Smart DNS or VPN? Understand the differences and find the best option for you
If you often visit foreign websites or media services at all times, you’ve probably come across the famous warning that certain content is not released in your area. This is what happens to those who visit Hulu or BBC iPlayer in Brazil, for example. But while inconvenient, geo-based restrictions, usually made due to content licensing […]
What home routers have a VPN server to connect us home?
Many manufacturers now incorporate a remote access VPN server into their router’s firmware, so that users can connect to the shared resources of their home as if they were physically on the local home network. These VPN services are not always on all routers, but over time it is beginning to become popular and implemented […]
Google’s sister company launches free VPN that you can manage yourself
Jigsaw, a company of Alphabet holding company – which also owns Google – has launched free VPN software called “Outline” which allows people, groups, organizations or companies to create and manage their own Virtual Private Networks servers. In other words, the tool allows you to create your own VPN, as well as manage and control […]
10 VPN Myths: Forget Everything You Thought You Knew
In another article addressing the world of VPNs, this time we will talk about the myths surrounding the subject. It is common for some types of services, whether online or not, over the years and the growing reasons why they are offered, as well as the companies that offer them, end up misrepresenting their purpose […]
These are the problems that can make your VPN go slow
VPN connections are essential when we seek to protect our Internet connection in order to preserve our security and our privacy on the network. Broadly speaking, a VPN connection is based on a detour, sending our traffic to an intermediate server that will be the one who hides our identity and is responsible for forwarding traffic […]