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Does the Private Internet Access VPN (Which? best buy) work with a Mac Air (approx 3 years old)?

Does the Private Internet Access VPN (Which? best buy) work with a Mac Air (approx 3 years old)? Looking to stream football, cricket Tennis etc. And does it only work on one device (so I’d need another for an iPad?) . Thanks!

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.2

Posted on Mar 13, 2021 4:38 AM

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Posted on Mar 13, 2021 4:56 AM

There are opinions on this. VPNs purportedly keep your Data usage Private but . . . the Jury is Out on that. Generally - it is suggested to use VPNs only for Banking and or connection to the Office Network - period.


Throw in - Any AntiVirus, Disk Cleaner, Optimizers, Defrag, VPNs etc installed should be removed as per Developers Instructions. They are useless, unneeded, cause havoc and interfere with the normal operation of the OS. The Built-in Security of Big Sur is all that is required.

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Mar 13, 2021 4:56 AM in response to Sid—and—Dot1584

There are opinions on this. VPNs purportedly keep your Data usage Private but . . . the Jury is Out on that. Generally - it is suggested to use VPNs only for Banking and or connection to the Office Network - period.


Throw in - Any AntiVirus, Disk Cleaner, Optimizers, Defrag, VPNs etc installed should be removed as per Developers Instructions. They are useless, unneeded, cause havoc and interfere with the normal operation of the OS. The Built-in Security of Big Sur is all that is required.

Does the Private Internet Access VPN (Which? best buy) work with a Mac Air (approx 3 years old)?

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