This topic explains why FREEDOME VPN is not allowing you to access a site or service. Most likely the site or service that you are trying to access is either malicious or is trying to track you. Some sites prevent their use altogether if they are not able to set up the tracking first. If […]
This topic describes how the tracking cookies and sites are blocked with FREEDOME VPN. F-Secure Labs maintains a database of tracking and advertisement networks in the F-Secure Security Cloud. Our labs are staffed round-the-clock ensuring this database is always up-to-date. The database tags tracking and analytics services so that FREEDOME VPN blocks the requests completely. The […]
Tracker Mapper allows you to temporarily log visited web sites to see how they are tracking you. To see how you are being tracked, start a 24-hour log as follows: Open the app. Swipe the screen up and tap Tracking attempts blocked. Select Show Tracker Mapper. Select Start. Tracker Mapper is now running. You can stop logging at […]
You can see how you are being tracked with FREEDOME’s Tracker Mapper. Tracker Mapper allows you to temporarily log visited web sites to see how they are tracking you, as well as malicious sites blocked. FREEDOME never logs your data. However, you can choose to do so yourself by using Tracker Mapper to record your […]
Tracking protection ensures privacy while you browse the web and use apps. When you go to a web site or use an app that tries to track you, FREEDOME VPN hides your IP address, blocks tracking cookies and prevents apps from sending information about you to data collection sites. Tracking protection removes all cookies set […]
The browsing protection and tracking protection features won’t work with Chrome’s Lite mode turned on, nor with Opera Mini. Google Chrome’s Lite mode (previously known as Data Saver) compresses web pages to make them load faster and to create less data traffic. Opera Mini works in a similar fashion. This prevents FREEDOME VPN’s browsing protection […]
While you browse the web, FREEDOME VPN checks the sites that you go to and makes sure that they are safe. Browsing protection blocks web sites that may contain harmful content or steal your personal information, including credit card numbers, user account information, and passwords. While you browse the web, FREEDOME VPN checks the HTTP […]
This topic explains why your IP address may seem to be in a different country than expected. With F-Secure FREEDOME VPN, you can select the location through which all your network traffic is routed. For example, if you are located in Germany, but select Finland as the virtual location in FREEDOME VPN, all your traffic […]
Using a virtual location protects your privacy and lets you access your favorite streaming services when abroad. By default, FREEDOME uses the server that is closest to you for the best possible connection. Companies use IP geolocation to block users in certain countries from accessing their content. With FREEDOME VPN, you may be able to […]
Virtual location protects your privacy and lets you access your favorite streaming services when abroad. When you connect to the internet, your device is assigned an address that identifies where you are. FREEDOME VPN lets you select a virtual location which gives your device an address in the selected country. In automatic mode, FREEDOME VPN […]