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Lol. You guys make me laugh with your paranoia theories. We go through this every couple of months. It isn’t paranoia to have brakes on a vehicle, it’s just common sense. But inevitably we end up here. Use a VPN if you want to for good reasons or don’t, also for good reasons, but lets stop with the attempts to demean sensible ppl with a paranoia label. It’s boring.

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Miki, one emoji is not enough for your answer…

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Breaks on a car are to stop a moving vehicle from hitting something or more importantly someone.
They are a legal requirement and not the best analogy for comparing a vpn.
I would’ve used curtains or blinds because they are optional and do help with privacy lol

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I consider a VPN as a safety device designed to protect me from bad actors, much the same as brakes on a car. Just an analogy not meant to be taken literally. I’m going to drop this boring and time wasting discussion as it contributes nothing to the topic. Have a safe weekend and drive safe. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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Express VPN - requires about 300 Megs, but works very well.

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I use the free version of Proton. It works fine for me. if it starts to buffer on my IPTV I change countries, USA, Netherlands and Japan are free and there may be 3 more free that I have never used. Also, sometimes I don’t need it at all. If I do need it it’s always for Live TV not movies, or recorded series

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For some unknown reason, I can’t get Surfshark to work with one of my 3 IPTV services, as I get a “can’t connect with internet” message. It doesn’t matter what server location I try. No such issues with Express VPN, which I have subscribed to for over 6 years. I had one service I tried on a trial that would not work with Express VPN but would with Surfshark. Go figure.

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Does Real Debrid provide essentially the same function as VPN?

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Real Debrid uses https so all data is encrypted. No need for a vpn but if you use one make sure it’s approved by RD.

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I am not sure about that but I can tell you I use RD with KODI. But I also use an IPTV service without a VPN and RD has nothing to do with IPTV

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Try the static servers. These are less abused and less likely blocked by iptv service.

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I’ve had Private Internet Access for over 5 years, works great. No need to experiment with any other vpn services.

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as of yesterday i am having issues with SurfShark, none of my server favorites are allowing EPG updates or connecting to any iptv channels-movies-or series…i have to jump around several times to find a server that will act right…i think the last SS update is what’s causing all these problems, i should have waited longer to update as this is not a new issue with their updates…

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Could you explain what a static server is? Thanks.

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Screenshot_20250308_094041_Surfshark
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See second column. The IP says the same and does not change or rotate.

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Do you pay for an optional static ip address or are those servers free.

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Those ones are free. You can pay for dedicated one if you wish

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What makes you think the credit card and insurance companies don’t have access to all your personal data? They do.

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If you have an Amazon device, clear cache on the tv app, force stop of the tv app, and then reboot the firestick device, pick a new location. You don’t have to reboot the router. That works about 80% of the time for me.

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@SMF …no Amazon an I don’t restart a router…but thanx for the input …