[SOLVED] Safe access to public wifi's? - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Hi, soon i'm going to a vacation and would like to know what to use to access public wifi networks securely to avoid my personal data interception and generally be secure while browsing?
Thanks

VPN.
Google superfreevpn, but you will have the check what is the password before you use their VPN, because they change the password every now and then.
Pressed from my Maguro

Issues I see with superfreevpn:
-Uses PPTP (PPTP a history of insecurities)
-Restricts bandwidth
-Restricts use (no P2P, no torrents)
-8 hour time limit per session
-No idea who these guys are (no guarantee they aren't stealing your info themselves)
As an alternative, you could set up your own OpenVPN server at home. Most home routers can do this easily when using firmware such as OpenWRT, DD-WRT or Tomato, or you can set it up on a computer behind your router. Then you have a secure connection back to your own ISP, so you will have at least the same level of security/privacy you have at home. This is what I do, using OpenVPN for Android on my phone which uses the new VPN APIs introduced in ICS.
Hope this helps.

Hmmm, this seem to be a better option.:good:

Another alternative is to use Orbot from Google Play store, which implements Tor on Android.

Thanks guys, especially @phazerorg.
Umm while i understand the process of VPN you're talking about, what about data which is first sent to/through public WiFi AP?
WIll look into OpenVPN.
Do you have an article or link for me to get more in depth?
Thanks once again.

purpler said:
Thanks guys, especially @phazerorg.
Umm while i understand the process of VPN you're talking about, what about data which is first sent to/through public WiFi AP?
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If you mean before the VPN tunnel is established, it's true that some connections could be made. I think the best you could do here is to either turn off syncing and don't browse before the VPN is up, or make sure any syncing/browsing uses SSL. A little Google searching seems to indicate that the gmail app uses SSL, so no worries for that. For other apps, you'd want to investigate. Or shut off all syncing so pretty much no connections are made before you connect to your VPN. Once the VPN is up, you can have all traffic travel through it and it just looks like UDP packets of random data to the public wifi.
WIll look into OpenVPN.
Do you have an article or link for me to get more in depth?
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Nothing specific, but searching Google for "OpenVPN tutorial" turned up quite a number of useful-looking results, including some from the official OpenVPN site. I know there's a GUI app for Windows, and router firmware makes it easy. OpenVPN is popular and open source, so there's loads of resources and a community around it so you shouldn't have any trouble.

You can allways use opera mini as everythding goes through their servers. I would not trust free vpns as its like using a free access point. Who's to say they arnt looking at your data
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purpler said:
Thanks guys, especially @phazerorg.
Umm while i understand the process of VPN you're talking about, what about data which is first sent to/through public WiFi AP?
WIll look into OpenVPN.
Do you have an article or link for me to get more in depth?
Thanks once again.
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Once a VPN circuit is established, all data is encrypted between your device and the server. No one in the WiFi hotspot could read your data, even if they intercepted it. Neither could the WiFi hotspot operators.
The same is true of Tor, with the added benefit that the Tor node operators can't read your data, either, with the exception of the exit node. But the exit node operator can't tell who sent the data, because the packet headers have been stripped and replaced (several times).

phazerorg said:
As an alternative, you could set up your own OpenVPN server at home.
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I had issues with OpenVPN. I ended up setting up a linux server with IPSec instead. I just use the built-in VPN connectivity (L2TP/IPSec PSK, to be precise) to connect to my home server.
strumcat said:
Another alternative is to use Orbot from Google Play store, which implements Tor on Android.
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While TOR might be (arguably) great for "anonymizing", it does nothing for encryption. You can sniff packets from someone using TOR as simply as someone using a direct connection.
Edit: Actually, I need to look into TOR a bit more. Does anyone know for certain if it's endpoint-to-endpoint encrypted? The Orbot Play Store page says nothing about encryption, but rather only mentions the proxy chain effect, which would make my original statement correct.
DarkBanHammer said:
You can allways use opera mini as everythding goes through their servers. I would not trust free vpns as its like using a free access point. Who's to say they arnt looking at your data
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Again, this doesn't encrypt data, which means anyone in the vicinity can fairly easily sniff packets from you and plainly see your data flowing. Even worse would be people who have their own mobile access point, de-auth you from the public wifi, and then spoof the public wifi. It's actually fairly easy to do.

Tor is encrypted from your device to the exit node.
https://www.torproject.org/about/overview.html.en
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hmm, TOR seems to be working fine in terms of ease of use and configuration. If everything is indeed encrypted than it's ideal solution for me.
Anyone else has an opinion?
Thanks guys!

What about man in between issue?

purpler said:
What about man in between issue?
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If the path is encrypted endpoint-to-endpoint, such as it would be in a VPN (or apparently with TOR... thanks for the info, strumcat, as I assume that applies to Orbot also), then a man-in-the-middle gets nothing. If someone gets between you and the wifi node, they would only see the encrypted gibberish.

that being said, TOR (Orbot) it is.
Thanks all!

Cilraaz said:
If the path is encrypted endpoint-to-endpoint, such as it would be in a VPN (or apparently with TOR... thanks for the info, strumcat, as I assume that applies to Orbot also), then a man-in-the-middle gets nothing. If someone gets between you and the wifi node, they would only see the encrypted gibberish.
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Yes, Tor is the name of the network itself. Tor Browser Bundle (for Windows) and Orbot (for Android) are provided by the Tor Project and the Guardian Project for accessing Tor. They both utilize Tor encryption and other features, You can always check to make sure that Tor is working by browsing to http://check.torproject.org site.
If you're using Jellybean and want to use the transparent proxying feature in Orbot, be sure to first enable "Use Default IPTables" in Orbot settings so it will work ok. Then enable "Transparent Proxying", and choose the apps you want to use Tor under "Select Apps". That's the easiest way to use it. When you want to use the apps normally again, just turn off Tor.
You can learn more about Tor and Orbot at https://www.torproject.org/

yes i did, works great.
Orbot is very elegant solution.
Thanks

strumcat said:
Yes, Tor is the name of the network itself. Tor Browser Bundle (for Windows) and Orbot (for Android) are provided by the Tor Project and the Guardian Project for accessing Tor. They both utilize Tor encryption and other features, You can always check to make sure that Tor is working by browsing to http://check.torproject.org site.
If you're using Jellybean and want to use the transparent proxying feature in Orbot, be sure to first enable "Use Default IPTables" in Orbot settings so it will work ok. Then enable "Transparent Proxying", and choose the apps you want to use Tor under "Select Apps". That's the easiest way to use it. When you want to use the apps normally again, just turn off Tor.
You can learn more about Tor and Orbot at https://www.torproject.org/
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Great info here, thank you.

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[ROOT] DroidWall v1.5.1 - Android Firewall (Useful for most of us)

Hi everyone,
I don't have an unlimited data plan. I always went to use WhatsApp Messenger . Howsoever, there are many application runs on the background spending traffic (also draining battery too fast). today I have found out there is an application free on the market call "DroidWall - Android Firewall". This application works as iptables front-end to block undesired applications from accessing the network.
You may alos restrict any program depending on the type of the connection. For example you set Gmail application only works when you use WIFI and will get block when you using 3G for example.
I thinks they are more people have the same problem I had. that's I am sharing it here.
ATTENTION: ROOT REQUIRED!!!
Front-end application for the iptables Linux firewall.
Allows you to restrict which apps can access the network.
This is the perfect solution if you don't have an unlimited data plan, or just wants to see your battery lasting longer.
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DroidWall v1.5.1 - Android Firewall
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or
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Download from the Android Market:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.googlecode.droidwall.free
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Thanks for this.
Just curious.. In PC environments we use firewalls to control outbound and prevent rogue inbound..
I know this differs depending on carrier but with ATT our network is proxied anyway (meaning inbound will always fail) and as for outbound it would seem if there was an app on android you didn't want having net presence you'd just freeze or uninstall it.
Not criticizing the app.. Just hoping someone will give me some example uses where I could take advantage of it other than not having unlimited data as that makes perfect sense.
Thanks for your work!
Hello,
You may restrict any program depending on the type of the connection. For example you set gmail application only works when you use WIFI and will get block when you using 3G for example.
Hope this help you understand the use of the programe.
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will test the app. was always looking for some app that could actually differ between wifi and data. THX mate!
almaqdad said:
Hello,
You may restrict any program depending on the type of the connection. For example you set gmail application only works when you use WIFI and will get block when you using 3G for example.
Hope this help you understand the use of the programe.
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It does.. Thank you very much!
I had not thought that there are people who do not know DroidWall.
I have bin using this program for a while now and i must say once u got all the apps u want selected it works great. adds in game for example
Settings for HTC WIFI Hotspot?
Hi, Great app.
Can anybody tell how to allow HTC WIFI Hotspot to connect internet?
It doesn't appear on droidwall's app list, but instead when I turn on "(root) - Applications running as root", I can access to internet from my laptop.
But I'm not sure this setting can allow ANY of root apps to access internet, which we may not want them to.
Please tell what's the best solution for that? Otherwise should I install other wifi hotspot app?
Anybody noticed any improvements in battery life after using this?
I use LBE Privacy Guard that features pop ups and privacy protection
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If you're after adulation or a medal, you've come to the wrong forum...
Tech savvy people already knew about firewall , and commoners won't bother or need it.
hy friends
im using droidwall v1.5.1 on my samsung galaxy Y s6102 bult i can't activate the firewall
when i try to save the rules it gives me an error: ,,error applyng iptables rules exit code 11 iptables v1.4.7 iptables no chain/target/match by that name.''
how can i make it ron ok ?
please help
ps: sorry for my bad english i'm from Romainia.
Hi, I use normal home wifi, and mobile wifi with DATA PLAN when I'm out, is there a way for one application with different access restriction for each one???
that is one with different setting for: DATA / WIFI xxx / WIFI yyy, or just treats certain WIFI Hotspots as Mobile Data like in some new JellyBean Data restriction
My drive is not rooted please help

[APP] AWESOME App for Wifi Tethering - Open Garden Wifi Tethering

i tested out all the wifi tethering apps and this one was by FAR the best. Fastest speeds. Easily allows 4g tethering. compared to barnacle, wifi tether, and wireless tether, and its Noticeably faster. I only tried it cuz I couldn't get the sprint hotspot hack on my ROM. So if you're in this group, or even not (speeds are very very comparable, if not faster, than sprint hotspot), TRY IT OUT!
NOTICE::: Requires GPS Permission, so USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!! see posts below, including mine - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17571902&postcount=30.
Heres the market link - https://market.android.com/details?id=og.android.tether&hl=en
WiFi Tethering
by OpenGarden, Inc.
50,000 downloads, 1911 ratings (4.4 avg)
Free
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Thanks! I'm using it now!
I will try it out for sure. Thanks
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This app is a good find, got me tethering my took with ease earlier today. Thanks for sharing this one!
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Yeah I like this better then wifi tether, but they used the exact same layout as wifi tether, lol, thanks open source
I like this one as well, becuase my ipod can connect to it.
it is basically the same layout as wifi tether and a few others..but it doesnt need to activate sprint hotspot. whenever it did that for me i had serious issues. plus this one gives faster speeds
FrankyFiggz27 said:
it is basically the same layout as wifi tether and a few others..but it doesnt need to activate sprint hotspot. whenever it did that for me i had serious issues. plus this one gives faster speeds
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Yup, the old one would require a wipe cache/dalvik in order to use native Hotspot so it definately caused some conflict. Just ran YouTube and there was no freezing or lag
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downloaded it but it gives me an error "unable to start tethering. Is your device 'rooted'" which it is, and wifi tether works fine (and yes, I am rooted). I'll have to play with it tomorrow and see if I can sort it out.
D`Nyed said:
downloaded it but it gives me an error "unable to start tethering. Is your device 'rooted'" which it is, and wifi tether works fine (and yes, I am rooted). I'll have to play with it tomorrow and see if I can sort it out.
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+1 Are you using cyanogenmod? I wonder if that's the issue...
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i think EH17 broke this app, i couldn't get it to broadcast a wifi connection and there is some text that comes up about a missing file in /data/.../ when i reinstalled.
It did that for me a few times, too, but when I re-launched the app*, it worked.
*relaunched as in, immediately after it gave me the error and closed; if you're using the Hurricane ROM, you should also download Root Checker from the Market - for some reason, even though BusyBox was supposed to be installed, it wasn't and I had to download a separate installer to make it all work.
Why does this app require permission to fine gps location?
Will try it. Hope it works better than wifi tether. Had it crash on me this weekend while power was out and totally destroyed my rom, not even restoring a back up would stop the force closes, also had journaling enabled.
Ma$etas said:
Why does this app require permission to fine gps location?
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Reason I'm not installing it
Ultro said:
Reason I'm not installing it
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Just keep your gps off lol. It's only required because the app requires root access. The app is safe...over 250,000 downloads and no complaints of safety issues
FrankyFiggz27 said:
Just keep your gps off lol. It's only required because the app requires root access. The app is safe...over 250,000 downloads and no complaints of safety issues
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So if i keep my gps off i shouldnt worry about anything then?
what about when i do turn it on why does it want the permission to fine my gps what does it need to locate me gps info for?
just cause 250K have downloaded doesnt make it safe just maybe no one has cared or even bothered to see what permissions it ask for all they cared for was having wifi tethering
Ma$etas said:
Why does this app require permission to fine gps location?
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http://opengarden.net/open-garden-mobile-apps/
lol: "You can view a map of our current users of the tethering application for Android: Open garden Wifi Tether Map"
http://opengarden.com/map/
Just used apktool and ran diff -ur -I '^ \.line [0-9]*$' wireless_tether_2_0_7/smali/ og.android.tether/smali/.
Now I'm pissed off.
A This is clearly based on wireless tether 2.x. This is a GPL violation, as they do not provide source code. How is opengarden different? There is code pertaining to wakelock handling, and:
B Functions that collect your GPS location and device id. I've browsed through their site, and they (claim) to have a plan to create a free public mesh network, but:
C They fail to mention this in the market description, or the app itself.
Since this modified GPL app, I am perfectly within my rights to modify the app, so I have removed all code pertaining to stats collection (as well as the FINE_LOCATION permission), and am posting this fork here, on the assumption that the wakelock handling makes this thing worthwhile.
Enjoy.
Has anyone tested this on a GB rom?

Ravpower RP-WD01 WiFi-Disk Connectivity Review

Ravpower RP-WD01 WiFi-Disk Connectivity Review
There are many reviews about this device:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2169383
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2173608
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2150164
All of them really praise it for its core functionality. However, the threads didnt answer some of my questions. Here I will reiterate the main points of the other reviews, as well as provide answers to more advanced senarios.
First of all, I wanted to see if the Ravpower's wifi passthrough mode added much latency to internet usage. I connected it to my home wifi network, and ran some tests, some directly on the home wifi network, and some on the ravpower's hotspot network.
Home wifi :
http://www.pingtest.net/result/81588240.png
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As you can see, as far as latency is concerned, there is not much difference between browsing on your home network and accessing the internet through the ravpower hotspot. I can't test really high speed internet access, since our lines arent too good, and this is the highest speed I can get with relative stability.
You can access the connected media directly through the wifi hotspot, either using a mobile app, or even using a standard linux distro with Samba support. After applying the admin username and whatever password you set, I was able to get full read/write access to my media, and I was able to play 1080p30 video off of it perfectly.
Pleasingly, you can also access it through your home's wifi network. It will assign itself an IP address (which you can find out through its control panel), and then you can access the shared resources present on the drive, straight from your desktop if need be.
This makes it perfect for a carputer type of setup, where you can have the Ravpower attach onto the WIFI hotspot provided by your mobile/internet modem, and then you can share the media with your phone or tablet. Using a CIFS app, should be able to map the drive into android and allow your favourite apps to manage your music/movie collection almost like it was natively in the system, although I haven’t figured that bit out yet. I’ll get back to you guys when I make progress in that regard.
Overall I'm VERY pleased with this, and once I figure out CIFS and how to mount it to my internal directories, I’ll be ecstatic.
Hi there. I bought a Ravpower after being disappointed with the iUSBport not being compatible with my Transcend portable HDD and I have not been let down this time!
To get it working with ES or AndSMB you need to set the login details correctly as guest access did not work for me. I could login and see IPC$ but couldn't access the storage device(s) and got the "Invalid operation" error when I tried to access IPC$. I changed the settings in ES/AndSMB to the following:
Server: 10.10.10.254
Username: admin
Password: whateveryouhaveset
Change the Server and Password to suit. I had to restart the device a few times for changes to apply as the first time I tried ES it did not work. "MobileFun" just doesn't quite cut it so having proper samba support with this device is a real plus! Hope that helps!
thebeest said:
Hi there. I bought a Ravpower after being disappointed with the iUSBport not being compatible with my Transcend portable HDD and I have not been let down this time!
To get it working with ES or AndSMB you need to set the login details correctly as guest access did not work for me. I could login and see IPC$ but couldn't access the storage device(s) and got the "Invalid operation" error when I tried to access IPC$. I changed the settings in ES/AndSMB to the following:
Server: 10.10.10.254
Username: admin
Password: whateveryouhaveset
Change the Server and Password to suit. I had to restart the device a few times for changes to apply as the first time I tried ES it did not work. "MobileFun" just doesn't quite cut it so having proper samba support with this device is a real plus! Hope that helps!
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I could get it working in solid explorer, but have you fiured out a way to get CIFS working ?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ws.plattner.cifsmanager&hl=en
With CIFS, the external HDD is mounted internally, which allows it to be accessible by other apps, like poweramp and mxplayer and things ...
suffer1989 said:
I could get it working in solid explorer, but have you fiured out a way to get CIFS working ?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ws.plattner.cifsmanager&hl=en
With CIFS, the external HDD is mounted internally, which allows it to be accessible by other apps, like poweramp and mxplayer and things ...
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Sorry for my delay in replying, I am travelling in Australia right now and using the Rav quite a lot and have not had any problems with it so far. Unfortunately I have not been able to mount it through CIFS and have found that video performance suffers using SAMBA through ES File Explorer but there is a workaround.. If you browse to 10.10.10.254/data (replace with the IP you set) in your web browser you can watch and seek through movies with no delay compared to delays of up to 30 seconds I had seeking using the ES SAMBA method.
thebeest said:
Sorry for my delay in replying, I am travelling in Australia right now and using the Rav quite a lot and have not had any problems with it so far. Unfortunately I have not been able to mount it through CIFS and have found that video performance suffers using SAMBA through ES File Explorer but there is a workaround.. If you browse to 10.10.10.254/data (replace with the IP you set) in your web browser you can watch and seek through movies with no delay compared to delays of up to 30 seconds I had seeking using the ES SAMBA method.
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To compound that, apparently its really difficult to mount network shares in Jellybean + because of userprofiles or something :-/
suffer1989 said:
To compound that, apparently its really difficult to mount network shares in Jellybean + because of userprofiles or something :-/
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Hello I tried to connet rp-wd01 to my wireless, but it doesn't work. I don't understand why!
Please help me.
Thanks
suffer1989 said:
To compound that, apparently its really difficult to mount network shares in Jellybean + because of userprofiles or something :-/
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Any luck or updates on mounting it? This is the exact thing I'm trying to do, but I haven't found anything yet.
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Skeeterdrums said:
Any luck or updates on mounting it? This is the exact thing I'm trying to do, but I haven't found anything yet.
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I've been experimenting. If you have a kernel that supports nfs or cifs, and you have superuser access on your phone , Busybox, as well as a terminal emulator, you can create a folder in your sdcard and then mount the remote share to the folder in your sdcard, the same was linux users do.
Something like this:
https://gist.github.com/aldur/4a3f90a111b71662f056
suffer1989 said:
I've been experimenting. If you have a kernel that supports nfs or cifs, and you have superuser access on your phone , Busybox, as well as a terminal emulator, you can create a folder in your sdcard and then mount the remote share to the folder in your sdcard, the same was linux users do.
Something like this:
https://gist.github.com/aldur/4a3f90a111b71662f056
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Thanks for the update, that's more or less what I had been seeing after googling around a bit more. Just need to find cifs source and build a copy for the Amazon Fire Phone. [emoji2]
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unblock-us or others

I tried unblock-us internationally and configured my trial dns and slingtv still gave the same message, content is not available in your location. Has anyone had success with unblock-us or recommend others that work? I changed the dns.
unblock us sends out the help info page which has dns
navigates said:
I tried unblock-us internationally and configured my trial dns and slingtv still gave the same message, content is not available in your location. Has anyone had success with unblock-us or recommend others that work? I changed the dns.
unblock us sends out the help info page which has dns
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Try security kiss vpn they give you 500mb free a day I would say vpn is more reliable then dns service.
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patt2k said:
Try security kiss vpn they give you 500mb free a day I would say vpn is more reliable then dns service.
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for vpn., I would have to install a vpn client on the firetv right. Also that would make the overall experience sluggish. I would prefer the dns service over vpn. but thanks for the info. I'll look into it.
It's easy if you are rooted that is how I access content from Poland my home country that requires Polish ip. Always get more stable streaming even in 720p.
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It's easy if you are rooted that is how I access content from Poland my home country that requires Polish ip. Always get more stable streaming even in 720p.
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But VPN's are limited to the amount you download. I'll surely try them out. I will be needing vpn too and don't mind paying for a fast good service.
navigates said:
But VPN's are limited to the amount you download. I'll surely try them out. I will be needing vpn too and don't mind paying for a fast good service.
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I have used in 2014 service called Astrill it's the best VPN I have ever used and oh on facebook about a week ago I won 3 months vpn for free
they offer unlimited so this would be great for you, I gave you link to securitykiss so you can try it out if it works. If it does then I strongly would suggest you use astrill for fast speed and unlimited.
I can do few speed tests running VPN, which country you are located in? I am in New York so obviously there will be slower speeds and higher ping but it will give you an idea.
patt2k said:
I have used in 2014 service called Astrill it's the best VPN I have ever used and oh on facebook about a week ago I won 3 months vpn for free
they offer unlimited so this would be great for you, I gave you link to securitykiss so you can try it out if it works. If it does then I strongly would suggest you use astrill for fast speed and unlimited.
I can do few speed tests running VPN, which country you are located in? I am in New York so obviously there will be slower speeds and higher ping but it will give you an idea.
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I live in Los Angeles and am moving to dubai / UAE soon. Let me look at astril. I don't like companies that enforce their own vpn client. would like to use native.
navigates said:
I live in Los Angeles and am moving to dubai / UAE soon. Let me look at astril. I don't like companies that enforce their own vpn client. would like to use native.
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Check their server list they have their own app or you can of course use things like openvpn etc... on myfire tv I just downloaded my OPENVPN profiles and I simply connect when I want to use Polish vpn
I will do a test speedtest for you right now using no-vpn to Warsaw,Poland and with their VPN to same server Warsaw,Poland.
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Poland,VPN without restarting browser
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This is why I love Astrill!
patt2k said:
Check their server list they have their own app or you can of course use things like openvpn etc... on myfire tv I just downloaded my OPENVPN profiles and I simply connect when I want to use Polish vpn
I will do a test speedtest for you right now using no-vpn to Warsaw,Poland and with their VPN to same server Warsaw,Poland.
No-VPN
Poland,VPN without restarting browser
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This is why I love Astrill!
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That's your upload. I'm sold to Astrill. I'll sign up and test it out. But at first I'll try another dns service as if that works. then i prefer it that way as then the firetv can be on your local network as well.
navigates said:
That's your upload. I'm sold to Astrill. I'll sign up and test it out. But at first I'll try another dns service as if that works. then i prefer it that way as then the firetv can be on your local network as well.
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My upload is actually higher then download lol. Download tops at 84 mbps and download 92 mbps lol.
Get a router that supports DD-WRT (cheap one is the DIR-615 for $20-30 ) and a vpn provider such as privateinternetaccess.. Their speeds have been great for me..
you simply connect the router to your vpn, and either conenct to it via wifi or ethernet and your behind the vpn spoofing whatever location you choose.
psycon said:
Get a router that supports DD-WRT (cheap one is the DIR-615 for $20-30 ) and a vpn provider such as privateinternetaccess.. Their speeds have been great for me..
you simply connect the router to your vpn, and either conenct to it via wifi or ethernet and your behind the vpn spoofing whatever location you choose.
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ddwrt. I've always wanted to do that. I have the netgear nighthawk that supports AC and 800 mbps with wireless. I'll look into that as well. thanks for the astrill info. I might sign up anyways. I'll try unlocator tonight and will revert to this thread.
navigates said:
ddwrt. I've always wanted to do that. I have the netgear nighthawk that supports AC and 800 mbps with wireless. I'll look into that as well. thanks for the astrill info. I might sign up anyways. I'll try unlocator tonight and will revert to this thread.
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yup you can also do that with VPN remember so you will have 24/7 USA IP as long as your router is running. You have bunch of options!
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yup you can also do that with VPN remember so you will have 24/7 USA IP as long as your router is running. You have bunch of options!
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True that. I will test out the service and speeds with the VPN. If it works well. i'll get the router with ddwrt thanks a bunch for the advise.
I havent rooted my fire tv yet and unblock-us works for me...
I just configured the dns servers and it worked, what are you doing wrong?
edneti said:
I havent rooted my fire tv yet and unblock-us works for me...
I just configured the dns servers and it worked, what are you doing wrong?
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I tried unlocator and that works very well. no speed issues. I'm in the US now and tested out bbc. Are there any other services outside of the us? unlocator has vpn too but that is not a full vpn solution, it routes data locally not making that ideal. I may sign up with unlocator.
I set up a bVPN service it is simple and easy to use. Free and no additional apps needed. But you need to set up the VPN and configure on your device, also here you can find many vpn providers https://www.vpnfaqs.com/2017/04/top-5-fastest-vpns-2017/
I use smartdnsproxy dot com works perfectly
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Show or hide Mac Address

You can show or hide the MAC address of a device with Windows Mobile 10 ?
Needed for what?
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Needed for what?
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Access daily wifi public networks do not want my exposed Mac address on the networks .
No MAC, no TCP/IP ==> You don't want to have no MAC.
Anyway, since MACs aren't unique there is no concern regarding privacy or security.
Corect, your MAC has your name on it?
dinrillas said:
Access daily wifi public networks do not want my exposed Mac address on the networks .
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And also in my private network , you are a person who has cloned my Mac to be able to access my network , since I had already locked his Mac to access the to ... I need a solution ..
dinrillas said:
And also in my private network , you are a person who has cloned my Mac to be able to access my network , since I had already locked his Mac to access the to ...
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Please read www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html.
Thanks.
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I need a solution ..
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Well, I for myself need free beer.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/how-and-why-to-use-random-hardware-addresses
Why use random hardware addresses?
Applies to Windows 10
When you're not connected to Wi-Fi, your PC sends a signal to look for Wi-Fi networks in the area to help you get connected. The signal contains the unique physical hardware (MAC) address for your device. Some places, for example shopping malls, stores, or other public areas, might use this unique address to track your movement in that area. If your Wi-Fi hardware supports it, you can turn on random hardware addresses to make it harder for people to track you when your PC scans for networks and connects.
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http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/how-and-why-to-use-random-hardware-addresses
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On PC is simple, but is it possible on W10M?
w.bogdan said:
On PC is simple, but is it possible on W10M?
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On the x50 phones it should be just as simple; however just like on W10PC it requires driver support. I think it works something like this:
Windows> Wifi driver, what tricks do you know?
Driver> 802.11n, wpa2, power saving, random hardware addresses, ...
Windows> OK let's turn on the mac scrambler and do some scanning
I think, just like with call recording, Microsoft is waiting for the nagging threshold to be reached before they add this feature to older phones.
Manually changing the mac address however, I'm guessing is already possible through the registry.
http://www.csoonline.com/article/29...-random-mac-addresses-for-wi-fi-security.html
According to new recommendations by an IEEE study group, the Wi-Fi protocol needs to be updated to use randomly generated addresses for better security and privacy.
Today, the 802.11 Wi-Fi standards are designed so that each mobile device gets its own, unique media access control (MAC) address -- which allows spies, criminals, and advertisers to track mobile users.
"Because of the uniqueness of the identifier and the fact that they're not encrypted, you can easily make a connection between the identifier and the user," said Juan Carlos Zuniga, principal engineer at InterDigital and chair of the IEEE 802 Privacy Executive Committee Study Group.
That's because the protocols developed over the course of decades were originally designed to work over local networks with stationary devices. (...)
"We have tried it on 802.11n, on 802.11g and 802.11ac," he said. "This is something that can be done by a firmware update, if manufacturers decide to do so."
It does require changes at either the hardware or the operating system layer, however, not an app.
"I don't think today you can do it with over-the-top software," Zuniga said. "It really has to be part of the design."
But the newer the device, the more likely it is the fix can be distributed with an operating system update, he added.
For example, Apple's latest iOS update includes privacy features for when the devices are scanning for wireless networks -- but the update only works while scanning, not for after the device is connected, and it only works on the most recent iPhone models.
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I've tried via registry [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318]
https://social.technet.microsoft.co...rum-faqhow-to-change-mac-address-on-windows-7
but it doesn't seem to be working
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Random MAC:
Install Storage Explorer
http://forum.xda-developers.com/windows-phone-8/development/xap-storage-explorer-t3142339
Rename (delete) file C:\DPP\QCOM\WLAN.PROVISION
spavlin said:
Random MAC: Install Storage Explorer Rename (delete) file C:\DPP\QCOM\WLAN.PROVISION
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Thank you! I might add, a reboot is needed. [W10M] Reboot app
Change the registry value
1. Open the Registry Editor.
2. Navigate to,
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318]
3. Under this key, you should see numbers in sequence as "0000 ", "0001 " and so on. Click one at a time to check the description of the device to match it with that of your Network Card. In this case it is "0000 "(at first on my device).
4. Highlight the corresponding number that match your Network Card(Qualcomm WiFi), look for the "NetworkAddress " key value. Enter the desired MAC-Address as a 12 digit number (all in one, no "space" "." or "-")
5. If the key "NetworkAddress" does not appear, create "New " as "String Value ". Enter the name as "NetworkAddress ". Now set the desired value.
(not yet tested)
Of sorry, I was not read previous posts. Bad Babbitt.
djamol said:
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Well, test it, maybe there is a way. I only tried 0001 where the value was present. I didn't want to mess with the other ones because I was not sure what they are for. One is for Bluetooth.
Just to confirm, MAC address spoofing really works, at least on Lumia 550. I've used procedure for Windows 10 (same as @djamol described above) but with Interop Tools.
Don't forget to reboot after NetworkAddress change.
I also created small .bat file helper, to simplify correct adapter search (it was 0009 for my L-550). Run it via ssh session on the phone, not on the PC. And you should have reg.exe copied to c:\windows\system32 of course.
Please, note: MAC addresses, started with 0x, isn't working (for me). First, I wanna set 01-02-03-04-05-06 address (NetworkAddress value 010203040506) - this doesn't work but 120203040506 works perfect!
P.S. BTW, this hack is useless, I don't really know how this can be used.

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