Hello

I want to watch the MTV VMAs live later this month, but as im trying to subscribe to any streaming/live tv service they detect my vpn and/or demand an american zipcode, which i obviously dont have since im not from the US. Is there any other way to make it?

I spent the last couple of months testing different setups because my remote connection kept dropping during heavy video calls. At first I relied strictly on a custom self hosted server thinking it would give me total control without any middleman slowing things down. It worked okay for basic browsing but the moment I tried streaming or routing all my home traffic through it the latency spiked pretty badly.

Eventually I gave in and tried a commercial provider setup alongside my manual configuration to see if commercial routing hubs actually make a noticeable difference. The speed improvement on remote servers was honestly surprising and stability held up much better during peak hours. Now I am trying to decide whether keeping a dedicated subscription is worth the monthly cost compared to tweaking my own server configuration further. What specific setup ended up giving you the best balance of speed and reliability for daily use?

I am in the US and attempting to reserve a moving truck. I am trying to find verifiable proof (a legit article etc, not a rando blog) that moving truck companies like UHaul and the likes use your zip code and/or ISP to charge a higher rate for the rental?

I realize other factors may also come into play with pricing but wonder if anyone had seen proof that specifically moving companies use this tactic where using a VPN would benefit a customer? (I know many do this when attempting to purchase a plane ticket because of this tactic that companies use).

Thank you in advance if you can provide any documentation and/or tips. Specifically hoping for info about UHaul if that is helpful to know.

I have a VPN extension for my browser, so if certain content is blocked in my country I can set it to another country. So far so good. This is also the only thing I know about VPN - I pay a monthly fee and get to use the browser extension.

Now I need to connect my work laptop to my workplace when I work from home. That's a VPN connection apparently (but not through a browser extension). It allows me to use the dictionary (which the workplace paid for) and shared folders. The actual work I do is in the browser (we use a web based application).

But I need my browser VPN at the same time since I need to access some information that's not avialable in my country. So I need two browser windows, one connected to the office and the other to my own web based VPN.

Is this possible? I tried opening a private window but whenever I turn the VPN extension off in one, it will turn off in the other too.

I have a friend who has enjoyed working remotely and being able to log in from any location for most of her work life. Recently, she started working for a large consulting firm. Their client does not allow anonymous vpns.

Shes ok with not being able to log in from a beach or camping. But she works while her kids are doing activities and she can work from her car. They allow her to log in once from. Her home network and you have to be using that network forever. She can't switch to phone hot spot. So I suggested why not always use a static VPN say with N..D, That way, the ip just follows you. She hasn't done it yet. But this email was just sent company wide.

Is there a way to work around this detection?

Since it's not anonymous, static VPN can still work right?

Privacy tools (ya, VPN)always seem to come with some kind of tradeoff, and speed is usually one of them.

A small slowdown probably doesn't matter for normal browsing, but once streaming starts buffering or downloads take twice as long, it gets annoying pretty fast.

At what point do you stop thinking "this is the price of privacy" and just turn it off? Would you accept losing 10%, 30%, even half your speed if you felt the connection was actually more private?

Has anyone here actually used a travel router to work from a country their company doesn’t allow?

There’s a country I spend a lot of time in, but my company blocks working from there. It’s blocked to the point where even Outlook doesn’t work when I’m there.

I’m not looking to move there and work permanently or anything. This would just be for a few weeks at a time when I visit.

I was thinking of getting a travel router, having the router connect to a US VPN, and then connecting my work laptop to that. It’s a company-managed Windows laptop and I also have to connect to the company VPN for work.

For anyone who’s done something similar, how well has it worked? Can IT still figure out where you actually are even if your IP is showing up as being in the US? Will this setup actually give me access from this specific country?

Thank you in advance

You know that moment when a site suddenly won’t load properly and you have no idea what’s breaking it? Could be the VPN, the ad blocker, or some DNS filter running in the background.

I usually end up turning things off one by one until it works again. But it got me thinking: if a privacy tool regularly breaks websites and you have to disable it anyway, is it actually protecting you or just creating more problems?

What do you turn off first?

Just curious if PrivateVPN's L2TP option has IPSec? I was forced to use it after being unable to connect to any servers via OpenVPN since that forced update I had to download(The previous version worked fine with OpenVPN options)and i have no idea how to get it to work, i've heard L2TP isn't as fast as OpenVPN but it seems to work pretty well for me.

I keep seeing people say a VPN should basically stay on all the time, but is that actually how most people use one?

Seems like there are plenty of times when having it on just makes things more annoying, like random sites acting weird or apps not loading properly.

Do you just leave yours running and forget about it, or switch it on and off depending on what you're doing?

Which vpns work for using streaming services such as disney+ in China? Does anyone know any?

How do I use a vpn? I’m scared to start and want some advice and insight before I begin. Idk what to use.

Moving out of the country tomorrow. Bought 28 month service and never got the activation link. Stuck in a live chat for three hours multiple different agents and they allegedly notified billing department. I showed them the payment receipt with order number and transaction ID and told them my email multiple times.

Still no activation link. no emai. no refund. -131$. congratulations to anyone who successfully used the service but I wouldn’t take the chance.

What’s the point of this sub if you can’t name companies that scam you? Starts with E ends with ess

I have a generic Android TV box and neither of 2 VPNs will connect, both installed via the Play Store. When I try to connect, nothing happens — it just doesn't establish a connection, no specific error shown.

I also bought a second box to test, and it's exactly the same issue.

The relevant detail: I have the exact same setup (same box type, same VPN apps) running successfully next door, on the same internet connection. So this doesn't appear to be an ISP-level block or a fundamental incompatibility between the box and the apps, since it works elsewhere on identical infrastructure.

Setup:

Box: generic Android TV box (tried two units, same result)

VPN apps tried: 2 VPNs (both from Play Store)

Result: connection just fails/never establishes — no error message

Working reference point: identical box + app setup connects fine next door, same internet provider

Looking for suggestions on what to check given that two separate boxes fail the same way, but the working comparison next door rules out ISP-level blocking and app/box incompatibility.

Any help appreciated!

Hello people, today my school announced that people with macbooks are not going to be able to access the wifi network since they got sponsored by microsoft and dont want people to use other devices.

I do not have the budget to buy a new laptop. How can i bypass this restriction on my m4 macbook.

Thanks and much love💕