hi everyone Aaron here for ZolloTech and I want to show you how to set up a
VPN on your iOS or Android device and why you should be using one now there
are certain cases where you're not going to need one and that's at home because
of VPN is a virtual private network or essentially a tunnel that connects your
device to a server that provides a more secure connection so for example I was
at a coffee shop this evening and I was editing a video and I was on the
internet a public Internet but I wanted to make sure that my date it was secure
and locked down so I turned on a VPN and that way it allows me to keep all of my
data private and then keep it locked down so maybe I can go to my YouTube
channel and upload a video I generally use this while I'm at a hotel or at a
coffee shop any public network where it's free internet access I will use a
VPN if I'm home that's usually the only place I won't although there are good
reasons to use them at home as well now the next thing is how to actually set
one up well first you need some server information so you would need a username
and password and a server address you could also create a server at your house
but in order to set one up you can simply do that an iOS by going to
settings then you can go down to general then you can go down to VPN add VPN
configuration and this is where you would put in your information so you
would start with the type of VPN IPSec or l2tp your server your remote ID and
your authentication information once you have that hit done and then you will
have a VPN up here at the top of your settings you can turn it on or off you
can do the same with Android and it's pretty simple and straightforward you
can do the same just by going to settings and under settings it's a
network and Internet Advanced VPN then hit the little plus in the upper right
and here's all your information so if you enter it here you can put in the
same information you could put it on iOS and you'll have access to your VPN but
there's a much easier way to do that and that's using a VPN through an app called
surf shark and they're actually sponsoring this video and when they
first reached out to me to sponsor a video the first question I asked them
is what do you do with the data because free VPNs generally will use your data
and I'm not okay with that I want my data secure and having no logs of what
I've been doing or what I've been online because my passwords could be stored
there even if they're encrypted so surf shark has a strict no logs policy and
then they have this simple app so none of your information is stored they don't
monitor track or really store anything you're doing online it's also 256 bit
AES encrypted and they also allow access to eight different Netflix libraries
from the USA to Japan France Australia and more so let me show you how it works
we just go into the app and you've got a seven day free trial and also if you'd
like to check them out and get a discount you can use my promo codes Oh
low-tech for eighty-three percent off or a dollar ninety-nine a month after
you've tried out your trial so it's a pretty good deal I think so
as you can see this is the app it's pretty simple and straightforward maybe
I want to connect to Australia it's already set up
I'll hit connect and if you haven't connected before it will ask you to add
it will hit allow put in our passcode and it's connecting it will take just a
moment and then it's connected that's it there's nothing more to it than that
very simple and straightforward if I want to change locations I can go to
optimal location it disconnects finds an optimal location you found a Atlanta and
now I'm connected so that's all there is to it the same is true on Android it
works the exact same way it also works on Windows and Mac but go to surf shark
quick connect since I haven't done it on here or I deleted the VPN to show you
now it's already connected that's all there is to it it's that simple and you
can tell that by the little key in the upper right and the same is true on iOS
once it's connected it will say VPN and that's really simple and straightforward
a couple other reasons you may want to use a VPN would include blocking things
like trackers or malware and phishing attempts or also even being protected
while gaming maybe you're a serious gamer and at home you need to be
protected across the secure connection or you're
at a LAN party something like that you want to be honest
secure connection you can do that with a VPN so I use a VPN all the time and I
highly recommend them now you don't necessarily have to use the one I
recommended there are others out there but this one is rated very highly so I
always look into something like that I would never use or recommend a VPN that
I didn't trust so I definitely would check it out if you wanted a VPN and
like I said I'll link them in the description click the link that will
also fill in the promo code but the promo code is so low tech be sure to
check it out and let me know if you use a VPN and what you're using for a VPN
it's available in many different countries in it's highly recommended
especially when traveling but let me know your thoughts in the comments below
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Aaron I'll see you next time