r/VPN

Hey peeps,

I installed BBC iPlayer on my Hisense Google TV using a "downloader" app, and I used Windscribe via the native app on my TV, but it gives me the error code 02062 on the app, even though it logs in and boots normally.

I setup my account with the correct region & didn't log-in via email or phone number (I used my password).

I have tried Stealth, OpenDNS, CloudFlare & Wireguard protocols and to no avail.

I have also whitelisted multiple domains or whatever they're called on R.O.B.E.R.T..

Please help, I can't take much more of IPTV in Canada, we don't have a native 4K streaming provider, and I just wanna watch the games! :(

I don't want to give my id to tge government to use a vpn, please help

I've been using a VPN for sometime now using Rethink on my Android phone, and recently I found a new Morphe patch of TikTok so I decided to give it a try and see what it's like. I was so shocked to see that every video on the For You page is from my country. (I'm connected to Mexico which is like on the other side of the world of my real country)

I know I'm properly connected to my VPN, and every IP detector like the one in Browserleaks shows Mexico so I have no idea how TikTok is detecting my real country.

I have no plan on actually using TikTok, I've not used it for two years now and I've alrrady deleted my account long ago, but this is still a problem! If TikTok can know my real country, then so can others, and by then having a VPN is totally useless.

Please, I need answers. Enlighten me.

P.S: Just adding in case it's important, that I was connected to a mobile hotspot when I tested this, because I have no mobile data.

EDIT #1: Tried it with the real TikTok app from the Play Store and it's the same result, unsurprisingly.

EDIT #2: It looks like it's not detecting my country when I use it on the browser though. (tested using Brave)

so my VPN os set in Japan where i'm fairly sure the EU laws forcing reddit to verify ages don't apply, yet after a billion refreshes it still asks me for age verification. i'm over age but i prefer not to surrender my face to persona of all companies.

of anyone knows why this is or how it is helped, any and all help is appreciated

i recently realized that a lot of my online habits are completely exposed because i’ve been pretty careless with how I browse. it’s kind of alarming how easily data brokers and trackers can piece together your identity just from unencrypted traffic.

this includes my shopping history, IP locations, old search queries, and random account sign-ups i never intentionally wanted shared with corporate advertisers. i want to wipe my slate clean and lock things down moving forward.

I've been seeing a lot of headlines claiming that India is about to ban VPNs but the situation is a bit more nuanced than that.

From what has been reported, VPNs themselves are not being banned. Instead, the focus is on tightening regulations around VPN providers operating in the country. Existing CERT-In rules already require providers with servers in India to retain certain customer information for at least five years and there are reports that the government is considering additional compliance requirements including designated points of contact for law enforcement.

These regulations have already had a noticeable impact on the industry. Several major VPN providers previously removed their physical servers from India and now offer Indian IP addresses through virtual servers located outside the country, allowing them to continue serving users while avoiding the local data retention requirements.

Another recent development is that authorities have instructed VPN providers to help prevent access to certain blocked gambling and prediction market platforms, showing that regulation is expanding beyond just data retention.

For everyday users, the biggest takeaway is that using a VPN for legitimate purposes remains legal but the regulatory environment for VPN companies is becoming more restrictive. It also explains why so many providers have changed the way they operate in India over the past few years.

It'll be interesting to see whether future rules focus mainly on providers with infrastructure inside India or whether they have a broader impact on how VPN services are offered to Indian users.

hello guys, I have a personal laptop that I use with a VPN provided by my company. We use this VPN to access the company network and connect to a physical computer in an office. I currently live in Colombia, and the company is also located there. Is it possible for me to go to Costa Rica and use a VPN or something similar to make it appear as if my location is in Colombia, and then use the company-provided VPN to access the physical company computer?

Any help is appreciated

Structurally, any government attempting to restrict VPN use to stop teenagers from scrolling TikTok is fighting against basic network mathematics. I manage network infrastructure for an SME. You cannot block or degrade consumer VPN protocols without also breaking the commercial IPsec and WireGuard tunnels that businesses rely on daily to operate.

If Liz Kendall pushes through these anti-circumvention mandates next month, the state has two choices. They can force ISPs to run invasive Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) to block handshake signatures, which is what authoritarian regimes do. Or, they can try to force app stores to geofence VPN downloads. Both are trivial to bypass. Anyone with a basic understanding of routing can set up a private VPS in Spain or France in five minutes and tunnel out via SSH.

This is security theatre designed by bureaucrats who do not understand how the OSI model works. They are sacrificing basic routing integrity and citizen privacy to solve a parenting issue. The UK is heading down a path where they either build a Western version of the Great Firewall or, more likely, pass a useless law that everyone under the age of 14 easily circumvents.

How are other network admins preparing for the inevitable routing mess this will cause if they actually try to enforce it?

Hello, I am planning on going to Turkey. I have heard about Turkey's DPI restrictions. Will connecting my phone in Turkey via WireGuard to my PC in Germany cause any problems in this regard? I have searched for various solutions, but didnt find anything that is easy to set up without a VPS, fast (low latency) and DPI-resistant at the same time. So, I would like to ask for advice on what to use and whether it is useful to change the WireGuard port?

I am very confused.

What IPs are needed in the split tunneling list to make Reddit load? 151.101.[1,65,129,193].140 are not enough. Thanks!

My wife had a family emergency and needed to go to Portugal. Her employer lets you remote work abroad for short periods. They unlock their systems for that laptop IP to remote in from a foreign IP. Due to an admin error this didn’t get done so my wife hot spotted on her iPhone using a personal VPN and her UK data allowance. Unfortunately the UK data ran out and she then had to start using a Portuguese MEO SIM. Whilst she can mostly continue to work there is one web-site that is blocking her. Seems to be on AWS and able to detect she is in Portugal. Is there anyway of masking this on an iPhone that is using a Portuguese MEO SIM over a private VPN? Many Thanks

I have always kept a light finger on info around VPNs, and have a better-than-muggle knowledge of how they work. However, over the years many VPNs have had problems keeping data from “leaking” when the VPN is between a specific computer (which is making the resource request) and the service provider.

As such, would things be improved if the VPN is set up on the gateway/router? Because program requests are made from the computer, and the VPN isn’t actually on the computer, there is no way for a program to wiggle data out past the VPN’s walls. The request goes out through the router, which the program cannot affect in any fashion whatsoever, and the router then just bundles all communication indiscriminately through the VPN.

The vpn ive been using has the addresses i have tried blocked on 4chan and ive always just needed to turn it off when I comment and it has bothered me.

I have 2 laptops, one for personal use and another for work use. The personal laptop's internet speed remains consistent no matter which network I connect to be it at a cafe, home, relative's place etc. The work laptop however behaves differently. Have to use GoodAccess VPN for work and when I connect to the Wifi at my home, the speed goes rock bottom. Though that isnt the case if I connect to other networks at other people's houses for example.

Confused at what to do here cause I cant pinpoint what the source of the issue is.

How does VPN connect and does it even help?

I had my vpn set to Canada and went to post an NYT article on Facebook. It wouldn't let me because of legislation that prohibits news articles being posted in Canada. Fine.

So I turn off the vpn--FB still thinks I'm in Canada. Turn the vpn on to a US location--still thinks I'm in Canada. Set the vpn to Honduras--still thinks I'm in Canada. Use a browser I don't normally use to access FB--still thinks I'm in Canada. Quit both browsers, restart, try again--still thinks I'm in Canada.

What's going on?

Anyone here has a working setup? Or all VPNs are blocked there?