Monthly Archives: December 2011

Using URL Shorting Sites to Hide

By HideIP Admin | Published: December 20, 2011

Sites like Tinyurl.com and Bitly.com are the new go-to places for Tweeters who do not want long URLs to eat up their limited typing space. However, shortened URLs have another, more deceptive use. They allow spammers and hackers to bypass the old email filters and get into your inbox. Most email anti-spam counteragents were created [...]

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XMAS VPN: SmartHide VPN Discount

By HideIP Admin | Published: December 19, 2011
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SmartHide has recently released its VPN solution for iPhone, iPad and Android devices and now offers a 30% lifetime discount on any SmartHide Subscription from 18 till 25 of December, 2011. The 30% discount is available for any SmartHide Subscription (prices on the site do not include 30% discount). The discount is lifetime. It means that [...]

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How To Setup VpnTunnel.Se with OpenVPN on DD-WRT Firmware

By Tavir | Published: December 17, 2011

The installation of a VPN on router is indispensable for many of the VPN users, so we continue our series of tutorials with the installation of an OpenVPN on the router with DD-WRT firmware and the VpnTunnel.Se service. As always the installation of DD-WRT firmware is required.  Regularly, site DD-WRT release new versions but I [...]

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XMAS VPN: CyberGhost Discounts – And Get One Copy of Bitdefender for Free, too!

By HideIP Admin | Published: December 16, 2011
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We have started yesterday to present the promotions run by VPN providers over the year-end holidays. Today, here is another great offer: buy CyberGhost discounted and get a copy of Bitdefender, the well-know antivirus solution. Christmas is lurking around the corner – and so does Santa Ghlaus, bringing you each CyberGhost subscription 30 % (‘Classic’), 40 [...]

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XMAS VPN: HMA! Holiday Promo

By HideIP Admin | Published: December 15, 2011
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The holidays are fastly approaching and all the major service providers from all industries want you to get in the “holiday spirit”.  It’s also the case of VPNs and several Christmas offers were already being aired. In the next couple of weeks we will publish all promotions (Christmas VPN) we hear about such that all those seeking [...]

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So, You Thought You Are Invisible?

By Tomasz | Published: December 14, 2011
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So, did you really think so? Did you think that only “authorities” and certain agencies could find who you are, what you do, what is your IP, etc… etc… Well, if this is the case I got some really bad news for you – YOU ARE WRONG. In a moment you will get to the [...]

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End of Year Review: What Else Do You Want Us to Cover?

By Heryzo | Published: December 13, 2011
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December is usually a month for setting back and checking what we’ve done along the year. Here at how-to-hide-ip.info, we’ve shown you how to use VPN services for different purposes. Among other topics, we showed you how to unblock some geolocation-limited services that you may find interesting, we’ve covered services like watching hulu.com, listening to [...]

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5 Things That May Impact Your VPN Connection

By Heryzo | Published: December 12, 2011
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As a regular VPN user, you have surely found out that the performance of the VPN connection usually varies. Different factors can have an impact to the quality of VPN connection that you have, this article will highlight the usual ones. But let’s first see the symptoms of a bad VPN connection: Despite having the [...]

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Smartphone User In The U.S? You May Be Spied

By Heryzo | Published: December 10, 2011
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Ok, this title may be a bit scary, and while this isn’t an attack to Android nor iPhone, the recent news/discovery about a software provided by CarrierIQ that has been preinstalled on millions of  smartphones in the U.S is alarming. While the case actually happen in the U.S, there’s no proof so far that the [...]

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VPN Services: OverPlay VPN Review

By Heryzo | Published: December 9, 2011
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The public presentation of Overplay’s offer Price: $9.95/month. You can pay via Paypal or Google Checkout. Countries: Overplay claims to have points of presence in over 60 countries. Bandwidth: unlimited The installation part Overplay provides a very well documented (text or HD video) installation guide for most of the popular platforms that exist nowadays. You [...]

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