What is happening, guys, and welcome back to another video. Now one of the questions
that I get asked quite a bit when it comes to cyber security and protecting yourself
online is how can you change your IP address? Now I often go into quite a bit of detail
with my videos. But this particular question has a fairly simple answer. So I'm going to
keep it nice and simple. So to change your IP address online, you're going to want to
use a VPN. Now, there are some good VPNs out there and some bad ones. Some of them have
a lot of features, but some of them can't live up to what they say they can do. Now,
there's three in particular that I recommend that they've always worked well for me, and
they're the top in their game. And I'm going to put some links down in the description
below. And this will take you to the best possible price for these VPNs that you can
get at the current time. These are also the VPNs that I'm going to be showing you in this
video. So let's not waste any time, let's jump onto the computer, and we'll get to it.
So the three VPNs that we're looking at today are ExpressVPN. And then we have a Nord VPN.
And along with that, we also have surf shark. Now before I show you just how simple it is
to change your IP address, I thought I'd just show you my current IP address. And this is
the one just from my regular sky broadband connection. So what you're going to want to
do is open your VPN. And this time, we'll use Express and simply hit the big Connect
button. And pretty much that is it. So now when we come back into this IP address checker,
we can refresh the page and you'll see that it gives me a brand new IP address, it really
was as simple as that. And likewise, with both Nord and surf shark, you can see that
it's also a very simple process. There's a quick connect button here on Nord, and you
just click that, wait for a couple of seconds. And again, you'll be connected to a brand
new fresh IP address. So if I just refresh the page here, you can see that takes immediate
effect. And likewise, with the third VPN surf shark, it has a very similar feature. So you
just come into it, and the button is on the right, hit Connect. And again, it only takes
a second or two. And that is that. So now you're able to browse anonymously without
anybody being able to trace you. Now your connection speed will vary from VPN to VPN.
But in my experience, express has always been the fastest. This is followed closely behind
by Nord. And then in third place with the speed we have surf shark. But that doesn't
mean it's too slow, though in the majority of cases, you're not even going to notice
a difference. Now if all you're wanting to do is change your IP address that quick connect
button that works great. But as you can see, there are a huge list of countries on all
of these VPNs. And these are the different countries which you can connect to servers
from. And there's many reasons why people want to connect to the internet from different
countries. And one of the main ones is to unblock country restricted content from streaming
sites such as Netflix. So by selecting a certain country on the list, you're then able to watch
Netflix from that country's location. And you can find shows that aren't usually available
in your home country. And every single one of these countries will connect you to a new
server, meaning you get a new IP address every time. Now when it comes to express, they keep
things really nice and simple. And this is absolutely great. If all you're wanting to
do is mask your home IP address, every time you select a country, they'll just give you
the fastest server in that country at the time, meaning that you'll get assigned a random
IP address. However, sometimes there are times when you want your own IP address, and you
don't want it to be shared with other people on the network. And this is where Nord has
a great feature, they have this dedicated IP section. And in this section, you can still
choose from a small selection of countries. But what it does, once you're connected to
one of the servers, that IP address will be assigned to you and you only so if there's
ever a reason when you need your IP address to be used for something specifically for
yourself, but you don't want to use your home IP address, this can be a great option. Now
surf shark also has a great feature which you may find useful. And that is the static
IP section. The servers in this list will always give you the same IP address every
time you connect. So if you want to mask your own IP address, but every time you connect
to a particular software or service, and you want them to recognize that it's you, you
can use these servers and every time you connect, it won't think you're a new user. Now what
you can do once you found the ones that work best for you is you can add them to your favorites
list and then they're always be accessible in the Favorites menu for
next time you want to use them.
Unknown Speaker 4:38 So there we have it guys. As you can see,
the task of changing your IP address online is actually very simple when you use a VPN.
And not only that, but the bonus of being able to connect to the internet from other
countries servers is a great thing when it comes to stuff like unblocking Netflix, for
example. And just in general your entire internet connection and
your privacy online is going to be a lot more secure with a VPN than without one. But if
literally, all you want to do is to change your IP address and
you're not bothered about any of the other features at all, then Personally I'd recommend
going with surf shark purely because it's the cheapest. But if you're going to be downloading
large files or streaming content online, then you might want to start taking a look at ExpressVPN
or Nord, purely because the speeds are going to be a little bit quicker than surf shark.
Now, these VPN also have a lot of other features which I haven't covered in this video. But
if you look in the description below, they'll also be links to individual reviews of each
product. Along with that I'll be dropping the discount links to all of these products.
So if you want to get it at the best possible price, check those out and you'll be sure
to save some money. So I hope this video has helped you to make a decision. I hope you've
learned something and if you have please give it a thumbs up. As always stay safe online
and I'll catch you on the next video.
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