Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-26032509-20170720031847/@comment-32633120-20170721094443

The html method worked for about 3 hours yesterday (and I was afk most of the time) but now I get the invalid gadget token as well. Oh well. We'll have to wait for the cookies. Still, it's an alternative I guess (?). Personally I'll keep using the VPN for now ;;

VPN isn't really that dangerous. It just 1) slows your connection down 2) it's a hassle. But a VPN is basically a tunnel - you connect to its end in another country and to the sites you're browsing it appears as though you are in that place. If you're worried about viruses - no, the VPN will NOT automatically get your PC sick. The chance you'll get a virus is about the same as it is without using it. You should still have an antivirus program on though (you always should). And the advice to turn it off is "just in case", especially if your connection is sluggish.

Personally I hate it because in my country there's no need to use it, except for the stupid region blocks from Japan. It doesn't slow my connection that much but keeping it on is not viable for me, because then I won't be able to access some (a lot) of my usual sites. On the opposite side, friends from countries who likes blocking sites a lot (not mentioning names of said countries, you already know them probably) use VPNs almost all the time.