Online Privacy Resources, Guides & Research

If your mobile phone has an internet connection, you can share that connection with other devices like laptops and other phones. This process is called tethering. VPN tethering is when you have an active VPN connection on the mobile device you use for tethering.

FLoC is a new model from Google which gives interest-based advertising a more privacy-preserving experience for consumers. Currently, planning to roll out in 2023, it will deprecate the use of third-party cookies, which have become a privacy-invasive way of user tracking for many years.

Many people these days know that their internet browsing is not particularly private, but most aren’t aware of quite how much they are being tracked. In this guide I will explain the most common methods of tracking, and how to overcome them and keep your internet usage private.

This guide explains how to get a New York state IP address. We explore the three key mechanisms for getting an IP address based in the Empire state: VPN, proxy servers and TOR.

Tor Browser is software that lets you surf the internet and use all web services anonymously. Nobody — not even government organizations, law enforcers, or big corporations — would be able to check your browsing history or track your location, provided you follow certain security practices.

Kodi is an open-source media software designed for home entertainment. The media software is free to download and can be installed on virtually any computing device. Kodi lets you stream trending movies, TV Shows, IPTV, sports, live events and more.

With a VPN router you can connect all your WiFi and wired devices to the internet through the VPN, even devices that don’t support a VPN natively. This means that ALL your internet traffic is encrypted by the VPN and the apparent location of your entire network will be that of the VPN server.

The VPN Concentrator is a networking device that allows multiple VPN tunnels to use a single network. VPN tunnels are the name for a secure connection that uses advanced encryption techniques to protect the information flowing across the web.

You will know Opera VPN is not working correctly if you encounter the following messages. ‘Unavailable to connect to opera server,’ ‘VPN is temporarily unavailable, Opera is working on the problem,’ or you get stuck in the connecting stage. Here is what to do to get Opera VPN working again.

In a nutshell, a VPN passthrough is a router feature that enables any device connected to that router to establish an outbound VPN connection. By contrast, a VPN router is a device that actively implements a VPN connection. The VPN passthrough is a passive enabler for VPN traffic.

An infected router or DNS hijacking can be used for malicious purposes. Cybercriminals can eavesdrop on your overall network traffic and collect sensitive information. They can even propagate further malware attacks, including blackmail.

A VPN kill switch is a feature offered by some VPNs that will automatically disconnect you from the internet whenever your VPN connection fails. This is extremely useful if you don’t want the website or app you are using to find out your real IP address.

The Australian Netflix content library is much smaller than the US one. Fortunately, it is possible to unblock American Netflix in Australia and have access to the full US content catalogue. We’ve created this guide to show you how to bypass Netflix’s geo-blocks and access your favorite US shows and movies in Australia.

Despite Australia being a popular destination for British expats, BBC iPlayer doesn’t work there. As we all know, the streaming platform only works in the UK, and if you’re a UK expat living in Australia, that may come as a huge blow. Fortunately, there is a way around it.

Hulu is currently unavailable in Australia. If you try to stream Hulu from Australia, you will get the following error: “We’re sorry. Currently, our video library can only be streamed within the United States.” In this guide I will show you how to overcome this geo-restriction.

Unfortunately, Hotstar is not available in Australia. If you try to access the service, it will load endlessly without showing any content. (An oddly way of saying it is not available in your region). You can unblock and watch Hotstar in Australia by using a VPN or Smart DNS.

Of course, things may change in the future, but at the moment, YouTube TV is officially unavailable anywhere outside of the United States, including Australia. The good news is that you can bypass the geo-restrictions and access YouTube TV unofficially, using methods like VPN and proxies.

Disney Plus is a premium streaming outlet owned by the Disney media company. The service offers some of the best content from legendary productions like Disney, Lucasfilm (Star Wars), Marvel, Pixar, National Geographic, and 20th Century Fox. Moreover, Disney+ also bundles content from both Hulu and ESPN+.

In this guide you will learn how to unblock Roobet using a VPN. We will also discuss what the best VPNs are for Roobet.

Home Box Office (HBO) is a US pay-TV network. It is widely known for its blockbuster movies and TV shows, including Game of Thrones, Westworld, Kong vs. Godzilla, and more. Like most pay-TV services, HBO doesn’t have distribution rights to show its content directly in Australia.

Some Netflix content is currently blocked in Indonesia. This is intended to cover sensitive content such as nudity and violence: While Indonesia is a secular country, it is a Muslim-majority state with a generally conservative approach to content.

Netflix is now available in most countries around the world, but many users outside the U.S. get a raw deal compared with what users within the U.S. get. But what’s so special about American Netflix? While most countries now have more titles available than what they had just a couple of years ago, Netflix USA still has a catalog much bigger than anywhere else.

Depending on what you count as a streaming site, Hulu is either the second or third most popular streaming service in the United States (after Netflix and YouTube). It provides streamed content from the US television networks NBC, FOX, and ABC, as well as producing original content such as ‘A Handmaid’s Tale’.

Craigslist IP blocked? Thousands of users get their IP addresses blocked by Craigslist each day, usually as a result of spamming the site with too many ads or posting ads in different areas. The IP address block will prevent the user from being able to access Craigslist. However, it’s easy to get around this problem with a VPN. Connecting to a VPN server in another country will give you a new IP address and hide your location.

FortiGuard Web Filtering is developed by Fortinet and it a web filtering software used by schools and businesses to block access to a variety of websites, though a URL filter. It could be that school or business administrators want to filter out inappropriate, offensive, or illegal content; or prevent media streaming sites from using up too much bandwidth and slowing down the network.

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BBC iPlayer users who possess a valid U.K. TV licence are traditionally the only ones who can enjoy the player. But what if you travel abroad? Yes, you could make use of numerous other content services, but there’s probably nothing quite like your beloved TV shows that you’d normally view on the BBC iPlayer.