HOW TO BYPASS GEO-BLOCKING WEBSITES
HOW TO BYPASS GEO-BLOCKING WEBSITES
Example:
One example of geo-blocking is my own personal experience. While watching one of my favourite Indian dramas, which was not available on YouTube or daily motion, I accessed Hotstar.com. But the website came up with the indication that the requested media content was not available for the viewers outside of India. The web contents of other big companies like Amazon, HBO etc. are also limited or blocked in a similar manner based on their private and copyright policies.
Purpose of Geo-blocking:
The purpose of geo-blocking varies from the copyright and licence issues to controlling illegal trafficking of malicious content. Different companies limit the access of certain content for their respective reasons. Some major geo-blocked websites or content is centred on the following reasons:
Copyrights:
When a company develops some content for a targeted audience of one specific region or country, it often limits or restricts the access to that content for the users outside of that country because the company owns or has the copyright over such content.
Prohibition or Curfew:
Often some content is restricted to access for a temporary time period to a particular region or country, specifically during political campaigns or crisis.
Price Variation:
Some companies set different price of their products for their local customers. These companies use geo-blocking techniques to refrain foreign customers to buy products at their local rates.
Illicit Content:
Another reason to use geo-blocking technique is to avoid the illegal trafficking of malware and illicit content to your computer systems, which enhances your online security. Geo-blocking restricts certain malicious links and reduces the risk of hackers to reach your connections.
Ways to bypass Geo-blocking:
Although users face many difficulties while accessing web content because of geo-blocking, yet in this technologically advanced world, it is not a matter of great trouble to evade geo-blocking websites. There are multiple ways to by-pass geo-blocking sites including proxies and DNS, but one best and the most commonly used method to bypass geo-blocking website is:
VPNs:
The most efficient method employed to bypass geo-blocked sites is by using ‘Virtual Private Network’ (VPN). In this service, the server of the VPN provider connects you to the Internet and your data is encrypted, that is, only you and the VPN provider is able to see your Internet data. The other two methods are the least chosen alternatives for bypassing geo-blocking websites, in case the VPN is not working. However, it is only VPN the best choice to avoid the problem of geo-blocking, because of the security that it provides through encryption.
How does a VPN work?
As you usually access the data on Internet through an Internet Service Provider, which proceeds all your web requests. On the other hand, when using VPN, your Internet requests are processed via VPN service provider, with their IP address, which links you with the websites that you want to access. In this way, your Internet Service Provider is unable to see your web proceedings, and is only able to see that you are connected with the VPN.
A VPN service provider works by misleading the server to think that your IP address appears from a different geographical location than yours. In this way, you can access the content otherwise blocked for your geographical location. A VPN service is also more secure as it not only provides blocked content but also protects your system through encryption.
Uses:
A VPN service can be used for multiple purposes, some of the very common being the following:
- To access the national and transnational geo-blocked web content.
- To evade temporary restriction of Internet access.
- To refrain unlawful users from accessing the Internet data.
- To secure your devices while using a public Internet connection.
- To let safe P2P downloading etc.
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