This summer I will be travelling for about 3,5 weeks in Europe. That means a lot of hotel, airbnb and cafe wifi connections on (mostly) mine and my girlfriends phone as well as my computer.
Will this be sufficient in order to use mine and my girlfriends units safely, including bank services? Or is it a "fake security"? Is there anything I should take into consideration before buying and setting up a vpn?
Posted Jul 12, 2017, 7:44 PM UTC
You shouldn't need any vpn to do banking as long as your browser's not compromised. An SSL connection is encrypted point to point and if you take the time to make sure the certificate of the server you connect to is genuine and you're not caught by a man in the middle proxy you can't be be snooped on within the constraints of the encryption used. And that's likely longer than your life expectancy using today's available computing power.
Will a vpn help? Probably won't hurt. About all the vpn will do is hide the fact that you're connecting to the bank's site.
Where the vpn really helps is unencrypted traffic.
You shouldn't need it for https, but it can only help
It's belt and suspenders. Your pants will definitely stay up.
Slide derailing of discussion, I would recommend looking into proton VPN unless you plan on making one yourself. They have free teirs and paid ones.
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I haven't heard of proton VPN before I'm looking into them now. I usually recommend PIA to people I've always gotten my full speed from them (minus VPN overhead) plus you get some other stuff like a proxy server. Also, their prices are pretty good.
On the route of setting up your own VPN, I made a video doing just that in under 5 minutes.
You loose anonymity using your own server and DCMA complaints still go to you but if you just want it to get around Internet filters, add privacy, etc. it is more than sufficient.
Travelling abroad is definitely one of the main use cases for VPN. Go for it! :)
A VPN does encrypt your data. So, your personal info should be safe while travelling. I say buy a well renowned VPN.
Well I dont think so anyone would disagree with that fact that VPNs help you stay safe. It is highly advised that you make use of the VPN while you surf the internet, even if you're looking for a shop to buy coke, when while you're traveling. However, there are two things that you should look for while you choose a VPN, firstly, the policy privacy logs the service has. Secondly, the frequency or i'd rather say how effectively it helps you stay anonymous (preventing IPv6 DNS leaks).
Definitely good. When I was abroad, Netflix or other streaming sites were blocked. Turned on VPN, and voila :)
As long as your VPN provider uses OpenVPN and not something like PPTP you should be good.
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I would consider VPN's essential when using public networks. Sure https will help protect your session with a web site. But it won't do anything to protect you from the others sharing the open public network you are on. Your chances of getting hacked are significantly increased when you use public networks. Also, don't use anything free. Free (or real cheap) is all about spying on you, which is exactly what you are trying to avoid. You can read more about personal vpn's here.
Finally, I'd try and stick with OpenVPN and very high encryption. PPTP is not secure and is considered to be next to useless. L2TP is OK, but OpenVPN is really the preferred choice.
It should be sufficient enough for casual use AND bank services. It's definitely not a fake security as it will help keep prying eyes away. Make sure that the VPN provider supports your devices whether it be Android, iOS, Linux, etc and take into account the information they collect; most trustworthy VPNs won't collect any logs about your internet usage.