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zan5hin on 09/04/2015 - 15:00 store.gizmag.com (2275 clicks)
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    • jztilly on 09/04/2015 - 15:04
      +4

      dallas buyers club

    • ajdj10 on 09/04/2015 - 15:04
      +13

      Debbie Does Dallas

    • wzrd on 09/04/2015 - 15:05

      something something dallas

    • blahman on 09/04/2015 - 15:15
      +1

      New Anti-piracy laws. Data Retention laws.

        • blahman on 09/04/2015 - 17:06
          +40

          Warrantless capture and access to my online activities, no thanks.

          Whether the activities I conduct online is legal is beside the point.

          The government or police has no right to know or capture my activities unless they have reasonable suspicion that I am breaking the law or they have a valid warrant.

          To allow these laws is like allowing them to just waltz into your house whenever they feel like it and check on what TV show you are watching. Completely irrelevant and completely none of their business.

          It is my right to privacy to not let anyone know that I hit F5 on Ozbargain all day every day unless I feel like telling people.

        • T3rr11 on 10/04/2015 - 19:29

          Unfortunately even downloading something like a 300mb free application online via .torrent will cause them to report that as illegal, even though its perfectly legal all those 200+ ip addresses connected to your computer will spark them to look into it. So therefor having a VPN will hopefully protect us against getting detected.

        • lostn on 10/04/2015 - 20:28

          @blahman:

          It is my right to privacy to not let anyone know that I hit F5 on Ozbargain all day every day unless I feel like telling people.

          Well now I know your dirty little secret.

        • jztilly on 10/04/2015 - 22:05
          +2

          @T3rr11:

          wait what? torrenting isn't illegal - if you're downloading a legitimate app via torrents you won't get into trouble.

        • lostn on 12/04/2015 - 09:36
          +1

          @ideasman: Exactly. I own every linux iso now.

        • T3rr11 on 13/04/2015 - 00:18

          @ideasman: Yeah that's true, but once they see all those ip addresses connecting to yours, it will cause them to check out what you are actually downloading. But yes once they see its a free application then you won't get into trouble. But say while you're downloading that legal program any illegal programs your downloading (if you are) they will find out those too.

    • Trishool on 09/04/2015 - 15:36
      +2

      Dallas the tv show

    • muncan on 09/04/2015 - 17:23
      +16

      Korben Dallas. Multipass.

    • tommy-darko on 10/04/2015 - 15:49
      +1

      Whatever the USA and Murdoch in particular say, the Liberal conservatives bend over and adhere to. Welcome to Ausmerica.

  • frysie on 09/04/2015 - 15:07
    +8

    seedbox is only a few more dollars and is way better. i use pulsedbox

    • CyberMurning on 09/04/2015 - 15:22

      any comparison table between vpn and seedbox?

      • [Deactivated] on 09/04/2015 - 15:45
        +9

        you might want to google what a VPN is & then what a seedbox is for starters.

      • stevarja on 10/04/2015 - 03:35

        If all you need is for torrent-related thing, go seedbox.

        As i see it, VPN has much more wider range of usage.

        • murkywater on 10/04/2015 - 14:47

          A seedbox can be used as a VPN too.

    • soupiejr on 09/04/2015 - 16:55

      Tried it once, took forever to get anything down from the seedbox. SFTP just doesn't come close to maxing my connection.

      • algy on 09/04/2015 - 17:16
        +3

        Then use segmented FTP, CuteFTP on windows, LFTP on Linux.

        • DadBangr on 09/04/2015 - 17:28
          +1

          Very much this, my cuteFTP used to max out my connection at 2.2MB/s from my seedbox. Switched over to usenet now though.

        • ryang on 09/04/2015 - 20:20

          @Bartley69: Except regular FTP is all sent unencrypted, destroying the whole purpose.. From a metadata viewpoint anyway.

          Best option is HTTPS. Only thing transmitted in plaintext is the server name.

        • jztilly on 13/04/2015 - 05:54

          @ryang:
          they mostly use SFTP so still the best option

        • frysie on 13/04/2015 - 15:38

          @ryang:

          cuteFTP encrypts data… multi part = max download

  • hollykryten on 09/04/2015 - 15:15

    The question is how much data allowance does this VPN give or is it unlimited?. I can't find any details of data allowance in the sale details.

    • zan5hin on 09/04/2015 - 15:21

      It is unlimited, but P2P has to go through the special torrent servers so they might be slower than the others. From what I read, in that case you can set up a VirtualBox with a torrent program so that only the virtual machine uses the VPN connection.

      • frysie on 09/04/2015 - 15:33

        which is basically a seedbox

        • zan5hin on 09/04/2015 - 15:38

          OK, then show me a seedbox for $1.60 a month.

        • [Deactivated] on 09/04/2015 - 15:46

          @zan5hin:
          Err the one you described (virtualbox) is a free seedbox, so that's cheaper :-)

        • haboutnnah on 09/04/2015 - 17:09
          +2

          @supabrudda:

          No it isn't.

        • adante on 10/04/2015 - 09:20

          @supabrudda:

          what on… what? how is virtualbox a seedbox?

        • [Deactivated] on 10/04/2015 - 09:33

          @tf2manu994:
          If you say so. Running a torrent client on it's own server as @zan5hin said, sounds like a seedbox to me.

        • [Deactivated] on 10/04/2015 - 09:43

          @adante:
          Maybe read @zan5hin, @frysie, @zan5hin subsequent post & then mine in order, then you might just follow. If not read my reply to @tf2manu994.

        • adante on 10/04/2015 - 10:04
          +2

          @supabrudda:

          Ah okay. I guess it depends on your definition of seedbox.

          I generally agree with this one (whirlpool):

          What is a Seedbox
          A seedbox is a dedicated server at a high speed datacenter with a public IP address for the downloading and seeding of bittorrent files. Persons who have access to a seedbox can download these files to their personal computers at any time and from any place that has an internet connection

          And hence I don't consider a virtualbox guest (presumably hosted at your home) which is VPN'd in to a remote network to be a "dedicated server at a high speed datacenter"

          Maybe in your case you are hosting the virtualbox guest at a high speed datacenter. In which case you're probably right. For the vast vast majority of other users I imagine this is not the case.

        • haboutnnah on 12/04/2015 - 13:59

          @supabrudda: Your ISP doesn't give a flying (profanity) if it's in virtualbox or not.

  • batrarobin on 09/04/2015 - 15:16

    Using VPN can hide your torrent activity from your own ISP?

    • bobby dazzler on 09/04/2015 - 15:38
      +6

      Yes, they can see you have gone into a VPN but don't know anything after that.

    • lostn on 10/04/2015 - 20:36

      It doesn't make you anonymous. They will have to go after your VPN to find out your details. But it does add an extra layer of legislation for them to go through. They have to go through the host country's laws to get the VPN info to find out which ISP you are on, then go to your ISP to get to you. It's not impossible though.

      I did not download DBC (I rarely download any movies through torrent), but this case does set a new precedent. If other studios watching from the sidelines see that they can make huge profits by strongarming people with their legal team, anyone can cash in. I downloaded Game of Thrones episodes as they were airing on TV the past few years, ripped from HBO. I'm kind of concerned now.

  • hollykryten on 09/04/2015 - 15:17
    +7

    If you buy this then make sure that you redeem it within 24 hours of receiving the code or you lose out. There is a redemption deadline.

    "License deadline: redeem within 24 hours of receiving code"

  • DanAddz on 09/04/2015 - 15:20

    Based in Romania, same as CyberGhost, Kill Switch feature and servers in 80+ countries. Can't complain. Is this legit tho?

    • [Deactivated] on 09/04/2015 - 15:49
      +2

      I used them for a few years. Service was good, there's an android app which was handy.
      The servers were very reliable. but speeds to some of the Europe servers weren't great.
      I never torrented, so I can't comment on that.

      I bailed because after 2yrs they kept putting the price up & wanted $us60/yr even after a discount. There's quite a few others

      • DanAddz on 09/04/2015 - 15:51

        Cool, thanks for the info,

        i was meaning is the site selling the VPN for 4 years legit?

        i know ibVPN is.

  • Kanasuke on 09/04/2015 - 15:28
    +3

    Here's a tidbit. What are known as copyrights are really just printing monopolies that used to last 14 years.
    But nowadays they are way worse than a printing monopoly, allowing control over derivatives, public performances and broadcasts. The very antithesis of a free market in prints.

    • johnno07 on 09/04/2015 - 17:50
      +4

      Outrageous! Are you telling me you can spend hundreds of millions of dollars on creating a product and are allowed to earn off it for more than 14 years! That's ridiculous!

      copyrights are really just printing monopolies that used to last 14 years.

      Yes… in literally the 15th century, just after humans developed the printing press. You reckon the nature intellectual property has evolved a bit since then?

      • Kanasuke on 09/04/2015 - 20:17
        -1

        Spending hundreds of millions doesn't justify a state-grant of monopoly.

        Yes I know this will blow your mind, but just because the monopoly is given to artists, doesn't mean that artists who use them aren't bad guys. Everytime you send a takedown notice, you are sending to others a threat of violence for using their own property in the way they so wish. You are saying, "If you continue to manufacture prints and compete with my manufacturing of prints, I will close your print shop and steal money from your bank account."

        An exclusive right is just an euphemistic way of saying monopoly.
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusive_right

        That sentence reads to me like: "You reckon the nature of monopoly has evolved a bit since then?"

        • johnno07 on 09/04/2015 - 23:32
          +1

          The only thing blowing my mind is how little you seem to understand about intellectual property law.

          …just because the monopoly is given to artists, doesn't mean that artists who use them aren't bad guys.

          Relevance? Should you be only entitled to copyright if you are a "good guy" (as judged by Ozbargain user Kanasuke)?

          Everytime you send a takedown notice, you are sending to others a threat of violence…

          Threat of violence? Alarmist and ridiculous.

          …for using their own property in the way they so wish

          But it's NOT their property - it's the owner of the IP's property. Just because I bought all of The Beatles albums on iTunes, doesn't mean I all of a sudden own all the The Beatles' music. Paul McCartney has every reasonable, legal right to stop me if I start selling "johnno07's ULTIMATE BEATLES SET".

          You don't understand why IP Law exists, do you? Imagine intellectual property anarchy (which you seem to be promoting); no copyright, trademarks, patents, royalties etc. Why would anyone produce anything if they have no protection from other people taking their work and making money off it? Least of our worries would be the crumbling entertainment industry - because innovation as a whole would basically grind to a halt.

        • ryang on 09/04/2015 - 23:39
          +3

          @johnno07: Moral of the story: stop the people actually profiting from stolen goods. Don't go after the kids downloading movies to share with friends.

          And if you want to seek remittance for lost sales, don't be (profanity) greedy and sue a handful of people for "damages".

        • johnno07 on 10/04/2015 - 00:40
          +1

          @ryang: I absolutely agree with you here. Stopping those profiting is definitely the most important, but obviously rights holders are taking the simplest route - i.e. going after the people they can actually find (even though they are very much the little fish). Furthermore, I don't agree with these rights holders being able to take the law into their own hands the way Dallas Buyer's Club LLC has been allowed to. I was only arguing against Kanasuke's relatively crazy stance on IP law.

  • RocketSwitch on 09/04/2015 - 15:35

    That's nuts, works out to be $1.22 a month.

    Hm, probably worth the jump.

  • bobby dazzler on 09/04/2015 - 15:37
    +5

    Only one device, that may be a problem for some. Most VPN's allow at least 3.

    • UFO on 12/04/2015 - 15:49

      At these prices, buying another service from them is an extra $1.22 a month… very reasonable for those that require more than 1.

  • monstermash on 09/04/2015 - 15:44
    +1

    I am wondering if ISPs/Governments decide to get more draconian in the future and decide to ban proxy servers and certain VPNs? Is it worth risking a four year commitment ?

    • bobby dazzler on 09/04/2015 - 15:47

      For $60 US I don't think you can complain, I doubt very much they are going to do anything in the next few years just trying to weed out those that can't be bothered to go to VPN. As most VPN's are based overseas they would have a real problem trying to control usage of them.

    • [Deactivated] on 09/04/2015 - 15:51
      +1

      I doubt they'd ban proxy/VPN servers. They're used for many legitimate things.
      But even if so, they can change their IP address & waalaa the service is unblocked.

      • goingDHfast on 09/04/2015 - 19:42
        -6

        VPN license… Ie; any encrpyted traffic requires the Gov to give permission.

        • [Deactivated] on 09/04/2015 - 19:48

          Sorry, I don't follow?

        • ankor on 09/04/2015 - 20:09
          +5

          @supabrudda: that's because the sentence makes absolutely no sense.

    • static on 09/04/2015 - 15:59

      That 4 year price is cheaper than their 1 year plan.

  • shibu-thomas on 09/04/2015 - 16:18

    I am confused ! What is the difference between VPN Unlimited for lifetime or ibVPN for 4 years. Which one would be the best package?

    • zan5hin on 09/04/2015 - 16:42

      ibVPN has been around since 2003, VPN Unlimited only started last year.

    • triviums on 09/04/2015 - 18:39

      ibVPN has more vpn locations than vpn unlimited

    • tangcla on 10/04/2015 - 11:45
      +1

      VPN Unlimited don't allow torrents. This may be a make or break for you.

  • attfiecz2 on 09/04/2015 - 16:21

    Dumb question maybe but do any of these services allow you to select which programs route data through the VPN.
    ie… just for argument's sake… if your web browsing was all above board but you wanted to hide your torrenting, is it possible to just select your bittorrent client?

    Hola obviously does something local to that browser with web traffic to avoid geoblocking so i assume it's possible.

    If someone says "yes, this or that service will allow that" then i'm on board.

    • h4lcyon on 09/04/2015 - 16:32
      +1

      You can set up a VPN within most torrent clients.

      But with data retention laws and flaws (e.g. what happens if the data store is hacked, leaked, etc) I would just tunnel everything via the VPN anyway. Obviously you have to trust your VPN, since ALL you data goes via their servers.

      • IdBuyThat4aDollar on 09/04/2015 - 16:38

        You can set up a VPN within most torrent clients.

        No you can't. You can setup a SOCKS proxy within most torrent clients but not a VPN. They are different.

        I know PIA supply a SOCKS proxy as well, not sure if this one does.

        • h4lcyon on 09/04/2015 - 16:40

          Sorry yes, you are right.

    • Draxxx on 10/04/2015 - 13:39
      +1

      What I do is configure two separate network adapters in my firewall.
      Route all legit traffic through the normal LAN network adapter. All 'Other' traffic
      through the VPN network adapter.

      Let me see if I can find a guide..

      Have a read of this;
      https://www.bestvpn.com/blog/10218/build-your-own-vpn-kill-s…

  • ethanol on 09/04/2015 - 16:27
    +6

    Just gone for this. When landing on Gizmag page, pop-up for 10% off came up in exchange for my email address.

    Brought the price down to $53 - great considering this includes Unlimited VPN and their DNS service.

    More info on whats in the package / where the servers are located / … here : http://www.ibvpn.com/plans-pricing/

  • Fairypenguin on 09/04/2015 - 16:30
    +1

    Question regarding VPN's. They all seem to be device based. It it possible to create a VPN at the router, so all devices are secured. Is there a particular brand of routers that do this?

    • Lukian on 09/04/2015 - 16:44
      +2

      anything which can run dd-wrt should be able to do this.

    • ilikeradiohead on 09/04/2015 - 16:45

      Is that what a DNS change does? Or are they not secure? I feel Whirlpool would be better for these questions haha.

      • haboutnnah on 09/04/2015 - 17:14
        +2

        NOPE. DNS does NOT protect you AT ALL!
        Well when using one, your isp sees the ip of the website still, but they dont see the DNS lookup, but it really doesn't help much.

        :)

      • [Deactivated] on 09/04/2015 - 20:02
        +2

        Dns changer just allows you to appear to be in another region for certain site
        (Basically it just sents traffic to certain websites via a proxy server). (Generally) Nothing is encrypted.

        A vpn sends all traffic (encrypted) via a server. traffic between you & the server is (in theory) not viewable by ISPs. All they see is xGb of data going to a server.

        So if you're trying to avoid the new meta data laws, then a vpn (to another country) is one way, as they will just see that You've only been to that vpn server. Of course this wont stop mobile snooping.

        If you're going to be naughty, then there's plenty of ways they can track you, via Google, facebook.
        vpn will probably help with torrenting, but there are safer ways to grab material.

        • minty on 10/04/2015 - 08:33

          vpn will probably help with torrenting, but there are safer ways to grab material.

          Can you elaborate on the last bit?

        • [Deactivated] on 10/04/2015 - 09:14
          +1

          @minty:
          How they detect who is torrenting is by downloading the torrent themselves & then record who else is connecting to the swarm (downloading/seeding). It's automated & easy to do.

          Using direct downloads like usenet, ftp, websites, etc it's a lot harder to detect, as they need to either intercept your connection (which is hard if you're using https) or actually have access to the server & log who is connecting. That's a lot harder & much more expensive & takes a lot of lawyers & man hours. So they usually just issue take down notices to remove content.

        • muncan on 10/04/2015 - 09:37

          @supabrudda: or content owners use the old 'hey ISP, give us all your logs so we can find usenet terrorists' mandatory metadata retention laws trick.

        • [Deactivated] on 10/04/2015 - 09:52

          @muncan: Yeah they can see you connected to usenet & downloaded xGb of data. who's to say it's not just lots of Linux ISOs you're collecting, or other legit content? I reckon it's a lot harder to prove & financially not worth their effort.

        • muncan on 10/04/2015 - 10:01

          @supabrudda: I'll stick to downloading free-to-air midday movies on TiVo :-P

        • CleverCounter on 17/04/2015 - 05:25

          @supabrudda:
          So do they need to detect you at the time of the download or can they detect it months after it happened?

        • [Deactivated] on 18/04/2015 - 15:46
          +1

          @CleverCounter: When you d/l (i.e. they see you downloading). They can't see if you've got it still, or if you got it from a mate (& thus didn't download it).

  • atlas on 09/04/2015 - 16:36
    +1

    Here's a review. You get what you pay for. https://www.bestvpn.com/blog/3360/ibvpn-review/?nabe=6412130…

    • monstermash on 09/04/2015 - 16:48

      Hmmm its not very faltering. Is it?

    • blurn on 09/04/2015 - 16:57
      +3

      "… ibVPN uses dynamic IPs rather than shared IPs (static IPs are also available on some packages if you need them). This is not good, because with shared IP’s many users share the same IP address, making it very difficult to determine which individual is responsible for which actions performed online. Dynamic IPs are directly linked to your real IP, so you can be easily traced by the VPN company. In our view every VPN provider worth its salt should use shared IP’s."

      Might be a deal breaker for those that want full anonymity.

  • Icecold5000 on 09/04/2015 - 16:37
    +2

    Anyone tried to pay for this using one of these or something similar:

    https://www.woolworthsmoney.com.au/wowm/wowmoney/prepaid-car…

    It may be wise to try to buffer myself from any records that VPN companies have.

    • DadBangr on 09/04/2015 - 17:14
      +3

      I use Bitcoin if you can be bothered going down that route.

  • itsmemeow on 09/04/2015 - 16:44
    +1

    They also support DNS (like unblock-us) where the traffic is not proxied when accessing sites like US netflix so there is no speed loss.

    You can try a free trial here:
    http://www.ibvpn.com/billing/cart.php?a=add&pid=10&carttpl=i…

    In addition I noticed that when I went to the link provided it offered me a 10% off signup coupon (with email address) bring the total to $53.10 USD (PayPal conversion is $74.42).

    • [Deactivated] on 09/04/2015 - 20:05

      Their DNS service works well. Also they were good when I suggested a few site, which they kindly included.

  • sloppy on 09/04/2015 - 16:46
    +1

    We will however record and keep the following data for 7 days:

    • Time, date and location VPN connection was made.
    • Duration of the VPN connection.
    • Bandwidth used during the connection.

    I wonder what implications that could have over a company that says they don't log your usage at all … ?

    7 days isn't long … but would be more comfortable with no record if I were to use a service like this. Just something to keep in mind.

    • stebie on 09/04/2015 - 16:57

      Sounds like they're only logging your connection to them, not what you access via the VPN. The data collected could be used to help improve the service e.g. capacity planning. I wouldn't worry about it.

      • sloppy on 09/04/2015 - 17:01
        +4

        I disagree. Your IP being seen by the world belongs to the VPN provider. If a copyright enforcement type company contacted them with some kind of court order they would be able to translate the IP they have logged, to the IP where the VPN connection ends (your real IP address). They then get the ISP to tell them who had that IP at that time and voila - you're sprung.

        • stebie on 09/04/2015 - 17:04

          That's assuming you're the only person using that IP address at the time e.g. you receive a public IP address when you connect to the VPN (or happen to be the only person connected to that node at the time, if behind a NAT).

          Also, the dot points you specified make no mention of logging the IP address you connect from, only "location" which could mean general GeoIP information is captured (city, state, and/or country).

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