Hello all… I really do hope that someone can help or offer advice. Three days ago i purchased the Secureline vpn from Avast so that i can be securely hidden while online. It was a special offer that i could afford. I downloaded the license and it was all set up. I was hidden. However when i tried to access the lottery website that i use, it would not allow me access as it said i was outside the Uk. I am in the UK, the vpn says i am registered to it in London. I have contacted avast through tech support but have heard nothing. How do i sort this? thank you in advance for any help that comes my way.
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I have contacted avast through tech support but have heard nothing.It may take a few days before they answer if you used the ticket system?
The UK National Lottery website relies on lists of IP addresses assigned to UK ISPs. If you access the site from an IP address not on this list, you can’t buy tickets or perform account actions because the site cannot verify you’re in the UK.
It is highly unlikely they will allow Avast, or any other VPN provider, to go on to the approved IP address list. They even mention VPN’s on their site as being a no-no. It’s because if you were in, say, Belgium and took out a SecureLine subscription, you could connect to the London server and purchase National Lottery tickets - and since you’re not supposed to be doing that, it throws up all sorts of legal headaches for Camelot.
The simple answer is turn off SecureLine when using the National Lottery’s website.
Several things.
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You can not hide, there is always a way to find out where you are.
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Websites (servers) can detect that you are using a VPN.
If they don’t want visitors that are using a vpn, they can block it.
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Why using a VPN if you where already be able to visit the site ?
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A VPN is not for hiding your location, but about encrypting the data that is being transfered.
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There are algorithms that use multiple data to “guess” where you are located.
Even how you build up the sentences that you type can be used.