VPN Question
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@bones said in VPN Question:
@kirwan I signed up to Tunnelbear when I was in Aus a couple of months ago to use uk netflix/sky and pretty sure it worked fine. I can test out later for US netflix if you like.
Please, I’ll take a look at that as well.
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I thought they'd managed to find a way to stop people doing it...least I couldn't do it with my VPN.
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@machpants said in VPN Question:
Often they find out the IPs of VPN servers and block them, so it's a game of whack a mole.
Yep, that’s where I’m at. TunnelBear didn’t work, at least on its free tier.
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VPNs are getting less and less effective for accessing content as the content providers are putting more effort into identifying them and shutting them down.
It isn't difficult, basically if you see more requests than normal from an IP address it is likely to be a VPN.
I have heard that DDNS is better although I haven't tried. If accessing outside of a browser (eg an App) then many providers now insist that location services is turned on or the app won't function. Hard to get around that. -
I've used TOR when desperate, but the problem is getting a IP based in the country you want, or at least accepted. Becomes very hit and miss.
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https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/09/01/the-best-vpn-for-netflix-in-september-2018
Dunno if the same applies for NZ
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So @Kirwan I just had a thought that I should have tried.
I have a friend who is in Tenerife today and couldn't find anywhere open to watch the first half of ABs. Thinking the UK sky app won't work overseas he used TunnelBear to VPN to UK on his phone then tethered the ipad to the phone and the sky app works on the ipad.
Tried that option for Netflix?
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@bones said in VPN Question:
So @Kirwan I just had a thought that I should have tried.
I have a friend who is in Tenerife today and couldn't find anywhere open to watch the first half of ABs. Thinking the UK sky app won't work overseas he used TunnelBear to VPN to UK on his phone then tethered the ipad to the phone and the sky app works on the ipad.
Tried that option for Netflix?
No, I haven’t. I will give it a try, thanks.