Too easy to stay on LTE with unlimited data and the unknown of local wifi security. Mike
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July 14, 2019, 10:00 AM
lkdr1989
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Originally posted by OKCGene:
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Originally posted by HRK: VPN, Gets right around it
Please explain this and how to use it. Thanks .
VPN is a service that you connect to, to surf the internet semi-anonymously, kinda like a tunnel that Ruby Tuesday can't see into; if they can't see which websites you're going to, they can't block you:
...let him who has no sword sell his robe and buy one. Luke 22:35-36 NAV
"Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves." Matthew 10:16 NASV
July 14, 2019, 10:17 AM
OKCGene
So what’s a good and safe VPN to use? A google search has not been clear on this. How do you know how and whom to trust?
July 14, 2019, 11:18 AM
smschulz
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Originally posted by OKCGene: So what’s a good and safe VPN to use? A google search has not been clear on this. How do you know how and whom to trust?
What do you mean by "safe"? A VPN is an encrypted transmission of data.
July 14, 2019, 11:34 AM
OKCGene
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Originally posted by smschulz:
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Originally posted by OKCGene: So what’s a good and safe VPN to use? A google search has not been clear on this. How do you know how and whom to trust?
What do you mean by "safe"? A VPN is an encrypted transmission of data.
I’m ignorant on this, but if I just google VPN, how do I know if one might be a scammer site to rip me off or scam me?
Do I have to pay a fee? By the month, by the year?
Etc etc etc.
Yeah, I’m cautious.
July 14, 2019, 11:46 AM
lkdr1989
Most VPN subscriptions cost about $5-$10/month. I've been using PIA & VPNSecure for several years now but it sounds like you'd be fine with VPNSecure; it's cheaper to get a subscription using the following link than going through VPNSecure directly:
Originally posted by OKCGene: I’m ignorant on this, but if I just google VPN, how do I know if one might be a scammer site to rip me off or scam me?
Do I have to pay a fee? By the month, by the year?
Etc etc etc.
Yeah, I’m cautious.
...let him who has no sword sell his robe and buy one. Luke 22:35-36 NAV
"Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves." Matthew 10:16 NASV
July 14, 2019, 11:48 AM
SpinZone
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Originally posted by OKCGene:
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Originally posted by smschulz:
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Originally posted by OKCGene: So what’s a good and safe VPN to use? A google search has not been clear on this. How do you know how and whom to trust?
What do you mean by "safe"? A VPN is an encrypted transmission of data.
I’m ignorant on this, but if I just google VPN, how do I know if one might be a scammer site to rip me off or scam me?
Do I have to pay a fee? By the month, by the year?
Etc etc etc.
Yeah, I’m cautious.
You go with a trusted name. Symantec offeres a vpn as do many other major companies whose name you should recognize. You can also go to websites like cnet or pc world and read their reviews, they usually have a top ten list of some sort that will help you decide.
I think there are some free services out there but generally it is a paid subscription service.
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July 14, 2019, 11:53 AM
erj_pilot
Guy is kinda goofy (in a funny way ), and has good info about VPN's...
FF to the 5:00 mark to see how to access and browse the web with a VPN.
How to purchase, install, and set up a VPN here:
"If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24
July 14, 2019, 11:57 AM
tigereye313
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Originally posted by Patrick-SP2022: The local HEB store's wifi blocks SIGforum too. Disappointing, but I don't care enough to make a stink about it.
Must be store by store. I'm posting from HEB wifi right now...
), and has good info about VPN's...
