Maybe a "better" / cheaper solution could be to set up an account with
https://privacy.com/ where you can create virtual credit cards that you can
further lock down to one vendor / payee, a total monthly limit, etc. Seems
almost silly to spend $5 / month to a VPN provider just to pay one or two
bills over what is likely a perfectly secure TLS tunnel that https already
provides. Again just my $0.02 as well :-)

--Ray

On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 9:19 PM charles meyer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> My esteemed listmates,
>
> Patron on living on modest Social Security alone is exploring if there’s
> any free to low cost ($5-10 a month) VPN for her once a month electronic
> payment of her bank credit card from her checking account using a free
> library hotspot.
>
> Her bank for her credit card has no brick and mortar locations.
>
> I wasn’t sure what others used as reliable tech sites for comparing and
> contrasting VPNs?
>
> Just Googling this, I found these sites but I’m not sure how a accurate any
> of them are?
>
> https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/best-free-vpn-wifi-hotspots/
>
> https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/hotspot-shield-vpn
>
> https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/surfshark-vpn-review/
>
> https://www.usnews.com/360-reviews/privacy/vpn/hotspot-shield
>
> Thanks so much,
>
> Charles.
>
> Charlotte County Public Library
>


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Ray Voelker
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