Question Nord VPN.

[Sasaferrato]

I've been seeing adverts for Nord VPN, and is very cheap, about £110 or so for three years.

Does anyone know anything about it?

 

[keybored]

I've just learned it's expensive. PIA is only £50 for 2 years.

 

[Sasaferrato]

I've just learned it's expensive. PIA is only £50 for 2 years.

Very good. Doesn't really answer my question though.

 

[keybored]

Well you asked if I know anything about it. I'm suggesting you shop around.

 

[JimW]

The one they tout for China that I've not stumped up for myself in ExpressVPN, seems to get decent performance write-ups and is apparently fairly easy to use though perhaps not the most straightforward.

 

[Throbbing Angel]

Very good. Doesn't really answer my question though.

fyi a few of my mates have ditched PIA in favour of Nord citing a slow down in speeds/servers/etc. on PIA

ymmv

 

[kropotkin]

Nord is excellent.i got it for 79 for 3 years I think

 

[Sasaferrato]

Nord is excellent.i got it for 79 for 3 years I think

Ta.

It is $95.75 plus VAT = $114.90. So about £76.00. (My earlier mathematics were somewhat out, for some reason I thought £/$ ratio was worse than it is)

I'll go with that then.

 

[Sasaferrato]

fyi a few of my mates have ditched PIA in favour of Nord citing a slow down in speeds/servers/etc. on PIA

ymmv

Thank you also.

 

[JuanTwoThree]

I use ExpressVPN and am happy with it, but have nothing to compare with it. Good help online.

Sometimes the BBC spots them and blocks them for a while but it's only for a day or two. 100USD a year I think .

 

[Throbbing Angel]

Thank you also.

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[Throbbing Angel]

aaaaaand - I need a VPN that plays nice with my iPad, my Chromebook and my Android phone...
any ideas? I have been looking at Nord as most people who I know who use it love it, but are usually invested in one or two platforms only.

Chromebooks are the pain it seems:
Help - need a VPN for iOS, Android and Chromebook

RE: Nord (from their how to config a Chromebook w/NordPN page - does this gubbins mean NORD and a chromebook is a no go as of 1st Dec?? cybershot editor two sheds

'The L2TP and PPTP protocols are becoming obsolete. Therefore, as of Dec. 1st, 2018, NordVPN will no longer support them. We recommend OpenVPN or IKEv2/IPSec.'

and

'Note: Newer Chrome OS versions may not be able to be configured to not use IPv6 addresses. We currently do not support IPv6, and thus, if you are using one of the newest Chrome OS versions on an IPv6 network, you may not be able to properly secure your Chromebook.'

 

[Spymaster]

Can someone explain in simple terms why I need a VPN? I haven't been using one for the last 15 years (except occasionally to access US/Canadian Netflix) and my computer hasn't blown up. Neither have I been hacked by Russian mobsters or had my bank accounts raided by cyber geeks.

What are the benefits?

 

[twentythreedom]

^^ that

 

[Sasaferrato]

Can someone explain in simple terms why I need a VPN? I haven't been using one for the last 15 years (except occasionally to access US/Canadian Netflix) and my computer hasn't blown up. Neither have I been hacked by Russian mobsters or had my bank accounts raided by cyber geeks.

What are the benefits?

I'm a prolific torrent downloader, must be over 20Tb now, and feel that I've pushed my luck for long enough.

 

[twentythreedom]

I'm a prolific torrent downloader, must be over 20Tb now, and feel that I've pushed my luck for long enough.

Doesn't really answer the question

 

[Sasaferrato]

Doesn't really answer the question

The benefit is not getting caught downloading.

 

[twentythreedom]

The benefit is not getting caught downloading.

I'm sure there's more to it than that

 

[Spymaster]

The benefit is not getting caught downloading.

Is that it?

 

[Fez909]

Can someone explain in simple terms why I need a VPN? I haven't been using one for the last 15 years (except occasionally to access US/Canadian Netflix) and my computer hasn't blown up. Neither have I been hacked by Russian mobsters or had my bank accounts raided by cyber geeks.

What are the benefits?

"Can anyone explain why I need a thing that I've used because I had to to do a thing that was impossible without said thing"

 

[Spymaster]

"Can anyone explain why I need a thing that I've used because I had to to do a thing that was impossible without said thing"

But that was a free add on that I've now discarded. I believe it's still sitting on a toolbar somewhere ready to be called into action at the click of a button but I've not summoned it for a couple of years, mainly because I've no idea why I would want to. Why are people paying for this? There must be other benefits, surely. What are they?

 

[Fez909]

But that was a free add on that I've now discarded. I believe it's still sitting on a toolbar somewhere ready to be called into action at the click of a button but I've not summoned it for a couple of years, mainly because I've no idea why I would want to. Why are people paying for this? There must be other benefits, surely. What are they?

1) Access Netflix/Hulu/Whatever when you're not in USA
2) Access blocked websites in UK, such as Pirate Bay
3) Hide your browsing history from the government/The Man
4) Protect your passwords when accessing public wifi
5) Hide your torrenting from your ISP/the Government/The Man

 

[JuanTwoThree]

I need it to watch UK television. The fun part is when you have to give a UK post-code to the TV station. For a long time I gave the post-code of Buckingham Palace, then the BBC themselves at Portland Place. Now for some reason I am in Bovington Camp or The Savoy Hotel, depending on my whim.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Can someone explain why I might need to buy a VPN and not use a free one? The one I use seems just fine.

 

[alex_]

Can someone explain why I might need to buy a VPN and not use a free one? The one I use seems just fine.

If it’s free - you are the product.

What are they doing with your data, where are they based ?

Alex

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

If it’s free - you are the product.

What are they doing with your data, where are they based ?

Alex

They do ads every other time you connect.

 

[Spymaster]

1) Access Netflix/Hulu/Whatever when you're not in USA
2) Access blocked websites in UK, such as Pirate Bay
3) Hide your browsing history from the government/The Man
4) Protect your passwords when accessing public wifi
5) Hide your torrenting from your ISP/the Government/The Man

So if all these the only one that beats any other elegance to me is probably 3, though I’m not too bothered about that either. However, won’t the government be able to find out my browsing history from my service provider anyway if they were so inclined, or does a VPN hide the history from them too?

 

[alex_]

They do ads every other time you connect.

Is this all they are doing ?

What does the privacy policy say ?

 

[Fez909]

So if all these the only one that beats any other elegance to me is probably 3, though I’m not too bothered about that either. However, won’t the government be able to find out my browsing history from my service provider anyway if they were so inclined, or does a VPN hide the history from them too?

Yes, see point five

 

[alex_]

So if all these the only one that beats any other elegance to me is probably 3, though I’m not too bothered about that either. However, won’t the government be able to find out my browsing history from my service provider anyway if they were so inclined, or does a VPN hide the history from them too?

The vpn encrypts all the traffic between your device and the provider, so the isp cannot are any of it. The theory goes that the vpn provider doesn’t hold any logs, so your traffic is untraceable.

How well this stands up depends upon how naughty you are being.

Eg a student at harvard was tracked down after he made bomb threats over tor, which is a lot more secure than a vpn.

Alex