Nord VPN (or any others)

[Cookson]

Can someone enlighten me. I have read up on these and, from what I can tell, it basically hides what you're viewing from your ISP.

My pal recommended Nord to me. He said it's as simple as paying £65 quid and you're covered for the year. However, do you have to pay that for each system you use in the house, or does it just "connect" to the IP address?

For example, if I wanted to stream TV at home, do I downloaded it to the firestick, or do I have to order and pay for it through the laptop and I can then only use it on the laptop?

 

[eon172]

Can someone enlighten me. I have read up on these and, from what I can tell, it basically hides what you're viewing from your ISP.

My pal recommended Nord to me. He said it's as simple as paying £65 quid and you're covered for the year. However, do you have to pay that for each system you use in the house, or does it just "connect" to the IP address?

For example, if I wanted to stream TV at home, do I downloaded it to the firestick, or do I have to order and pay for it through the laptop and I can then only use it on the laptop?

Yes, your outbound traffic from your house is encrypted, so your ISP cannot snoop and use this data against you or share your data insights with partners. You typically reappear out of a Nord VPN server elsewhere in the world at your choosing. So your source address at your home remains unknown to the rest of the Internet, hidden behind a Nord VPN and IP address .

Look on hotdealsuk for offers on this, don't pay full price, I recently purchased 3 years for £85 and then with some £65 quidco cash back (if memory serves) . You pay for an account that (I believe) you use on multiple devices, although I'm just putting it on my Asus router so everything going out of the house is covered.

I've haven't tried the fire stick setup separately so I can't really comment with confidence on that, I think some apps support a vpn client config directly, otherwise it's probably the same as for my phone... On my android phone I can just run the app, login to Nord and then all the traffic is encrypted until I disconnect it.

 

[Cookson]

Yes, your outbound traffic from your house is encrypted, so your ISP cannot snoop and use this data against you or share your data insights with partners. You typically reappear out of a Nord VPN server elsewhere in the world at your choosing. So your source address at your home remains unknown to the rest of the Internet, hidden behind a Nord VPN and IP address .

Look on hotdealsuk for offers on this, don't pay full price, I recently purchased 3 years for £85 and then with some £65 quidco cash back (if memory serves) . You pay for an account that (I believe) you use on multiple devices, although I'm just putting it on my Asus router so everything going out of the house is covered.

I've haven't tried the fire stick setup separately so I can't really comment with confidence on that, I think some apps support a vpn client config directly, otherwise it's probably the same as for my phone... On my android phone I can just run the app, login to Nord and then all the traffic is encrypted until I disconnect it.

That breaks it down much better for me. Thanks

 

[boultonn]

I’ve had good experience with ExpressVPN and believe they get pretty good reviews at a fairly competitive price.
similar features though, choose which country your traffic is routed via etc.

 

[Pistachio]

How does it affect speed? Does it ever drop service?

 

[ChrisR]

Remember that you’re putting your faith and trust in the VPN vendor as all your traffic, when enabled, is going through their network.

Most stuff being https/TLS nowadays means it’s not much of an issue but is something to be aware of.

Also your ISP or network you are connecting to could see you’re using a VPN if they were so inclined to know, easily done based on traffic analysis, but they shouldn’t be able to see the content of the traffic.

Nord were/are a good buy based on the offer mentioned above, think it worked out at £82 for 3 years and then there’s £20 odd quid cashback taking it down to £60something

 

[boultonn]

How does it affect speed? Does it ever drop service?

You'll never get big speeds through VPN, 20-30mbps is the norm for me, fine for streaming etc.
As for dropping out, ExpressVPN has a function that blocks internet traffic if the service drops so you don't accidentally start browsing unprotected if the client dies or whatever.

 

[R3k1355]

You'll never get big speeds through VPN, 20-30mbps is the norm for me, fine for streaming etc.
As for dropping out, ExpressVPN has a function that blocks internet traffic if the service drops so you don't accidentally start browsing unprotected if the client dies or whatever.

Might depend on the service, I get pretty much line max through VPN Tunnel.
Thats just abit over 40 meg for me.

 

[withoutabix]

Ive recently started using ExpressVPN and found it really painless and simple to use, apps are easy to install on pretty much any device and it works perfectly every time!

 

[Sir_Dave]

I used ExpressVPN when we went to China and it worked flawlessly.

 

[The Psychedelic Socialist]

I use iPredator and I get line speed through it which is about 75meg for me. I use the Viscosity OpenVPN client and only use it on one PC. Works brilliantly.

 

[welshname]

I've used Private Internet Access, Nord and SurfShark. Currently with SurfShark for 3 years as there were a huge discount going on.

You buy once and can use it on as many devices as you like. I've had some issues getting the US Netflix to work on firetv devices, but if you contact support they are really helpful and point you in the direction of a known working version of netflix to sideload to your stick.

 

[R3k1355]

iPredator

Surely must be the worst name considering the product is all about hiding your internet traffic?

 

[The Psychedelic Socialist]

Surely must be the worst name considering the product is all about hiding your internet traffic?

Yeah, it's run by the Piratebay so they're not the most sensible of owners...

 

[Rojer]

NordVPN was hacked, apparently they knew about it for a while and only just told everyone yesterday.

 

[McGherkin]

Got pwned back in 2018. That’s not good.

tbf it always made me laugh when they were banging on about Military grade encryption - Anyone with any experience of anything to do with the military knows that means 1970’s crap tech at I-want-2050’s-tech-today prices.

 

[OEM Battery Nonce]

Beyond watching questionable p**n and buying knock off military hardware, what exactly is the reason for these?

 

[McGherkin]

Mostly getting around region locking - US Netflix, various online retailers with different prices depending on where you are etc.

 

[welshname]

Being able to use open WiFi networks too is a plus. Wouldn’t dream of using one without VPN.

But region unblocking and downloading pirated content are other reasons people use it

 

[Cub.]

Got pwned back in 2018. That’s not good.

tbf it always made me laugh when they were banging on about Military grade encryption - Anyone with any experience of anything to do with the military knows that means 1970’s crap tech at I-want-2050’s-tech-today prices.

FLOL. Not true.

Regarding military grade cyber kit, it’s light years ahead of anything you may think you know about. So that statement’s bullshit.

Regarding Nord etc, be aware using them can count against you if you need a security clearance for work and the reality is all you are doing is trusting another third party (other than your Internet provider) with your data.