VPN is profitable: 3 reasons to go online anonymously

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Why do you need anonymity on the Internet and how to ensure it - we will tell you together with the HideMy.name VPN service.

How VPNs and anonymizers work

To put it simply, anonymizer is a small tunnel for the browser through which you can get to a particular site unnoticed. This tunnel is running data that no one can see, let alone intercept.

VPN is a big tunnel between your device (computer or smartphone, no matter) and the whole big Internet at once for all your applications: browser, messenger, and so on.

Incoming and outgoing connections when using a VPN do not go directly, but through a server, which can be located both in our country and abroad. For example, if you want to go to an American site, but it does not open in Russia, connect a server from the US. In this case, the site takes you for an American user. The HideMy.name service has more than 100 servers in the virtual network, which are located in 68 cities in 43 countries of the world, so you will pass for yours almost everywhere. The life hacker has already talked about how HideMy.name works and why it is needed.

Why anonymity is needed at all

1. To use the Internet without interruptions

You probably remember the recent history of blocking everything in a row. Google and Amazon were hit, and even online games and ticket services were hit. In such a situation, a VPN is a real salvation. And no, we do not encourage you to use it to visit sites blocked by a court order. This is an option in the case when by mistake millions of subnets are blocked at once, and in the end harmless services fall off.

With a VPN, you won't even notice that there are problems with access to some resource: everything will still work stably. You can follow the blocking news on the HideMy.name channel in Telegram.

2. To buy software cheaper

Let's see how much Adobe Creative Cloud products cost for individuals in Russia.

Now let's try to pretend we're from another country. Choose an Israeli IP, clear cookies or go to the booking site in incognito mode.

One new Israeli shekel is about 17, 2 rubles. It turns out that the tariff plan for working with photos for 20 GB with a monthly payment costs not 644, but about 600 rubles. This means that for a year you will pay 7,221 rubles instead of 7,728. Buying all applications at once comes out even more profitable: not 5,153 rubles per month, but only 3,009.

3. To save money on travel

Hotel and flight booking services are often tricky and offer different prices depending on the user's location. Here's how it works: we go with a Russian IP and look for tickets from Moscow to New York for one person on August 9. The service offers the best price - $ 600.

Using HideMy.name, change the IP to American and see what happens next.

There are more offers, and the cost of tickets has decreased.

How to connect VPN

This takes about five minutes. Go to the HideMy.name website in the VPN section, select the desired option (for Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile devices) and click on the big green button.

Install the application, enter the code - nothing else needs to be done. To try the service for free, get a test access code. One code can be used simultaneously on multiple devices. For example, on a work and home computer.

You can also work with HideMy.name on a smartphone - the service has applications for iOS and Android.

It's simple: choose the country where the server you want to use is located and connect.

You will have a day of test access to play with VPN and decide whether to connect the paid plan for 379 rubles per month. If paid immediately for the year, it turns out much cheaper - 141 rubles per month.

You will get unlimited traffic, the ability to use email clients and rent a personal IP, as well as access to all HideMy.name servers, including high-speed Russian ones. Only you will use the IP, so you don't have to worry about being blacklisted. This is also an additional guarantee of security for services where you can restrict the entrance to one IP.

If the service does not suit you, HideMy.name will refund your money within 7 days after the purchase.

What if all my data is stolen?

1. There is no registration or personal account of the user - the service does not need personal data of users. The transmitted traffic and DNS queries are not stored anywhere either.

2. You pay for using HideMy.name, and the service is responsible for the safety of your data.

3. HideMy.name has been operating for 11 years. A service that doesn't provide the proper level of data security simply wouldn't stay afloat for that long.