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  1. Martin Alonzo

    Martin Alonzo Supreme Member
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    I have been hearing about VPN and did not think much about it except curiosity. As living in the Dominican Republic I found trying to see somethings like PBS videos they tell me that I can not watch them because I am not in the US. I like my children to use the PBS kids for education. So I looked around for a VPN just for that and found a free one that puts me in the US so my kids can watch videos from PBS kids. An other interesting thing happened I was never bothered with advertising on YT [youtube] not Having an IP in the US the amount of advertising on YT has exploded.
    Does anyone else use a VPN and how do you find it?
     
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  2. Beth Gallagher

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    I use VPN a lot when traveling in our motorhome and using public wifi. Seldom have any use for it at home. The free ones work fine for my purposes.
     
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    @Beth Gallagher After reading your your report above, I activated my vpn on a seven day free trial.
    Otherwise it cost me $3.89/month. I wouldn't know how to search for a free one.
    @Martin Alonzo
     
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  4. Beth Gallagher

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    Type "Free VPN" on Google or other search engine. Voila'. :D
     
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    @Martin Alonzo - I find that Ad Block Plus (on Firefox) removes most of the ads from Youtube. Are you using an ad blocker?
     
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    Mickey Mouse! Thanks.
     
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  7. Martin Alonzo

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    Beth the ads are right in the videos. I got away from F Fox and went to Pale moon which is almost the same. My free VPN is from proton I also have e-mail with them
     
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  8. Don Alaska

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    I once used a vpn for work when I was accessing confidential sites, but am thinking about re-instating it for when we travel, as @Beth Gallagher does.
     
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    My antivirus program comes with one, but I don't use it.
     
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  10. Bobby Cole

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    Hmmmm.....My apple IPad comes with it. Sometimes it tells me to turn it on and other times it just sits back and waits for whatever it waits for.
     
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