How to hide my IP address?

Mon, 06 Mar 2023 22:23:11 +0000

Hiding your IP address is a very effective method to guarantee your privacy by hiding your location and decreasing your traceability on the internet. Even when different methods are possible, it is the combination of various methods that guarantees success. Let’s answer one of the most asked questions: “How do I hide my IP address?”

Step 1: randomize your MAC address when connecting to Wi-Fi

(Photo: courtesy of Apple)

Many devices like iPhones offer you the option as a simple toggle to connect to a Wi-Fi with a (fake, private) MAC adress in stead of exposing your real MAC address. So, with this method your device cannot be tracked when connecting to different Wi-Fi’s with different IPs. One small step for you, one big step for privacy.

On Android and iOS the procedure is similar:

go to your standard settings-app
go to network or Wi-Fi settings
open the details of the Wi-Fi by link or (i)-icon
sometimes you need to click “advanced” and/or “privacy”
Enable “randomized MAC” or “Private Address“

How to switch on private Wi-Fi (MAC) addresses for iPhone (Apple)

Step 2: use a VPN: the best answer on the question “How to hide my IP?”

With a Virtual Private Network you can ‘cloak’ your IP. Thanks to a VPN-service your IP can be anywhere in the world. When you use a VPN, your internet traffic is routed through a server located in a different country, and your IP address is masked by the server’s IP address. Easy peasy: activate the VPN, hide my IP, nothing to see!

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P.S. Beware: only use Wi-Fi hotspots you trust. Do not use public Wi-Fi. You do not know who is listening in…

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How to change Netflix region

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 15:54:41 +0000

Netflix, as any other streaming service, limits the content it serves based upon the country you live in. So how to get access to those shows not available for your region? Let’s explain you in a few simple steps how to change Netflix region the easy way.

Imagine you were on holiday, looking at that one great series as a Netflix subscriber, got to the last season and had to take your flight. When arriving home you notice you do not have access to that show anymore. “How does it end???”

Or how to check up on your favorite show at home when on holiday and not able to access it?

Or why even settle for a limited catalogue when Netflix happily takes your monthly fee time and again for a inferior service as an inhabitant of any other country? Let’s change Netflix region and solve your problem, so you can access for example the larger American or British version of the streaming service.

Step 1: get yourself a decent VPN

Many Virtual Private Network services (VPN) promise you to deblock Netflix content, but they fail miserably. Some of them are really expensive for the service they do not provide and free VPNs lack the promised security, the needed speed and data throughput to achieve this goal. Also, a lot of VPNs are ‘capped’: you are only allowed a maximum number of gigabytes a month, what makes video streaming virtually impossible.

Also, Netflix as a company is always improving its proxy-detecting capabilities, so better go with a service you can trust and safeguards your personal data and protects your privacy.

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Step 2: get your streaming going in 1,2, 3

Install your VPN as described.
Log out of your Netflix account.
Clean your cookies and cache if needed. Do this regularly to protect your privacy. As an alternative you can enable the privacy mode on your favorite browser or even better, use a specific dedicated browser when doing this.
Select the (virtual) country to watch Netflix in. Connect to a server in that country.
Log in to your Netflix account
Enjoy the (better, richer, different) Netflix content of the country you selected.