assuming your dad is spying on you and your internet traffic on windows itself, you could download rufus portable and flash a linux iso on a thumbdrive like mint and boot off mint to do what you want. assuming you cant download anything, try using thr school computer or get your friends to do it.
assuming he’s spying on you at the router level, you. could use your hotspot on your phone as a temporary means, but would still suggest u try your best to get the prepaid debit cards.
however, a long term solution would be to talk to your family and try to reach a solution together.
i think proton does have a browser based extension as well, so you wouldnt need to download the app.
As a parent who pays attention to what my children do, talking with them is where you will best suited.
Finding workarounds will only get you into more trouble eventually.
The best you can do is plead your case and talk with your parents about what you want to achieve on your end while still giving them some control i.e. time limits, age restrictions on games, etc.
Be open and honest and if that doesn’t get you what you want then do what you feel is necessary. Getting admin priveledges on windows is ezpz and having a thumb drive with a separate bootable OS is even easier. Then you’ll have your own OS with your own rights and can do whatever you want from there.
you don’t need a vpn for this kind of stuff, when i was a kid i also had internet restriction and i never used a vpn to get around it, i used vpns for other stuff
if your internet restriction is mac address based, change the mac address in network settings (proxy in lan would also work but i doubt you have another unrestricted device where you could install one), if that doesn’t work your dad probably blocked all other mac addresses, you could snatch the one your dad’s computer uses, but make sure it’s off while you use it else you’ll get weird behavior with duplicated mac
if it’s dns based, use dns over https feature in windows 11 (primary dns cloudflare and secondary dns quad9 is always a safe bet), make sure to fill all ip fields (2 ipv4 & 2 ipv6 entries) and select automatic template for doh, if you are on win 10 then just use normal dns settings in network settings
if it’s microsoft family safety then you’re kinda screwed, but afaik that only works for ms edge so you’re probably not talking about that
my guess is it’s dns based, because otherwise windscribe wouldn’t easily bypass this (most vpns use their own dns), also your dad is not properly monitoring if he hasn’t blocked windscribe ips
also for getting admin access on a windows computer, i used to do this with a linux usb flash drive, i won’t describe the whole process here, but i found a video showing it, it seems you don’t even need linux for it: https://youtube.com/shorts/NhJoVsSgTRE (you can change the admin password and then have administrative access just like that)
Might be funny to track how much time and effort you’ve spent trying to circumvent his blockade. If you can do that and still manage to keep your grades up then you could potentially argue that the handful of hours you would’ve spent playing minecraft is less time than the greater time (not to mention money) spent learning and implementing your tricks.
Am I really going to ask one of my friends to pay some money to some VPN company when I give them cash just so I can browse the internet unrestricted? I really don’t want to have to do this.
I mean sure, why not?
Different circumstance, but as an adult with a family etc, myself and friends will still occasionally purchase something on the others behalf if we have access to some sort of discounted pricing or whatever through some membership, or to group buy and save money on shipping. Why not leverage your friendship when making a purchase?
Can your friends buy the gift card and you pay them back, if you don’t want to discuss the VPN.
Otherwise it seems you need to sort something out with the parents. You could possibly avoid paying for the VPN entirely if you sort that out. Sounds like that’s the harder conversation to have however compared to one with your friends.
I can’t really get to a store on my own. My mom isn’t home for a lot of the time and my dad won’t drive me to one if thats why I want to go lol. I can’t drive/walk/bike to one either.
It’s MAC based. However, he approves every single device that is on the network so I can’t use random mac addresses. Besides, the restrictions apply to every accepted MAC address on the network.
I’ll try this when I have time, but is there a way to do it where the old one still applys/add administrator permissions to my account so when he checks or needs to use it every now and then he won’t realize that I have changed it?
Then I don’t know how to help with that. Are there stores near your school. Extra curricular activities. Gas stations, corner stores could sell them. Otherwise you wait till next min th for your data to reset I guess
I’ve tried dualbooting with linux before. It works, but I don’t really want to do this for now because I’d like to primarily stay on windows so that I don’t have to switch every time. I’ve not found a way on windows to manually set the MAC address (though maybe if I have admin I might try again). A sneaky trick I used with Ubuntu was that I would record my friend’s MAC address when he came over to do homework with me, and my dad would obviously need to give him access. So, once he left, I would manually enter that address into Ubuntu using wikiHow’s tutorial https://www.wikihow.com/Change-MAC-Address-on-Ubuntu
That was when I had no access at all to the internet besides my school chromebook, which I wasn’t able to do anything on. All computers in the house were locked and one I had ubuntu on had its wifi constantly turned off to its MAC address that way I couldn’t use it.