You can now access VPNs against their will by deceiving websites and services that block them
NordWhisper is a new technology from NordVPN that hides your internet traffic to prevent it from being blocked by websites and networks that do not accept VPNs.
A VPN, or Virtual Private Network, is a service that hides your IP address by changing it to another one and encrypts your connection, preventing you from being tracked or spied on. One of the most used services in the world is NordVPN.
Nowadays, in the world of the Internet, where no one respects privacy, using the Internet without a VPN is meaningless. And doing so with a free VPN, which has significant limitations, is also not a good idea.
- What is NordWhisper, NordVPN's new stealth protocol?
With a VPN, you navigate the Internet using the IP address that was given to you by the service you contracted with. This way, the sites you visit cannot know where you live or track you, because this IP address changes every time you connect to the Internet.
Some news sites, retailers, banks, email and streaming services, and especially public Wi-Fi networks use technology to detect when a user is using a VPN and block it. Sometimes they do this for security reasons, but in most cases it’s so they can’t spy on you or track you in order to target you with personalized ads.
The main reason is that the protocols used by VPNs, although they use obfuscation techniques, leave “traces” that allow you to know whether an IP address is real or belongs to a VPN.
Since many people who rent a VPN use the same IP address, if a website detects massive traffic from one IP address, it probably belongs to the VPN.
The solution is to rent a dedicated IP, meaning that the VPN gives you an IP address that only you use, so it goes unnoticed. But the cost of this is almost the same as the cost of the VPN itself.
NordVPN uses two protocols to manage VPNs: OpenVPN and NordLynx. Now NordWhisper is launched, which promises to hide you from sites that block VPNs.
As explained in its blog post, NordWhisper works by replicating the standard behavior of a non-VPN connection. In other words, it removes the traces that VPNs leave behind, making you harder to detect. Obviously, it doesn’t explain exactly how it does this, as that’s a trade secret.
I use NordVPN with my internet connection, and in the connection section, the NordWhisper protocol is already available, as you can see in the screenshot above. I've tested it with a number of sites that blocked me before, and now I can log in to them without any problems.
NordWhisper, NordVPN’s new protocol that hides you from networks or websites that block VPNs, is a huge help for many users. Its only downside is that it slows down your browsing speed a bit, but that’s a small price to pay for the ability to access where you were previously blocked, eliminating the need to rent a dedicated IP address.