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Free Opera VPN review

Opera VPN  is a simple and entirely free virtual private network (VPN) powered by Toronto-based SurfEasy. You don't get the same level of features as SurfEasy's commercial products – which is no surprise for a free service – but it's still good to know the VPN comes from an experienced provider. Opera's network looks small, at least initially, with only five regions available: Canada, US, Netherlands, Germany and Singapore. But that should still ensure most users have a location near them, and with more than 500 servers available there's plenty of privacy-preserving capacity here. The simplest way to access the service is via the Opera browser, which is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android. That's convenient, but it only protects what you're doing in Opera. Other browsers or internet-enabled applications won't be covered. 0 Opera VPN's Android and iOS apps are more capable, encrypting all connections system-wide. T...

Wow VPN kill switches 2017

Once the domain of internet security geeks, VPN (Virtual Private Networking) has gone increasingly mainstream with smart surfers looking to keep their net traffic private, and away from the prying eyes of hackers,  governments or overly profit-driven ISP s. 1. VPN Watcher VPN Watcher   is a lightweight piece of software. It’s a VPN kill switch which is available in three tiers: Free, Personal and Gold. The main difference between these options is that the paid versions check the connection more frequently, and support more simultaneous applications. A limiting factor, as seen in the screenshot above, is that VPN Watcher supports only a half dozen VPN services directly, and otherwise requires a more labor intensive and painful manual configuration. 2. VPNetMon VPNetMon   has only one tier for its kill switch software – and the good news is that it’s a free offering. It also works with a wide variety of VPN software. While those are the points i...