$1 VPN a Month — Is This a Bad Idea?
This is not an ad. I’m just the kinda person who buys a VPN and then writes a medium story explaining my experience.
TLDR
The VPN works. It’s called RayaVPN and for 2 weeks I’ve been using it to access Medium. Yes, this site is the reason I needed a VPN. For reasons I don’t understand, Medium is blocked in Vietnam.
For 12 months I’ve resorted to using Tor inside Brave to get around the mild internet censorship. Tor is a free solution, but I hate needing to prove I’m not a robot. It was time to get a VPN. Like anyone would I searched:
- NordVPN- $11.95 a month.
- HideMyAss — $4 for a month — 12-month plan.
Wait a minute:
The 4th Result is RayaVPN — It Really Costs $1
Pros
- It’s a $1
- There’s 1 US server
- It’s useable
Cons
- The UK server is in Tehran
- There’s no GUI- Instead, you do one of these ones.
- I don’t know if it’s safe.
There’s a chance that all my details have been stolen and sold on the internet. I don’t have the technical know-how to find out if this VPN is safe. I could learn, but celebs aye. Bad things happen to other people.
Here’s How To Get A VPN For $1
Google and click this super dodgy link or click any of these words that are underlined to go straight to the RayaVPN home page.
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Okay, I know you’re expecting the rest to be easy, but don’t close this article yet.
Open your Emails
They sent you a username and password. I thought I was scammed for ages until I thought to check my emails. If you’re actually following along, you know what I mean.
Open this in another tab.
Select your operating system.
Select how you want to connect. I recommend PPTP if you’re on Windows 10, because it’s really easy.
The process for setting up a PPTP connection on Windows never changes here’s what you do.
Search VPN in the start menu or your settings.
Click add a VPN connection.
Call the connection whatever you want.
Change the VPN type to PPTP
Enter the user name and password.
Now you need an address for your server. That was a link sent to your emails too.
It looks like this.
Enter one of these and close up your VPN settings.
There You Go — VPN For $1
Seriously, if anyone knows if this is going to steal my data please let me know in the comments below.