Clarkkent Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 I came across this in a magazine a few days ago. It is a privacy tool for use with Windows XP/Vista/7 and 8. It disguises your IP address to make it look as though you are in another country.It would seem that it can avoid geographic restrictions for, say, television streaming, by allowing you to use the IP of a country other than the one you are in.I don't know whether or not it would allow people in France to pick up iPlayer and the like, but it can be found at here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Ceour de Lion II Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Been using something called expatshield which does the same thing for years, except when I bought a win 8 machine, their app didn't work on it, so I haven't been watching iplayer for some time now. Will look at using this instead. Good find.Proxy servers like that are the reason why government snooping via things like HADOPI will always fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suein56 Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 [quote user="Clarkkent"]I came across this in a magazine a few days ago.[/quote]Is this the one; pay or you cannot use it ? And it seems to leave all kinds of stuff behind when you uninstall it ?Scroll down to read the one review.Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 I haven't used ExpatShield since I installing Hola on Firefox and Chrome.I watched the whole US version of House of Cards, as well as The Americans on ITV catchup and The Following on Fox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suein56 Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 [quote user="Clair"]I haven't used ExpatShield since I installing Hola on Firefox and Chrome. [/quote]But it no longer works for BBC, so I use it and ExpatShield if I need to catch up with a programme I have missed.Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 [quote user="suein56"][quote user="Clair"]I haven't used ExpatShield since I installing Hola on Firefox and Chrome. [/quote]But it no longer works for BBC, so I use it and ExpatShield if I need to catch up with a programme I have missed.Sue[/quote]You can import scripts (=specific modifications) into Hola to receive channels which are not listed.The BBC iPlayer script is half-way down this page.Turn on Hola, go to the page above and click on the BBC script, confirm you want to import and you'll be able to watch the BBC again. [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefluvvie Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 I really don't know why any of you bother with Expatshield, Hola etc - so complicated (import scripts????) and both involve software downloads (not a great idea!). They may be free but quite honestly I find they simply muck up your operating system.Just use a Smart DNS provider like overplay.net - ok you need to pay around £3 a month but you can link as many devices as you want on the same network / IP address - i.e. PC, Smart TV, Bluray Players, Smartphones etc etc. Works like a dream with all the players and film providers etc.Chiefluvvie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 A variety of options, then! [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkkent Posted June 22, 2013 Author Share Posted June 22, 2013 [quote user="suein56"][quote user="Clarkkent"]I came across this in a magazine a few days ago.[/quote]Is this the one; pay or you cannot use it ? And it seems to leave all kinds of stuff behind when you uninstall it ?Scroll down to read the one review.Sue[/quote]I don't think so, although the name is very similar. This one is called SafeIP and its URL is freesafeip.com. I have not explored it but it does make a great play of being "free". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 I too use overplay at Chiefluvvie's sugeestion and am very pleased with itAn advantage is that you can download from iPlayer to watch in HD.I didn't know about the Hola scripts though (had given up on Hola a while back) so thanks Clair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suein56 Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 [quote user="suein56"]Is this the one; pay or you cannot use it ? And it seems to leave all kinds of stuff behind when you uninstall it ? [/quote][quote user="Clarkkent"]I don't think so, although the name is very similar. This one is called SafeIP and its URL is freesafeip.com. I have not explored it but it does make a great play of being "free".[/quote]Sorry ... I definitely confused the two different names/sites.Apologies.Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suein56 Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 [quote user="Clair"]You can import scripts (=specific modifications) into Hola to receive channels which are not listed.The BBC iPlayer script is half-way down this page. [/quote]Brilliant, thanks Clair.Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Ceour de Lion II Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Ultimately, there's very little I find of interest on tv these days. Anything I particularly want to watch, I just use torrents and download, but even that's rare for me to do these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 [quote user="Mr Ceour de Lion II"]Ultimately, there's very little I find of interest on tv these days. Anything I particularly want to watch, I just use torrents and download, but even that's rare for me to do these days.[/quote]Torrents... now this is something I know absolutely nothing about.Can you enlighten me in simple terms? [8-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Ceour de Lion II Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 [quote user="Mr Ceour de Lion II"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent[/quote]I had already tried that, thanks!Written by geeks for geeks = Clear as mud! [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Ceour de Lion II Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 hahahaOk, basically you head off to a torrent site, and search for any tv show, movie, ebook, or whatever you are after. Once found, you download a tiny file called a torrent that relates to this. The file then gets opened in a torrent client, something like bittorrent. Once opened, it downloads the actual file from other people across the globe who have this item. It's basically peer to peer sharing. Quite a few torrent sites have been taken down by various governments, but they keep reappearing in other parts of the world. It's one of the things HADAPI is trying to fight against I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lehaut Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Yes and HADAPI do monitor you and do send you a letter if they ping you!HMA, .NZBs and Sickbeard, thats the way to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Ceour de Lion II Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 They won't be sending any letters to me.NSA on the other hand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickP Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 [quote user="Mr Ceour de Lion II"]They won't be sending any letters to me.[/quote] No but some of the senders of files may send you other unpleasant surprises. [Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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