Have you ever clicked on a comical video or got redirected to a site and discovered it only wouldn't work. You could have got a clean page or even a message saying this website isn't accessible your country. The reason this is occurring is something called geotargeting and essentially means choosing what you can access based on your place. So for example, the technology is used by the major search engines to make sure you get results tailored to where you live. In this scenario it's really really useful and helps steer your hunts into the correct way. In many scenarios though, geotargeting is actually detrimental. Web sites will use it to charge different costs to different regions. In the USA some DIY shops will look up your place, then bill you based on how much you are from an adversary. It Is quite common practice for firms to use something called priced discrimination to maximise their profits. Choose for example a global service like Netflix, if you logon from the UK you will get something like half as many movies as those who logon to the American service. The technology behind this is really quite easy. All that happens is that your IP address is logged when you connect to the site. Afterward that address is looked up in a large database to fit the address to a particular place. The website afterward will determine what you can get or what it charges based on where you reside. This can get annoying, obviously being blocked or charged more simply based on where you happen to be. But there is a way around these tests, a method where you can control access to your location when you are online. The secret is to relay your connection through another server. Using proxies or VPNs in other nations you can select your virtual place. When your connection is relayed through one of these servers, your actual IP address is hidden and only the proxies is observable. It is possible to set these up easily on computers, laptops, iPads and even mobile phones. Here's how you can free up your internet connection in your iPad. See the BBC from anyplace, access Hulu and Pandora.com with a click of the button. This video show's you how to setup a VPN on your iPad or iPhone and never get blocked again. Try this now
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