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Hey there,

Google determines your location not just by your IP address but also by historical data tied to that IP. If a lot of people from another country have used the same VPN server’s IP, Google might assume it belongs to that country instead.

Unfortunately, there’s no way for us to fix this since it depends on how Google determines IP locations through their algorithms. However, we have some workarounds:

1. Try connecting to another location
2. Modify your region and language in search settings
3. Set search results to global search by using https://www.google.com/ncr
4. Report the issue directly to Google through this form. This is a temporary fix.
5. Stop using Google and try alternative options that we mention here.

Remember that by choosing option #4, you’re helping all users 💪

Hey 👋

Our service doesn't limit the number of devices you can use but limits active connections. If you exceed 5 simultaneous connections, one of them may disconnect randomly. We don't plan to remove this limitation, otherwise our service will be abused.

Connection speed depends on your router model and the protocol you choose. Many routers use low-end CPUs, which is the main reason why you get slow speeds.

Rejected.

We are not planning to add any VPN or Stealth Proxy servers in Russia. There is many reasons for this, but we will outline the most important ones:

• We are fighting censorship in Russia, and hosting servers there would conflict with our principles. Hosting providers based in Russia are required by law to block access to domains or IPs that are blacklisted by the government.
• We refuse to fund a sanctioned country’s economy, especially one that started a war.
• The legal system in Russia is broken beyond repair.
• Reputable VPN providers don't have servers in Russia.
• And countless other reasons why deploying infrastructure there is out of the question.

Hey,

Important note first. All VPN providers have the same issue. Unfortunately there is no silver bullet to fix it. The two mains causes for this are:

1. Once you are connected to any VPN server you get a shared IP address, which is being used by many other users. When websites detect a high number of requests coming from a single IP, they flag it as suspicious behavior, prompting captchas. For the website it might look like botnet or DDoS attack.

2. We are using IP addresses that belong to data centers. It's easy to find databases with such information. This gets more attention, because visits are not happening from residential IP's (home ISP/mobile operator). Websites might block connection from non-residential IP addresses all together.

However there is workarounds that might help you.

• Try switching to a less populated server. You can find this on our status page. This is not guaranteed to help, but you can try it.
• Clear cookies and cache in your browser.
• Ask website owner to switch to more privacy friendly solutions. For example FriendlyCaptcha or hCaptcha.

Alternative services

Let's say you are having issues only with Google Search. Preferably it would be good to get rid of Google entirely, but instead you can use alternative options that will almost match the same search results:

1. StartPage. Uses Google and Bing as search index, almost identical results. Company is based in Netherlands.
2. Whoogle is simple open source option that will show Google index results and remove ads/trackers.
3. 4get.ca is another open-source option with many indexes available.
4. SearX open source metasearch engine.
5. DuckDuckGo is another option, but uses only Bing as search index. The company is based in USA.

We will test and add more alternative services in the future in this post.