Every internet security company offers some form of privacy protection – ad-blocking, anti-tracker, secure browsing – but Avira takes this to the next level with its own VPN product.
Avira Phantom VPN is aimed very much at the home user. There’s no complexity, no choice or even mention of technical details such as protocols, and you only get 13 servers to choose from.
The pricing structure is equally stripped back – it’s just one product at what seems an expensive £51.99 ($68, AU$91) per month.
There is a free account, too. The base version has a crippling 500MB/month data cap (plus you get a four or five minute grace period before disconnection), but it doesn’t require registration or an email address: just download, install and connect. You won’t be able to stream anything, but for occasional low-bandwidth use, perhaps while travelling, it might be enough.
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Avira’s no-registration free account is a good starting point, but once you upgrade the company requires all the usual details: physical and email address, credit card, PayPal or banking information (wire transfer or SOFORT banking).
As the free account has a data cap, it may log your originating IP address, and maybe connection times. The company doesn’t …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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