VPN update recommendations for Mac on Catalina

Hi folks, currently using Nord but am told no updates will be available soon. Running Catalina, any suggestions would be great.



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iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jan 19, 2025 6:20 AM

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Posted on Jan 19, 2025 6:49 AM

Get rid of the VPN entirely. It is doing nothing to protect your privacy or secure your data.

VPNs are designed to connect you securely to a private network such as your employer or school so that you can access resources on their network.



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Jan 19, 2025 6:49 AM in response to mcduff1706

Get rid of the VPN entirely. It is doing nothing to protect your privacy or secure your data.

VPNs are designed to connect you securely to a private network such as your employer or school so that you can access resources on their network.



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Jan 19, 2025 11:59 AM in response to mcduff1706

To add and emphasize KiltedKim's suggestion: unless you're using a true VPN tunnel, such as between you and your employer's, school's or bank's servers, they provide false security from a privacy standpoint.  Read these articles:  Pubic VPN's are anything but public and Security Risks: The Dangers of Using Free VPNs (eccu.edu).  


They can also interfere with internet access as we've seen in numerous cases here.


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Jan 20, 2025 6:10 AM in response to mcduff1706

I understand your reason for wanting to use it, but what you're doing is potentially illegal.

Using a VPN to get around geographic restrictions violates the terms of the owner of the material. If they have decided not to license it for release in your country, you are potentially violating the law by using a VPN to falsify your location.

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Jan 20, 2025 9:16 AM in response to mcduff1706

None! Mac OS does not require or benefit in ANY fashion by adding any of the following types of third party apps:


  • Antivirus
  • Cleaning
  • VPN
  • Security
  • Maintenance


These apps do nothing that Mac OS cannot already do and they do nothing to enhance the users security or user experience. What they do do is make Mac OS unstable, act buggy, make it slow and do NOTHING in positive in return. In short DO NOT install any.

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