Every digital nomad needs WiFi. Even a casual tourist needs WiFi. How else can you stay in touch with people, upload your pictures to Facebook and Instagram, make the bookings for your next destination, or any of the other vital…
How To Get Unlimited Free WiFi While Travelling
In places where mobile broadband is wildly expensive, or SIM cards are hard to get, a traveller becomes dependent on finding WiFi connections. WiFi providers have a raft of techniques for limiting your access to their WiFi network. Sometimes, these…
Top 12 Tricks For Getting Really Cheap Airfares
Flights can be a major expense in your travel budget, so reducing the price of your airfares as much as possible is a critical part budget travel. We have found flights being sold for six or eight times the price…
Online Privacy Is A Human Rights Issue: United Nations Special Report
On June 17, 2015, the United Nations special rapporteur on freedom of expression presented his report on the use of encryption and anonymity in digital communication to the UN Human Rights Council. The report concludes that “encryption and anonymity enable individuals to…
VPN: Your Key to Online Privacy, Security, Using Spotify and Netflix Overseas, Avoiding Internet Filters, Getting Cheaper Airfares, and Much, Much More
In October 2015, new legislation came into effect in Australia, requiring internet service providers to keep “metadata” from their users for two years, and to give it to the government. At this moment, the non-travelling Australian public, whether they knew…