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I have used hidemyass and found them quite good...it was a few years ago thoug

I'm always on my phone or tablet and I believe there are a few VPN apps that are free and very easy to set up. The one I use is called betternet and it pretty much sets up itself.

Tor (the Onion Router) is a more effective means of concealing your true IP address than a VPN, and it is also free. It transmits your Internet traffic to and from its destination in encrypted form and through a series of proxies. Anyone who looks at the IP address from which your traffic originated - say, from which you sent an email to a client, or from which you logged into TER - will only see an IP address of one of Tor's exit nodes from around the world. The downside is that it is often slow.

Thank you all so much. I also had no clue there were apps for this stuff too.  

What sparked this interest in the first place was a conversation I was having with a friend of mine that works at a hotel. She was giving me advice as to not check my email or go to any adult sites while using free wifi. I began asking more questions and found all her advice to be helpful.  

When I learn something that may help someone in the hobby, I generally put it in my blog. I like to help people when I can. Long story short, whether a provider or hobbyist...use your phones connection to check or surf adult sites. Hotels can see how much your using their "free wifi" and what your using it for.

Thanks again everyone.

1) Use a VPN in a foreign country.  Make sure they don't store log files.

2) Use an email address from a foreign email service provider.  Don't use GMAIL!

Anonymity doesn't exist on the Internet.  If the law wants to find you they will.  The best you can hope to do is make it difficult for them.  One of the ways is to use foreign services which is tougher for records to be obtained from.

A VPN alone doesn't do it.  If you're running antivirus software, for example, that phones home it may show your VPN IP and your real IP coming from the same computer.  

There is a whole bunch of stuff that needs to be done beyond just a VPN.  I half thought of putting together a hobby system on a stick and selling to people.