Posted on 02/22/2020 10:43:42 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
What nasty message do you get?
VPNs mask *your* IP address. They are still using their own to get on the internet. If the website or business is able to detect a trend of certain IPs listed as belonging to the VPN, they can still blacklist those IPs. What you may need to do is connect through another portal (i.e. another city).
I live in Panama but I like watching American sports instead of 24/7 futbol. If I try to connect to somethings direct without a VPN, I will be told that my IP is outside the range for the licensing of their service and that I am not allowed to view. If I use a VPN (usually I go through Miami), sometimes I get through but other times I get a different message saying they can’t identify me because I’m using a VPN.
If I stop the VPN and attempt to sign in through a different city (say, Dallas or San Francisco), I can get through sometimes through a different IP address that the receiving site hasn’t yet figured out is tied to a VPN.
That’s how the system works. Hope this help.
BTW, I’ve used both Nord VPN and Express VPN. Generally, I found Nord VPN gave me more access to what I wanted than Express VPN, for what it’s worth.
“I live in Panama but I like watching American sports instead of 24/7 futbol.”
bright red Black Listed IP address
I don’t really care, but this is a highly suspicious for a company that is supposed to protect your privacy.
This company supposedly is to let employee’s make comments about their employers in an anonymous manner.
This again proves Free and Anonymous are mutually exclusive, so forewarned is forarmed.
FWIW, I read something, probably in a usenet Win10 group, that the PRC is buying up VPNs on the sly.
[I tried to start a biz in Panama last year. On paper it seemed like a good idea, but in reality it’s almost impossible to even get a callback from a lawyer. Plenty of hoops to jump through to even open a bank acct. ]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Account_Tax_Compliance_Act
If you can get a foreign passport, try opening an account using that passport as ID. You might have to say something other than the truth, though, when they ask you if you’re an American citizen.
I remember once I was on a business trip in Virginia, and it was the year the Gators made it to the Final Four for the first time.
Since I had to stay over the weekend, I figured I’d go to a Sports Bar to watch it. After all, I was in the heart of ACC Country, right?
Well it turned out all of the TVs at this sports bar were tuned into some NASCAR race, and then I realized that I was in the heart of NASCAR country, and the basketball games were on one TV in a corner.
It seems you don’t understand the concept. Your IP is hidden by the VPN but they *must* provide their own IP to make the connection you seek. That’s how this works. If the destination site is able to detect that the IP belongs to a VPN (doesn’t matter which one) and they don’t allow access through VPNs, they can try to block it. The VPN isn’t compromising your security, just their own.
Correct. Many Panamanian banks do not accept new accounts from Americans because of all the hoops the U.S. government makes them jump through to prove you aren’t a money launderer. They treat you as guilty until proven innocent.
The way around this is to either glom onto an established company and operate through them or get some letters of recommendations from accredited local people (especially politicians or government hacks) so they believe you are harmless.
In Panama, “not worth the hassle” is a legitimate business excuse.
Yeah. Try watching anything else in San Antonio whenever the Spurs are playing. I was watching an NFL football game and, suddenly, every tv in the place switched to the Spurs game at 8 p.m. - a PRE-SEASON Spurs game! I walked out and never returned.
I was not blaming the VPN. The site sucks and is not what it professes to be.
I know how VPN’s work. I’ve been using them for years. They were quite useful when I was in Europe on business.
#7 You gotta ask the Clintons how they do it.
I’m sorry. I understand now. I thought you were blaming the VPN for somehow exposing your privacy.
If your issue was with the website, you had an odd way of expressing it.
Couldn’t have been much clearer.
Maybe I'll try again some time, but it was quite frustrating. I thought there was really huge potential, and I wouldn't mind having a hacienda down there in case Bernie pulls off some sort of miracle.
How do you like Panama? My brother in law, a retired Navy Medic and my sister are thinking of becoming expats and want to live in Panama. I guess there is a group that goes down couple times a year for folks who are thinking of living there.
Just curious.
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