Expat Shield is a simple VPN software which allows you to access UK TV websites such as BBC iPlayer and ITV when outside of the UK.
Normally, you can't do this because only users accessing these services within the UK are allowed to do so. However, Expat Shield routes your IP address via a UK IP address as if you were still in the UK wherever you are in the world.
Installation
The installation for Expat Shield is a bit lengthy and you're given the option whether you want to install the Expat Shield toolbar which
you can easily reject if you want. When you run Expat Shield, your
browser will be automatically opened with a message to indicate whether
Expat Shield has connected correctly or not. It usually connects quickly
and you're presented with a series of random TV links below which you
can ignore.
How to use it
Enter the BBC website address in your browser and select the iPlayer.
You should find that surfing is no slower than surfing normally without
Expat Shield. Simply select the program you want to watch and the
iPlayer starts playing as if you were in the UK. Streaming is fast and
stable and you can skip and rewind instantly.
The great thing is, Expat Shield is completely free to use. The only thing you have to put up with is an advertising banner at
the top of your browser. You can make this disappear by clicking the
"X" box although as soon as you surf another page, the banner will
appear again.
Expat Shield doesn't affect surfing of sites outside of the iPlayer but
if you do want to deactivate it, you need to double click the shortcut
again on your desktop and you'll be taken to the main panel in your
browser where you can disconnect from the VPN.
Expat Shield also comes with the added bonus in that it helps to make your tracks anonymous on the internet.
So for example, if you use the Google box in your browser to search,
Expat Surfer will ask whether you want to enable or disable google
tracking your search history and surfing.
There is very little to fault with Expat Shield except that some users
have found it sometimes struggles to establish a UK IP address and
ends-up assigning a US address (the developer AnchorFree is based in the
US) instead although we didn't experience such problems in our tests.
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