Vpn

tony6403

Avast are offering a " VPN Line" privacy arrangement at £1.99 per month for two years.
It says that all my banking , purchases etc will be encrypted and safe from hackers.
Is it worth subscribing ?

Susie_Richards

The Opera Brower comes with VPN for Free.

Just switch it on or off as desired.

buglawton

Are you asking about portable device VPN, to use public wifi with more security, or home use? Home VPN shouldn't be needed unless you're trying to access geolocked content. And with any VPN, how do you trust all your data now going through a 3rd party VPNs servers?

E.g, recent article says there's a strong possibility that Kaspersky AVG exfiltrated files from US spooks computers to Russia.

Sicard

Susie_Richards wrote: »

The Opera Brower comes with VPN for Free.

Just switch it on or off as desired.

It doesn't allow you to log into accounts that require a username and password though. At least not for me.

Debbie_Savard

>Is it worth subscribing ?<

All the banks use https so you're data is already encrypted, this offer is just a catch-penny

RumRat

Sicard wrote: »

It doesn't allow you to log into accounts that require a username and password though. At least not for me.

No problem logging into sites with Opera VPN with User and password.

kwikbreaks

Sicard wrote: »

It doesn't allow you to log into accounts that require a username and password though. At least not for me.

The free Opera VPN works OK but is short on options such as setting the exit point and so your apparent location. I suspect your login issue is because the specific site doesn't want to let your login through as you are apparently located abroad.

TunnelBear is free and lets you choose your location but is limited data (1.5GB if you tweet for an extra GB). That should be plenty for the occasions you use open public WiFi.