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<blockquote data-quote="RadDave" data-source="post: 1949493" data-attributes="member: 234411"><p>Years ago I choose <a href="https://www.privateinternetaccess.com" target="_blank">Private Internet Access (PIA)</a> as my VPN - was well rated back then but has lost some of its status - we no longer travel internationally so our needs are at home and during on car trips locally staying at hotels with Wi-Fi access - I will still turn it on when connected to one of these Wi-Fi networks but their security may be much better now negating its need, as mentioned by Randy. Most of our financial websites are under at least 2-FA if not more protection, so we do not use PIA at home on either my laptop or wife's iMac. Now if I were in situations like <strong>Rod</strong> and others or still traveling across national borders, I likely would explore the more recent VPNs but not a need for us at the moment.</p><p></p><p>Also at home at least, I've been using Steve Gibson's website <a href="https://www.grc.com/intro.htm" target="_blank">Shields Up</a> (makers of SpinRite) since my old PC days to scan the ports on our computers - as an example on my M2 MAir, all of my 1056 ports are in 'Stealth' mode (first pic) with my VPN off - the test failed because Gibson could ping my computer (importance?); out of curiosity, I turned on PIA which put me in Washington, D.C. and re-ran Shields Up (second pic), a big difference although their server computer was being scanned and not mine (notice the different IP numbers) - so you might have some fun with Steve's site - a lot of information there about security. Dave <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>P.S. I do take my laptop on local trips but while connected to a non-home network, I've not run the Gibson scan - maybe next time?</p><p></p><p>.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]40130[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]40131[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RadDave, post: 1949493, member: 234411"] Years ago I choose [URL='https://www.privateinternetaccess.com']Private Internet Access (PIA)[/URL] as my VPN - was well rated back then but has lost some of its status - we no longer travel internationally so our needs are at home and during on car trips locally staying at hotels with Wi-Fi access - I will still turn it on when connected to one of these Wi-Fi networks but their security may be much better now negating its need, as mentioned by Randy. Most of our financial websites are under at least 2-FA if not more protection, so we do not use PIA at home on either my laptop or wife's iMac. Now if I were in situations like [B]Rod[/B] and others or still traveling across national borders, I likely would explore the more recent VPNs but not a need for us at the moment. Also at home at least, I've been using Steve Gibson's website [URL='https://www.grc.com/intro.htm']Shields Up[/URL] (makers of SpinRite) since my old PC days to scan the ports on our computers - as an example on my M2 MAir, all of my 1056 ports are in 'Stealth' mode (first pic) with my VPN off - the test failed because Gibson could ping my computer (importance?); out of curiosity, I turned on PIA which put me in Washington, D.C. and re-ran Shields Up (second pic), a big difference although their server computer was being scanned and not mine (notice the different IP numbers) - so you might have some fun with Steve's site - a lot of information there about security. Dave :) P.S. I do take my laptop on local trips but while connected to a non-home network, I've not run the Gibson scan - maybe next time? . [ATTACH type="full" alt="VPN_Off.png"]40130[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="VPN_On.png"]40131[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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