What is VPN and How does it Works

What if you could save a lot of money and call for free to all US and Canadian landlines and cell phones when you are traveling abroad ? There is a great service that allows you to do it, but only a small percentage of Americans use. Have you ever heard of or tried to use Google Voice? Let me explain how you can use and other impressive services for calls Free online!

Free calls to USA and Canada with Google Voice

Google Voice is a service that allows those States STATES or Canada to place free calls to both mobile and fixed phones. If someone is outside these countries, Google Voice will charge you a small amount per minute from each call. How Google knows where you are? Google Voice is able to determine your location by checking your IP address. Can you change your IP address? Yes easily, just use SaferVPN to connect to our US or Canadian servers. This changes your IP and you'll be able to make free calls as if you were in North America!

What can Google Voice?

There are a wide range of features of Google Voice that we recommend you try. Each mailbox is automatically transcribed, making searchable the message in your inbox. You also get a number for all your devices, such as your home and cell lines can ring simultaneously. In addition, there is a mobile application with all office functions. Want to know more? Discover all the features of Google Voice . Also, there are custom greetings for different callers. Now you can determine the difference between work and family calls without picking up your phone. You can also block callers that they can not join at all. With the conference function you can add incoming calls to existing and talk to several people at once

Here is a short video about the functionality international calls Google Voice :.

are there other applications that allow me to make free international calls

option 1: Viber

With the free app Viber you can call someone in your contacts list that also uses Viber free. There is a chat feature ideal for one-to-one or cats up to 99 people in a group. You can also send pictures, videos and share your location. It also has a feature Viber Out, which lets you call to cell phones do not use Viber for a small fee. An Internet connection is required when your calls.Unfortunately, Viber is occasionally blocked in Saudi Arabia, UAE and China, so you'll need a foreign IP address if using Viber if you are in a of these countries.

Option 2: Rebtel

Service VoIP Rebtel allows users to call cheaply to fixed and mobile lines, in addition to free calls between Rebtel users. It may be half price off Google Voice if you call a lot. The main advantage of Rebtel is that you do not need an Internet connection or any application that either

option 3: Skype

it kind of goes without saying, since it has become a household name in recent years. Skype you can call to chat and video with millions of users worldwide across most devices. The recipient must also have Skype, but for a small charge per minute or a monthly subscription, you can call most countries. Unfortunately, Skype is blocked in Morocco and United Arab Emirates.

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Now, depending on where you are calling to and from there different options.

If you call the US and Canada overseas, you'll want to use Google Voice for free calls to landlines and cell phones. To do this abroad, just download and install SaferVPN and connect to US or Canadian server. Once connected, access your Google Voice and call for free!

If you want to use one of the other services outlines above in a country that blocks, here's the deal. You will need to change your IP address to a foreign one - it does not really matter that much which one, but preferably one close to you to reduce latency. SaferVPN install, connect to one of our servers and use VoIP software as you want on your computer or smartphone. It's pie! Try it now to see for yourself

Have you other preferred VoIP service that we did not mention.? Please share in the comments!

Our motto is that the uncensored Internet should be available to everyone. In some of the most repressive countries in the world, has blocked access to specific websites is a common occurrence. Internet freedom does not come easily. Political and social activism efforts are crushed by government censorship targeting sites like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter

Together with the movements (a platform for human rights progress ) we launched Unlock the Web, a campaign to promote freedom of internet and censored help citizens get the means to express themselves freely online. SaferVPN works crowdfunding uncensored access and secure Internet for people worldwide. Read on to discover how you can contribute to global online freedom

Take me directly at:

- the Internet censorship Around the world

- Solution: VPN problem for the masses

- the plan: Unlock the Web campaign for Internet Uncensored

the problem: Internet censorship around the world

Various governments around the world were restricting access to Internet and illegally monitoring their own citizens. It is unfair to the country, municipalities and organizations to determine what content can or can not be accessed on the web. Here are some of the major internet scandals of censorship in 2014 to date:

March 2014: The Turkish government has decided to block Twitter, then SaferVPN offered a hand and gave means masses anonymously around the block and regain their freedom of information and speech. Our efforts have resulted in more than 45,000 hours of uncensored Internet access to citizens of Turkey . The campaign was an immediate success, with the licenses claimed within hours

April 2014 :. Russia adopted a new law that requires all bloggers with more than 3,000 visitors a day to save media from watchdog state. The worst was that bloggers could become liable for third party comments on their websites or social media. High fines and strict regulations are intended to calm dissent and provoke self-censorship

in September 2014 :. Thousands of people, mostly students, gathered in central Hong Kong to protest against greater freedom of PRC. police photographs that attempt to stop the protests spread like wildfire on social media in China and led to a Chinese block Instagram. Terms such as "tear gas", "Hong Kong students" and "Occupy Central" were blocked on the major search engines in China.

Our motto is that the internet is a wealth of knowledge and a global network owned by person, to benefit everyone

the solution for the masses :. VPN

to SaferVPN our mission is to enable people from all over the world to access non-available sites in the country, government censorship bypass, and keep their personal information secure and encrypted browsing completely anonymous. Since our launch in 2013, our cyber security experts have helped thousands of users worldwide surf the Internet anonymously.

given the right tools, people in closed societies such as those mentioned above are effective dissemination of their stories. These people need tools that secure their privacy and anonymity. We support their efforts by giving them access to virtual private networks (VPN) to encrypt their Internet connections and thus hiding their identity. This way, they will stay safe

The Plan: Unlock the Web Campaign for Internet Uncensored

Now we are expanding our outreach efforts in order to issue more than one million hours of free licenses of SaferVPN desktop and mobile software for people living in countries around the world where the Internet is censored. We can make this reality thanks to our partners:

Advancing Human Rights is a nonprofit organization that focuses on human rights. They connect activists, dissidents empower and amplify new voices for freedom so that the world hears and acts

Movements.org is an online platform, managed by the advancement of human rights, which aims to connect dissidents in closed societies with legal, media, PR, and technology experts in open societies. Activists postings and ask for help, as well as experts and professionals post what they have to offer and meet demands.

To take part in the campaign and give away free hours of online privacy and anonymity of those very regimes censored, all you have to do is:

Visit UnblockTheWeb.org to learn more about our efforts and donate to the cause

We would also like to ask your help to make a difference. Please share Unlock the Web campaign through Facebook , Twitter , and Google+ . this gesture Everyone account in the promotion of freedom online!

This past year we have seen a frightening number of major data breaches. It shows how important it is to keep your data secure and safe passwords. Let's review the violations of the past year

iCloud - 100 celebrities, August

Although not a large gap, the "Fappening" always had a lot of attention in the press. Hundreds of photos of nude celebrities were leaked that Apple's iCloud service was raped in a very targeted attack. It is believed that the accounts have been violated by phishing, but it is still not clear. One thing is for sure though - you should start using two-factor authentication when connecting to your private accounts for increased security

Sony Pictures - 1,000 employees, in November

huge amounts of sensitive corporate data was disclosed as Sony Pictures were hacked recently. Private information of tens of thousands of employees was leaked, with 5 films not yet released to success, as well as login information to financial Web services and social media accounts . While this does not constitute a threat to the public, it is a huge scandal of public relations for Sony who now face prosecution for their employees - it will surely cost the company millions to solve the

US postal service - 800,000 employees, 2.9 million customers, described in November

Approximately 2.9 million customers and 800,000 employees had USPS their information breached the postal service was hacked "some time" in 2014. It was a very sophisticated hack that took the security service weeks to discover. Fortunately, there seems to be no cases of identity theft following the breach

Snapchat -. 4.6 million usernames and phone numbers, in January

Anonymous messaging app Snapchat proved to be less anonymous than previously thought. This year has seen a couple of breaches of service, although the worst was when 4.6 million usernames and phone numbers were violated in January. There was also the "_kmq.push Snappening "in October, leaving thousands of photos and videos to the public. So watch what you post on these" anonymous services "or you could get your 15 minutes of shame there

Google - 5 million users, September

The user names and passwords of almost 5 million Gmail users have been disclosed on a Russian Bitcoin forum. We do not know if Google has been violated, since the powers have been stolen from another source not guaranteed. This proves how important it is to use safe alphanumeric passwords, and different passwords for different accounts

Home Depot -. 56 million holders, September

dubbed the greatest violation of a retailer, Home Depot breach left the account information of 56 million breached holders. The malware was designed to violate the retailer's payment records. Fortunately, the company offered surveillance and identity free credit protection for all customers who paid with credit or debit cards at a Home Depot stores affected.

JP Morgan - 76 million homes, 7 million small businesses in October

infringement to JP Morgan Chase & Co falls as one of the largest data breaches in history to date. The names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of 83 million accounts have been disclosed that hackers from accessing the company's computer systems. In a statement, the bank revealed that no account numbers, passwords, SSN and birth dates were disclosed

eBay -. 145 million user names and passwords, in March

This was mean that all members of the auction site had raped their login credentials. In addition, the company did not notify users in time or ask them to reset their passwords, the situation worsens.

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It usually takes some time to address these violations, especially when customers or employees file lawsuits against the company violated. For example, violation of last year's target was estimated at the company over US $ 148 million until the middle of 2014.

So what can you do to secure your own and your company's data? Let's review some basics. First, make sure you use safe alphanumeric passwords you change often, and do not use the same password for multiple accounts. Then, make sure to always use , maintain and run every day. Finally, always connect to a VPN when working outside the office or traveling to encrypt all incoming and outgoing data can not be spied on by anyone. If you are not using a VPN, all your data is sent as plain text if you are an unsecured hotspot, so it is to win by someone else on the same WiFi!

Try SaferVPN today for free, or contact us if your company is interested in our security solution for enterprise VPN

Looking for an easy way to become anonymous online and get unlimited access to a website? We have the solution! We will explore in depth how to change the IP address!

An IP address is your unique identifier on the web, you can think like your fingerprint. Governments and Internet service providers (ISPs) can track all your online activities and trace back to you looking your IP address. Even your approximate physical location can be viewed by anyone or any site if they know your IP address

Below there is a video on how to change the IP address if you prefer to see it in action

First: explained IP addresses

IP stands for Internet Protocol, which is a framework for the activity on the Internet. It allows two-way communication by assigning unique numeric Internet protocol addresses to each device connected to the large grid of world we call the Internet.

An IP address can be considered the street address of your device as it identifies your location on the Internet. IP addresses consist of two parts: a network ID (think like your street or neighborhood) and the host ID of your device (think like your exact address). Thank you to the IP addresses, computers around the world can communicate. It allows Internet service providers to differentiate your device billions of other Internet-connected

For more technical details, here's a good read.

• IP explained by PCMag Encyclopedia

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  IP explained by Microsoft

In essence, the IP address functions to locate and identify you online, ensuring your device can communicate with the sites or services you want to access.

Why should I change my IP address?

While you are passing browsing the Web and interact on social media, you might not be aware of looking at you. ISPs can monitor all your online activities - and worse, as we have seen recently with some Internet providers in the United States, they can monitor all your data for advertising purposes without a way for you to opt out. In addition, governments around the world are monitoring the Internet usage of their citizens to follow. In recent years we have seen many revelations about how organizations such as the American and British GCHQ NSA was spying on people around the world. I personally do not like the feeling of having Big Brother watching everything I do online, privacy is something I enjoy.

Change the IP address that you provide online anonymity and privacy. With an IP address hidden, nobody can track your location or see what you've been up to online because they can not tie your activity to you.

In addition to this, sites that are blocked in your country will review your IP address to determine your location. If they see that you surf a country where their services are not available, they block you. On the other hand, if you have an IP address from the country whose content you want to access, you are free to access a site. You can then distribute all films, shows, sports and music as if you were there.

Some people use proxies to access restricted sites, believing they become anonymous in this way. However, when you use a proxy, you always have the same IP address and all your online activities can be traced back to you. If your proxy operator is dishonest, they can even snoop in all data transferred through their servers! That's why we recommend you use a VPN rather than a proxy for the security and anonymity

Some of the other benefits of a changed IP address that we discussed earlier on the blog SaferVPN include:

• purchasing tickets to plane up nearly 30% off
• savings on online shopping digital products from Amazon, Microsoft, iTunes, Adobe and as
• free call to all US and Canadian landlines and mobiles around the world

How to change the IP address with SaferVPN

it is super easy to change your IP address, it just takes time with SaferVPN

Here is a short video showing how easy it is to change the IP address:

All you need to get started is to register for a free trial SaferVPN and download our app for your device. Install it and run it.

Once you're up and running, all you need to do to change the IP address to connect to one of our servers. Once connected, you will see how your IP address is refreshing in our application. It takes only a few seconds, usually less than 10-15 seconds. Overall, running SaferVPN to obtain a new IP address should not take more than 30 seconds!

If you'll check, go to whatismyipaddress.com and see for yourself - try both before and after the change of intellectual property. Note that changing your location.

There! The next time you want to be content online or anonymous access is blocked otherwise, now you know how to change the IP address easily. All you need to do is turn on SaferVPN - now try

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identity theft is on the rise and is a serious threat. The attachment can cost up to several thousand dollars, not counting the many hours necessary to repair the damage. Digging in the subjects of data and identity theft, and more importantly, how to prevent it!

What is identity theft

A report by the US Department of Justice defines identity theft as:

"misuse or successful attempt an existing account as a debit or a credit account, the misuse of personal information to open a new account, or misuse of personal information for other fraudulent purposes, such as obtaining government benefits. "

data and identity theft in number

Just to understand the seriousness of it, here are some statistics on identity theft online:

• there were 16.6 million identity theft in the US in 2012.

• personal data breaches have increased 20% in 2014.

• The mean loss of identity theft was $ 1,769, for a total of US $ 18B stolen in 2013.

• 50% of victims take a day to fix it. It took nearly 33% of victims of a month or more.

As you can see, there is a great and serious threat. There are many scams out there to get your personal information, which can then be used against you.

The types of identity theft

There are many ways for cybercriminals to access your private data. Some of the most common include:

• cybercriminals intercept your Internet connection - especially on public access points,

• with a public computer that is infected with malware,

• phishing, so you click on a malicious link in an email or a web site and hand over your personal data

• man-in- the-middle attacks

• using vulnerabilities in the software of your devices.

A Department of Justice found that the majority of identity theft victims suffer from unauthorized use or attempted use of a credit card account. The second most common crime after identity theft is the misuse or attempted misuse of a bank account, such as a debit, checking or savings account. It is advisable to frequently keep an eye on all your accounts. See if your bank offers SMS notification in real time of any expenses incurred on your accounts, at least it keeps you alert

medical identity theft has also been on the rise lately, with nearly half a million people in the United States last year. On average, they cost victims $ 13.500 including paying bills incurred in their name and pay legal fees. A fifth of victims had even added false information to their records by impostors such positive doping tests, which cost their career opportunities. The case takes an average of 0 hours to resolve - 8 days, you can use a much more fun way

There are also many ransomware there to watch. They left a encrypt files striker on your computer and hold ransom until you pay to have them decrypted. It costs a few hundred dollars on average to open your files and it is virtually impossible to track criminals because they hide behind multiple layers of encryption. And if you do not pay - well, they can do whatever they want with your data - either sell it, destroy it or use it for identity theft

Precautions to avoid identity theft

1. Keep an eye on your accounts

As mentioned above, but worth repeating: take a time to look time on your balances and keep abreast of all odd expenses. If you spot something suspicious, contact your bank directly to avoid other charges.

2. Use strong and different passwords

Be sure to use alphanumeric passwords difficult because they are much harder to break. change from time to time, and make sure not to use the same password for all your accounts. In addition, the pass word protect all your devices if they get lost, this way any finder can not access your accounts or private data. Learn more about password security here

3. Use anti-malware and firewall

This will help you prepare for any malicious attacks that attempt to steal your data. It is also important that you have the latest versions of all drivers, OS, anti-malware and browsers because they are frequently updated to fix security vulnerabilities

4. Do not open or click on fish emails, Web sites or popups

Be careful with e-mails you open and clicking on links or attachments - they may contain viruses. Ditto for web Fish. And oh, those pop ups that say your computer has been infected and you need to download their virus? Close them directly! All the above are common examples of phishing, where the cyber criminal lures to share your private information with them, often ask your bank details and others.

5. Take precautions when using public hotspots

We have said again and again, but it's damn important. You need to protect your connection when using public hotspots, if someone else on the same network can intercept your data and even connect to all accounts you are currently connected. Learn more about how to stay on public hotspots safe

6. Encrypt your connection with a VPN

Wherever you are, always use SaferVPN when connecting to the Internet to get an extra layer of security. He scrambles and encrypts all your data, making it impossible for anyone trying to follow you decipher what you do online. With 256-bit encryption, it has the same security that banks use to secure all your banking online! SaferVPN prevent identity theft attempts by all your private data to snoops can not access

Get SaferVPN plane now to stay safe and protect your identity. You are of course more than welcome to try your before purchasing

If you have additional helpful tips on preventing online identity theft, I'd be happy to hear your thoughts. Any comments below!

electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) recently compiled their annual report on how large technology companies protect your private data from government surveys . We have a full list of which ones have got your back, and those who just do not give a hoot.

2015 Summary for "Who's got your back" Report

With the increasing time spent each day on the Internet , technology giants like Facebook, Google and Apple knows so much about you. We entrust our photos, locations and many other personal information. Now you do not want the data to go into the wrong hands, you? Especially not if you are in a country that censors, monitors and restricts Internet.

Snowden has shown us that even Westerners could be assured that their data would be safe from the prying eyes of our governments. The reports and statements indicate the possibility of the involvement of telecom operators on the NSA's mass surveillance. ?.

To help consumers, the Electronic Frontier Foundation publishes an annual report entitled "Who Got Your Back" The goal of the EFF with their report is twofold:

1. educate individuals on which online businesses, it is safe to do business with

2. Incentivizing above companies to stay in the privacy of their users in courts and be transparent in their dealings with governments

with this article, we hope you have a little wiser about which companies you can trust. However, a word warning:. even if these companies do their best to protect your privacy, you can never be 100% sure that it will always remain that way always take precautions to keep anonymity online

How companies were evaluated

Five criteria were used to evaluate the surveyed technology companies, namely:

• industry accepted best practices companies must meet these three criteria for a star:

  1. Does society demands the government to obtain a warrant from a judge before handing the content of users' communications?
  2. Does the company publishes a transparency report is regular, useful information many times governments sought user data and how often the company provided user data to governments?
  3. Does the company publishes law enforcement guides explaining how they respond to data requests from the government?

• Tell users about government requests: If a government asks for personal data, these companies shall notify their users, except in cases of emergency

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  publicly disclose retention policies company data to get a star in this category, the company must indicate the data retention period about their users that are not accessible to users, such as log the IP address of users and the content removed.
  

• Disclose the number of times governments seek removal of content or user accounts and how often the company respects . For a star, the company must regularly report how often governments seek the deletion of User Content or suspension of user accounts, as well as the frequency with which the company complies with these applications

• public policy Pro-user: opposing backdoors a star is awarded to companies who take a public stand against the forced inclusion of deliberate security breaches or other doors forced to return to snoop governments in the activities of users.

Results 2015 EFF "Who has your back?"

those scoring full points are Adobe, Apple, Credo, Dropbox, Sonic, Wikimedia, WordPress and Yahoo. You can be assured that they are doing their best to protect their users against the requirements of the authorities for user data.

A strong word of caution goes against WhatsApp and AT & T, the worst performer in the survey with only one star each. Beware of what you send to anyone since governments can probe into it. It is quite disturbing that people send very sensitive data and often private messages and photos that should not fall into the wrong hands.

Final Thoughts

As we can see, some of the many websites and services of us use every day threaten our privacy online. While some do a great job protecting us online, others are not.

We want to emphasize the need to take additional measures against the prying eyes of the authorities, not only when traveling in countries like Russia and China censorship, but also in Western countries since we are obviously not immune to the prying eyes of our governments here either

Some quick tips to secure your privacy :.

• The first tip is simple: keep the law and do not make any suspicious activity online in the first place

• Make sure to change your privacy settings social media - read more about Facebook privacy here

• Use private mode browser, this way your activities are more difficult to trace and prevents tracking cookies

• Never use a free proxy or VPN , because the price you pay is your privacy

• Hide your IP address to become effective

• always connect to the Internet using a VPN _kmq.push because it encrypts your data and prevents the government spy. Get a free trial SaferVPN Now, unless you've already