Re:Comcast, AT&T and Verizon pose a greater surveillance ris...
by freddybobs on Saturday April 07, 2018 @08:25AM
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Whilst a VPN is an important and arguably now necessary way to protect yourself on the internet, it's use in practice is very far from a sliver bullet. Ignoring the somewhat inevitable problems of latency and bandwidth - much of the internet appears hostile to VPNs. A significant number or sites either don't work at all, or are a pain to use.
For example
* On NordVPN through US servers you can't access Amazon (!) Although through Canadian servers you are ok.
* Costco, Apple store, Business Insider, YouTube, google, netflex, dell, consumer reports, ebay - either don't work, or are a pain to make work
* On PureVPN you can't send email - until you have your domain whitelisted
* On PureVPN it's a crap shoot if you get a connection
More detail on experiences with PureVPN and NordVPN are here..
For example
* On NordVPN through US servers you can't access Amazon (!) Although through Canadian servers you are ok.
* Costco, Apple store, Business Insider, YouTube, google, netflex, dell, consumer reports, ebay - either don't work, or are a pain to make work
* On PureVPN you can't send email - until you have your domain whitelisted
* On PureVPN it's a crap shoot if you get a connection
More detail on experiences with PureVPN and NordVPN are here..
https://www.toytheory.com/?p=295
https://www.toytheory.com/?p=273
https://www.toytheory.com/?p=321
(edit: formatting)