[NFBCS] Accessible VPN Software

[Jeffrey (JDS)]

A VPN will not help resolve your issue in my opinion.
If your PC is compromised or device is compromised the VPN  just provides a tunnel to the compromised PC.

- Get ublock origin in your browser and anti-virus/malware software  (e.g. malware bytes)
- don't use public wifi services when banking or shopping (only space where VPN is useful) 

-----Original Message-----
From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Mike Gorse via NFBCS
Sent: August 5, 2020 2:46 PM
To: Jim Barbour via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Mike Gorse <mike at straddlethebox.org>
Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Accessible VPN Software

I also use openvpn for work, since we have an internal network that I need to be able to access from home, but I haven't used a client on anything other than Linux, so I can't comment on accessibility for anything else.


On Wed, 5 Aug 2020, Jim Barbour via NFBCS wrote:

> I would be very careful expecting a VPN solution to secure your computer. That’s not really what they’re built for.
>
> VPNs are good for managing access to particular networks, such as an employer; managing where you look like you’re coming from on the Internet, for example  if you wanna watch British TV,  or if you want to hide your web browsing habits from your ISP.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Jim
>
> Written while on the move,,
>
>> On Aug 5, 2020, at 10:26 AM, Peter via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>>    We've been fighting technology wars here for the past week and a 
>> half. Our Amazon and Microsoft Accounts were hacked locking us out, 
>> requiring us to jump through lots of hoops with Amazon to regain 
>> access to our primary account, and making it necessary to create new 
>> accounts. Though not as critical with Microsoft We're hoping to have 
>> our Amazon Account restored so we can use it as our primary account. 
>> If you have over $2000.000 in videos and audio bought through Amazon 
>> regaining access to that account is mission critical.
>> 
>> We're talking to our computer repair service about installing a VPN 
>> to give us an additional layer of protection from hackers. We're 
>> curious to know if any of you have used VPN and wich VPN packages can 
>> you reckemend that are accessible with screen readers and will not 
>> require umpteen layers of authentication to gain use of your personal 
>> computer. Your help will be very much appreciated.
>> 
>> Peter Donahue
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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