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Tag: vpn

  • Screenshot of Linode's Web interface showing a running VM, overlaid with a terminal using SCP to download wireguard.conf from it.

    Run your own WireGuard VPN

    I stopped paying for VPN services a decade ago and I haven't looked back. When I 'need' a VPN service, I just spin one up on cheap VM services, and then I throw it away when I'm done. It's cheaper and more-customisable... and if the UK goes ahead with an idea to age-gate VPN services, it might soon become more-convenient too.

    Read more - about 5 minutes (972 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 18 February, 2026
  • Screenshot showing radio.garden tuned into YouFM in Mons, Belgium. An additional player control interface appears below the original one.

    Bypassing Region Restrictions on radio.garden

    As the last person on Earth to discover radio.garden, I was disappointed to find that you can't access non-UK stations from within the UK. So I "fixed" it.

    Read more - about 4 minutes (942 words)

    • Article
    • 13 comments
    • posted 15 March, 2023
  • Google One VPN announcement, featuring the words "US Only"

    Why using Google VPN is a terrible idea

    Google are launching a VPN service. The Proton team say why that's bad, and Dan takes a more-sarcastic look at the issue.

    Read more (451 words)

    • Repost
    • 1 comment
    • posted 3 November, 2020
  • "Iceland", one of my Raspberry Pi VPN hotspots

    Raspberry Pi VPN Hotspot (or How To Infuriate Theresa May For Under ยฃ40)

    For a small sum of money and a little time, you too can have a little box that encrypts everything on your WiFi network until it leaves the UK.

    Read more - about 7 minutes (1437 words)

    • Article
    • 4 comments
    • posted 25 November, 2015

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