VPNs are a tricky subject to talk about, honestly, and I hope I've been able to thread this needle well. Some people hate anybody who is affiliated with them and others are blindly unaware of the corruption. What are your thoughts?
@@docbrown6550 Before I answer your question, let me explain in more detail the nuance here. Just like Josh says in the video, a VPN will do two things: 1) A VPN will "hide" your actual IP address by assigning you a random one, usually located in the geographic location where the VPN company's server that you choose to connect to resides. A sub-benefit of this is that you can sometimes skirt the geolocation barriers that streaming and other services use, by connecting to a VPN server that resides in the geolocation you are trying to spoof. 2) A VPN encrypts your data IN TRANSIT, from point to point. This is what stops your ISP from being able to see what porn sites you addicted to, and still use the ISP's connection to actually route your disgusting and perverted traffic. 🤣 Of course, there's lots of other sites you might visit for legitimate reasons (aka buying more flux capacitors), that you would rather your ISP not be able to track, but the statistics show that mostly, it's porn. 🤣 PLEASE NOTE; A VPN will not encrypt your data on either side of these points, meaning that if you are transmitting sensitive data that will be stored on the other end, you still need to encrypt that data before you send it through the VPN "tunnel". This is often referred to as "at rest" data encryption versus "in transit." OK, to answer your question; generally speaking, there's no difference between the traffic you route from a desktop, laptop, or mobile type of device. The thing to note when talking about mobile devices that heavily rely on apps is the fact that downloading and giving permissions to these apps leaves your device at the mercy of the app developer. Most apps are spyware at best, and many can easily be considered malware. Sometimes, if you set up your mobile web browser to respect your privacy, you can access services through your web browser instead of downloading the service's app, including some VPNs. This is a moderately better option as it doesn't require you to give another app permissions to dig into your files, contacts, etc on your device, but again, only if you set up your browser correctly. Specific directions for doing this are beyond the scope of this comment or the video, but I'd advise looking for directions based on what web browser you prefer if you are interested in this method of accessing a service. Personally, I consider all mobile devices to be inherently insecure, and there's only so much you can do with a browser before the service forces you to download their app, either by simply not having an available website, or just giving the app features not available through their websites. This is where "at rest" data encryption is going to be helpful. Of course, if you're using an app to encrypt & decrypt your data at rest...well, you can begin to see the catch 22. As many in the comments have stated; security is not a product, but rather a comprehensive policy or way of doing things, and it's always evolving. Lastly, I'll just commend Josh for his efforts at transparency and disclosure; I've found him to be one of the best You Tubers when it comes to security and VPNs specifically. Best of luck getting back to the future! 🤣
I decided not to renew my express vpn, I read a number of articles that made me had some issues with them. In my search for a good alternative I came across your platform and I've very glad I did. Thanks for sharing what you and I do agree with a lot of the points you've mentioned on all the videos I watched from you. Keep it up!
If they are promoting their service falsely, it is considered fraud. The reason I am saying this is because Surfshark VPN does not seem to hide your current location or IP address. You can easily verify this by doing a Google search for your local weather forecast, and it will show that your location is NOT hidden. Regardless of the protocol or area you select on the VPN app, it doesn't hide anything. I believe it's a scam, so it should be reported to ScamAdvisor.
Hello Josh, Mate could you give me your feedback on the Kaspersky VPN as I'm thinking about purchasing it for home use. Like I'm asking Josh is because I live in New Zealand and things are going on over here media isn't telling the world and I'm trying to protect the online side of me.
Hey Ricky, as I said in this video, it depends on what you’re using the VPN for. If it’s just simple IP cloaking and backup encryption then sure…I’m sure Kaspersky’s VPN is fine.
Thank you for this informative video. These VPN-sponsored things that I have seen many RU-vidrs do have always been a bit of a bugbear to me. They seem to promise too much. This video was much more informative to me....
Thank you for that video. I knew that already, but you're the only one on youtube who I've come across who is honest about this. And this honesty is what earned you my sub (besides obviously me being interested in the topics you cover, but now you already start out with credibility). 👍
I’m just grateful to be able to watch peacock outside of the USA and to bill on a website does t normally allow us to bill outside of the USA. Thank you so much for your review of express VPN. Still can’t get 1password on my mac.
Watching region locked content, and torrenting "open source ISO's" are the only reasons I use a vpn. I'm currently using Express vpn, but I have heard that my connection speed would faster with Nord vpn.
I think VPN speeds are dependent on so many different factors. Test it yourself based on your setup and location before you take anybody's claim that one is faster than another.
I was waiting, sketched out, lol... until I heard something 100% truthful n logical, which is, tap in with the locals and from those countries and inquire on how they operate and run things. 🧠Smart! That's not something a person under contract or incentives to lie, says..... usually lol
I just pay a VPN because the IP block restriction, I live in Mexico and I cannot open certain 2A pages from mi IP, also because some movies I want to see ain't available in my region.
Another great video but I don't know why it's happening on my device but whenever I stream your newest uploaded video, it does lag many times. I tried firefox, brave, & chrome Browsers but the problem persist. But other RU-vid videos having a smooth playback on 1080p. I've a i7 with 24gb ram configuration desktop. Edit: Even lagging on my android device.
Josh, thanks for sharing another helpful video. If my primary goal with a VPN is to avoid setting off any geography alerts with my employer, which of the VPN services do you feel might be best for me? Specifically, I'm a digital worker, and 100% on my own to provide an office. My employer has some peculiar rules, and it appears to be a, "Don't Ask Don't Tell" situation. Although I'm not presently looking at Thailand, I'd like to be able to travel, and not worry about someone from the company's IT group calling to say, "Hey, I see you logged in from Iceland. Are you doing for John Snow?" I'd like a VPN service which reliably shows me as in the U.S., and ideally near a big city like Miami. Thanks for sharing your professional thoughts.
Yea, I get that. I’d make sure you have a VPN that offers a VPN kill switch so that if the VPN gets disconnected, your location doesn’t get accidentally exposed. I’ve used both ExpressVPN and ProtonVPN a lot and they seem to work well.
I use Brave and occasionally try to use TOR search engine, but that takes way too much time to connect and sometimes fails to connect. So I am not sure that is a good option. Maybe if they get it updated to work better, then it might be a good option.
So I've watched many of you videos but I'm looking for an answer to a specific question. Sometime in the last couple of weeks I clicked on something or filled out a form somewhere or who knows what but all of a sudden now my Samsung Galaxy Android phone is flooded with constant ads in the form of notifications. I can get rid of an instantly by hitting the clear button, but within 10 minutes they're back 25 or 30 of them. They're a completeness and all these ad blocking software apps simply do not work. Will a VPN keep them from dumping onto my phone? If not what can I do??
I only use VPN's to help with my SEO marketing. These tools make it easier to see search results in other countries. They all work the same for this use case and I've not noticed any are better than any other. None of them work great for streaming as streaming services are good at blocking VPN's.
Thank you! I am just an old lady who likes to watch scary movies and freaky stuff on You Tube! I have been seeing these vpn's floating around and now thanks to you I know I don't need one!! Have a pleasant day!!
Excellent video as always Josh. What do you think of Mullvad VPN for privacy? You get an account number without giving them any info and you can pay with Bitcoin or by mailing them cash. Would love to know your thoughts on them
I have Mullvad, no problems so far, you can pay with bitcoin, they give you a random account number, you don't have to enter personal information, my only problem with them is that some websites will restrict connections from their servers.
Mullvad recently got raided by the cops, and the cops left with nothing because there was no customer information to take. That's a pretty high recommendation in my book, especially since (according to Mullvad and their lawyers) Swedish law doesn't allow the cops to force them to log data.
harden firefox, brave, vm's, protonvpn, ivpn, quad9, and few other things are in my personal tool box. I just try to stay in the know incase something gets comprised and/or etc.
Moderate or open NAT type is required by a lot peer to peer games. Many have said a vpn can overcome nat type issues caused when gaming over mobile lte that double NAT’s your connection. You can set the nat locally, but it’s altered by the service provider upon exiting the hotspot. Unfortunately many rural gamers using hotspot to game face this double Nat issue, and consoles don’t natively allow vpn installs, so you would have to put the vpn on a vpn capable router between the hotspot and game console. A ridiculous setup just to accomplish playing a small list of peer to peer games.
Could you explain this.. I couldnt watch a show on a new zealand website, it said i was in the wrong country. I used a VPN and connected to a new zealand server. I cleared cache anmd restarted browser, and even changed my system time to theirs. I still got the message. What did I do wrong?
Possibly nothing. As I said in the video, sometimes VPNs are using virtual servers without telling you, and the streaming service recognizes that. If I were you, I would try changing your connection protocol and then seeing if there are other servers in New Zealand you could try connecting through.
Personally I don’t trust the VPN providers who sponsor lots of youtubers, even if they are ”fine” their business practice does not instill confidence. Hence, why I use Proton.
I've b3en trying to use fantasy for the Pass few weeks.i use Surfshark but fanduel still have my location I'm Atlanta even though I'm connected with the New York servers 😤
These are all great options and I've used Proton quite a bit (not the other two). As good as they are, and despite what other online personalities say, I still don't trust a random third party company with my most sensitive data.
Enjoyed the video 👍🏼 I started thinking about VPNs like this (as I had lots of friends asking me). Imagine you are sitting in your bedroom at home and there are other guests in the various rooms around the house, and your parents are standing at the doorway to your room. You could just shout to the other guests, your parents could of course hear (and they could shut the door if they really wanted - they're a bit like your ISP). Now imagine you have a long hose, rather like the sort you attach to your vacuum cleaner. The end of the hose can be placed in any room so only the guest in that room can hear you and your parents at the doorway are none the wiser. So far so good, but... any of the guests in any of the rooms could be a bad actor who doesn't respect your privacy and could easily mishandle anything you say to them. The hose is your VPN in this scenario 😉
Personal internet security is important to me. Your channel is outstanding but I’m often thrown off by terminology and topics that I’ve never heard of before. Can you suggest a website or glossary that would bring a beginner up to speed so as to understand how to achieve personal internet security?
Hmm...I'm sorry that I haven't been more clear. I try my best to avoid technical jargon. I'm sure there are plenty of glossaries that provide explanations, but if you're willing to share what has been most confusing, perhaps I can make another video for other people who might be in your same position.
@@AllThingsSecured it might be just the video format that makes it more difficult. Any channel including yours is not designed to teach like a book. A book starts at the beginning with the foundation and explains acronyms and foundation lines of thought as it goes. Then, it can build on that and present the more difficult issues at the end. It has room for a glossary and cross references and such. A RU-vid video has to grab the attention of the audience and only has a few minutes. It has to hold the attention and maintain the faithful audience who may be well ahead of the curve. It’s hard for a beginner to just start watching videos and understand them.
