I’ve doing a little bit of research and I’m considering setting one up. I get that it encrypts everything and makes it harder for hackers to view your data, but I’m wondering if there is anything that you can do with them. Can they do anything other than change your IP address?
Sorry, total n00b
bypass geoblocks and access streaming services not available in the country you live in.
Using a VPN allows you to buy services in a cheaper local currency. eg. Youtube Premium costs 129 Rupees in India. That’s a little under $2 USD/month. Netflix in Argentina and Turkey cost about a third of what it costs in the US or Canada.
If your gaming, you can change country so you get to match with different players especially with elite dangerous
Depending on your line of work, using a consumer VPN to change your locale allows you to browse the internet from a difference geo to test how websites look, how search results might differ, etc. Helpful for designers, product managers, etc
Send IoT devices to A different State or country. VPN on the router, IoT devices on VLANs.
Unblock some movies in streaming apps
There are technical security reasons we as home users could benefit from.
Let me give you a real world example any one of us could find themselves in. I wanted to wake-on-lan (WOL) my PC remotely, so I setup a dynamic dns (DDNS) service on my router (Netgear R7000). That way I have an address for my my router instead of the changing dynamic IP my ISP assigns for me.
I was having problems and I needed to access my router’s settings page remotely. There’s an option in there than lets me access that page remotely, outside of my home network, so I enabled that option which was a huge mistake. I did access that page remotely and I did WOL my PC and whatever. However, when I can home I found some type of malware waiting for me right there on my PC screen.
I didn’t setup a VPN server at home then. After I got hit, I setup a VPN server on the router and if I needed to do anything in my home network I would have to be logged in the VPN. Otherwise it’s completely closed.
Things that I would like to do in my home network remotely with a VPN could include:
WOL
Accessing some services like Sonarr or Radarr, if I wanted to add a movie or something there.
Plex
Viewing files from the PC
That was my home VPN server. I have a subscription VPN outside the country to hide my identify from the government and to access blocked websites.
I use a VPN so I can remote into my home network to be able to network my server as remote share.
I also use it for DNS blocking via pihole. Keeps my network secure and blocks ads.
Online auctions are good to a VPN on. An example being for trainers/sneakers/shoes some sites will only allow 1 entry per IP. Using a VPN obviously gives you more chances to win.
But how do you pay in foreign currency… surely if it’s a bank deduction, they would see the country you live in…
I might be totally dumb at this though
This is perfect and quite interesting. I wonder what else can you get cheaply. A lot of subscription services now and having the price cut in half definitely helps.
Tip (not relevant): If you’re a student, sign up for Spotify Premium ($9.99/month). You get away with paying $5/month and it comes with Hulu ($5.99/month) and Showtime ($10.99/month). That’s a savings of $21.00!
Tbh, I think 80% is snake oil in the prevailing economic circumstances. If it would be powered by market-driven forces, my advice is to lower your expectations.
They seem to be doing a lot. VPN provision, Token offering, bla bla bla. What’s the company’s focus cos the VPN niche is a wide one and all these activities could reduce the efficiency of their services.
Most credit cards allow payment in foreign currency.
The Netflix catalog you’d have access to is based on IP address, not billing location.
Yea but everything was kinda muddled up initially and I didn’t get where the company was headed. Maybe it’s just your presentation like you were marketing them here.