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digp

From my reading around, I think Astrill is ok. YMMV.

Chino

digp wrote: »

I'll post some reviews soon.

Any thoughts on when we might expect the first of your reviews?

were

digp wrote: »

From my reading around, I think Astrill is ok. YMMV.

I had a look, I did not see the words "kill switch", and they are pricey, but as they will be recording your actions, targeting ads your way as per their TOC, they should be paying you :

2 What information do we collect ?
2.1. Astrill.com collects information in several ways from different parts of our Web site. Astrill.com collects some personal information when you initially access our site. We may ask for your name, email address, and other personal information depending on your interaction with the website. The more information you share with us (and the more accurate it is), the better we are able to enhance and customize your experience on our site.
2.2. In addition to the information we collect upon your initial access to our site, we may ask you for personal information at other times, including (but not limited to) when you make a purchase through our online store, when you enter promotions or contests and when you respond to a survey. For example, when you make a purchase through our online store, we collect several items of personal information, including your billing and shipping address, telephone number, credit card information, and any other information necessary to complete the transaction.
2.3. Wherever Astrill.com collects personal information, we make an effort to include a link to this Privacy Policy on that page.


3 What are “Cookies” and how do we use them ?
3.1. Astrill.com uses “Cookies” to track and record your preferences and activity on our website. Cookies are small bits of data that are sent to your browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Your cookie may be set at various times during your interaction with our Web site. It is updated from time to time as you access the many different portions of our Web site. Each time you access our site, our server may deliver certain customized information to you based on the data stored in your cookie.
3.2. We also collect IP addresses for system administration for future marketing and demographics analysis efforts. The better we understand our market, the better we may be positioned to adjust our services accordingly.


4 What do we do with the information we collect?
4.1. Astrill.com’s primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide you, the user, with a customized experience on our website. The information we collect (including information contained in your cookie) may be used to provide such capabilities as personalization services, interactive communications, online shopping, and personalized communication. We may also use the information to estimate the size of our audience and measure certain traffic patterns, to track the progress and number of entries in our promotions and contests, to track visits to and business conducted at our online store, to notify our visitors about updates to our website and system statuses. We may occasionally contact you with information regarding special events at Astrill.com. If you ever receive a type of communication that you would not like to receive, you will have the option to unsubscribe from such communication (usually at the bottom of the page).

slinga

I want to watch BBC iPlayer and ITV HUb while overseas.

I've used Hola for this but read something about how it works and no longer will use it.

Cyber Ghost used to be easy but no longer is.

Any suggestions for a free VPN gratefully accepted.

RumRat

Zenmate.....add on for Chrome and Firefox.....couldn't be simpler...

hans_2

RumRat wrote: »

Zenmate.....add on for Chrome and Firefox.....couldn't be simpler...

Have they now added a UK server location in free version?

were

slinga wrote: »

Any suggestions for a free VPN gratefully accepted.

I can not vouch for this free vpn and have never used them https://www.vpnbook.com/, and there are others, just google.

However Epic Browser (free) you get 2*USA (east/west), Canada, UK, Germany, Singapore , France, Netherlands and India, youtube and browsing works, though never used it for watching films https://www.epicbrowser.com/

RumRat

hans_2 wrote: »

Have they now added a UK server location in free version?

Nope, you have to pay for it....But, it's only £1 a week if you pay for the year upfront....You'll probably lose more than that down the back of the sofa......;)

were

RumRat wrote: »

Nope, you have to pay for it....But, it's only £1 a week if you pay for the year upfront....You'll probably lose more than that down the back of the sofa......;)

Ouch, £1 for UK? these are even cheaper, and it is a full vpn, rather than web only for £40 a year https://www.privateinternetaccess.com and they are ok for me... Approaching 3years with them approaching.

slinga

were wrote: »

I can not vouch for this free vpn and have never used them https://www.vpnbook.com/, and there are others, just google.

However Epic Browser (free) you get 2*USA (east/west), Canada, UK, Germany, Singapore , France, Netherlands and India, youtube and browsing works, though never used it for watching films https://www.epicbrowser.com/

Thanks.
Isn't it a Browser though rather than a straight VPN???