I work from home and frequently work in coffee shops and hotels on guest WiFi. My home network consists of a 12-port POE switch, 4 enterprise class wireless access points, and cloud management. I have a company issued MacBook Pro for business that I don’t change security settings on.
Also have a iPad Pro and an iPhone that I use for personal use. I have been using NordVPN’s VPN on my iPad and iPhone and they are currently offering a dedicated IP address. What are the advantages/disadvantages of using a dedicated IP address?
I have also noticed that NordVPN is having trouble staying connected to my iPad and iPhone, so I am considering leaving NordVPN altogether and going with something like CloudFlare.
What products do you use to secure your personal devices? What would you say are your must-haves when it comes to security for personal devices that you use for things like banking on unsecured networks? If you use a service like CloudFlare, which of their products do you use?
What are you trying to achieve with a VPN? The only thing you’re doing is moving your browsing habits from your ISP to your VPN provider, and if your VPN isn’t trustworthy, then you’ve basically achieved nothing.
When buying a VPN, you do it for one of two reasons: hiding specific activity that you don’t want tied to your address, like downloading copyright material, or if you want to access services from a different country, such as geo-locked content.