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Old 01-18-2016, 10:27 PM   #117
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Originally Posted by Krovikan View Post
I'm not sure how anyone can trust these public VPN services, they can easily set up a transparent proxy and gain access to your browsing. If you say visit the calgarypuck forums while connected to unblockus like service everything you do (like authentication) can risks exposure since their is no encryption.

You can get the same type of service by setting up your own PPTP VPN instead of paying for theirs. I use Digital Ocean as my VPS provider and you can follow a simple tutorial, https://www.digitalocean.com/communi...-vpn-with-pptp

Costs are the exact same with less risk of having your data intercepted, and if you don't want to use PPTP you can look at an L2TP/IPSec VPN; however this is more complicated of a setup process.
Thanks for this. I haven't been technical in a while, but will look at this for sure.

I have the same concern as you. That is why I only setup unblock on my set top boxes. I guess it would be better to go full stealth however.
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