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Pete's Pro Tips #21

The best VPN services of 2023.

This week's Pro Tip is a bit late as I've been very busy all week. Thank you to all that have found me on Facebook or recommended my services.

A VPN, or Virtual Private Network, is a service that masks your real IP address (basically the computer's location) and allows you to choose almost any location around the world. Most VPN services do not keep logs of your actual location, where you've visited, or what you've downloaded. Why is this helpful? First let me say that I am NOT promoting piracy, but if a person was looking to download a recent Oscar nominated movie through various file-sharing or torrent sites, then using a VPN is essential to protecting yourself from the copyright holders.

How about a more legit reason? Let's say you want to stream a popular British series from the UK. Without a VPN, you get a message saying that streaming to your country is not allowed. Fire up the VPN, choose London as your "location", and stream away! Some sites that I don't recommend using a VPN for are local banking sites or email sites. Typically, these sites know where you usually log in from, so if all of a sudden it looks like you are logging in from another State or country, they may block your access.

Wondering which VPN that I use and absolutely love? Easy, it's ExpressVPN. By far the best I ever tried. The link below will guide you to the best VPN services of 2023.

The best VPN services of 2023 Get the best and forget the rest!