In theory, you can hide your IP address or change it, making it look like you are located in another country. But since using a VPN to make it look like you are from a different country is naturally considered fraud by most survey sites, this is not something I can recommend doing.
As you are probably aware, there are certain websites and online services you can only access from certain countries – this also goes for paid survey sites.
For some countries, the opportunities can be quite limited when it comes to getting paid to take surveys.
It can, therefore, be tempting to consider hiding your IP address by using a VPN when taking surveys or when you, in general, want access to services that are not available in your country.
This can supposedly help you hide your IP address and hide the country you live in, and thereby give you access to websites and survey sites you would not usually be able to use.
But is it even legal to use a VPN? What can a VPN, in general, be used for? Is it possible to hide your IP address when doing surveys? Is it safe, and can it help you get more surveys or access to more online services in general?
This article will go into all the questions above and show you the potential, the things to be careful about, and help you to find out if a VPN is the right way for you to go or not.
On this page8 sections
- What is a VPN, and can you hide your IP address with it?
- Why you might want to hide your IP address when taking surveys?
- What else can you get out of hiding your IP address?
- Is it legal to use a VPN?
- Why do you need to be careful using a VPN/proxy for surveys?
- What to do if you already have a VPN?:
- Is a VPN free to use?
- Final Thoughts
What is a VPN, and can you hide your IP address with it?
I have already mentioned VPN several times, so before going any further, I just want to explain what this is in case you are not aware.
VPN is short for Virtual Private Network. It is also sometimes known as a proxy server, and it is often used to bypass IP address blocking.
VPN is a software you can download that can hide your online identity and let you browse any information in the world without restrictions because of your location, etc.
It makes it possible to surf the internet anonymously from anywhere.
It works by encrypting your internet connection and swapping out your IP address (which is what identifies your device and location) for another one. So, to use a VPN and hide your IP address, you will need software.
Why you might want to hide your IP address when taking surveys?
There are many survey companies all over the world, and there are, therefore, also survey sites for people in most parts of the world.
There are, however, countries that have a lot more opportunities than others, and you might, therefore, want access to some of the panels that are only available in a country where you do not live.
And I am asked about this every day, so I know it is something many people consider doing.
In theory, you can hide your IP address or change it, making it look like you are located in another country. This way, you can then sign up for survey sites and participate in surveys from all over the world.
This can be tempting – especially if you live in a smaller country where you do not immediately find so many offers and survey sites or where the surveys do not pay as much as in other countries.
I must admit that I myself have considered this option, as I live in a small European country where it takes a bit of effort to find good available survey sites, and in the beginning, I could only find the big American sites that I was not allowed to join.
Later, I found out that there are plenty of opportunities, more or less, no matter where you live.
Below, I will explain a bit more about how you can hide your IP address, but before deciding to do this, also make sure to read what you need to be careful about if you use a VPN to take surveys, as it in some cases can be risky and might end up hurting your chances of getting more surveys. More about this later in the article.
What else can you get out of hiding your IP address?
As already mentioned, some people are looking into using a VPN for surveys to get more earning opportunities, but there are many other things a VPN can be used for.
Hiding your IP address online is something that is becoming more and more popular in general. Some of the main reasons for this are.
Option 1 – Protect your privacy
You are not always safe when surfing the internet. And more and more people are not only concerned about this, but also concerned about their privacy. This means that they can make sure their bank info, private info, and private messaging stay safe when they are using the internet.
By masking your IP address, you can prevent your internet service provider from tracking and storing all this data about you. Some people are not concerned about this, but others are. If you are concerned, a VPN might be the solution.
Option 2 – Using streaming services from abroad
A very popular reason for using a VPN is streaming. Streaming services are very popular, and it is a great way to be able to watch the TV shows and movies you want, when you want.
But often, these streaming services are restricted by your IP address, and especially if you do not live in the US or the UK, there will be many shows and movies you can not stream on the most popular streaming services.
By using a VPN, you can choose which country your IP address is from, and this will make it possible to stream any show from anywhere in the world.
This also makes it possible to stream TV shows from your home country if you are traveling, on holiday, or living abroad, which you would often not be able to do otherwise.
Option 3 – Use websites from all over the world
It is not only streaming services that often restrict access depending on your IP address. Many other websites and online services do this as well (like, for example, certain paid survey sites).
A VPN/proxy can, by masking your IP address, give you access to any website by making it look like you are from the country you choose.
Option 4 – Secure use of public wifi
Sometimes, public wifi networks are not entirely secure.
VPN software can make your connection secure and make it safe to, for example, do online banking when you are connected to a public network.
Option 5 – Secure access to private networks
VPN technology is not only used by private people. It is also often used by large corporations, government agencies, and educational institutions as a way to allow remote users to connect to their private network securely.
As you can see, it is software that can be used for many purposes and is not developed for survey sites and for getting access to more surveys, but it can, in some cases, also be possible to be used for this purpose.
Is it legal to use a VPN?
The technology and software are 100% legal. But like anything legal, it can be misused.
In general, you do not have to worry about breaking any laws by using a VPN, but you should, of course, not use it to do anything illegal. Then it will, of course, be illegal:-)
So it can be a good idea to check the local laws of the country you live in or the rules for the services you want to use, so you are sure you do not break any laws. But a VPN itself is a legal software.
Why do you need to be careful using a VPN/proxy for surveys?
As you can see, there are many things a VPN can be used for. As my website is mainly about paid surveys, I want to go a little more into detail about what to consider before using a VPN when taking online surveys.
Reason #1 – Survey site security
One thing you need to consider is the security of the survey sites. Survey sites make a living from making sure they get quality answers.
If the answers will not be of high quality, the companies that are using the research and paying for it will stop paying for it. And then, survey sites will no longer be able to exist and offer paid surveys.
A part of assuring high-quality answers is to make sure it is only the selected target group that answers.
An American company that only has services or products in the US might not be interested in paying for the opinions of people living in completely different parts of the world who have maybe never even heard of their product.
For this reason, survey sites are doing what they can to ensure high security. In most cases, this means that you are not allowed to use a VPN – you will be able to see this in their terms and conditions. But as a standard, just assume that you are not allowed to use a VPN on any survey or Get-Paid-To site.
Sites will usually have measurements that will detect if you are using a VPN or proxy. Of course, how well they can detect it depends on how good your software is, but you will be breaking the rules on most sites by using a VPN.
And when they detect you are using a VPN, you will often get banned very quickly or at the time of cashing out.
So overall, if the purpose of using a VPN is to make it look like you are from a country you are not, to get more surveys, this is naturally seen as fraud on almost all survey sites and will get you banned.
Reason #2 – Ethical reasons
I understand that it can be tempting to use a VPN to get access to more surveys and paid offers on Get-Paid-To sites and survey sites.
However, an important aspect to consider, in my opinion, is also the ethical aspect.
One thing that people sometimes forget when looking for ways to make money online is that whatever you do will affect other people.
The survey companies are owned and run by real people who are also just trying to make a living and provide for their families. But by cheating them with a VPN, you will basically take away their business and their way of making money.
In my opinion, hurting other people can not be justified just to make money yourself, and using a VPN does hurt real people, and fraud like this is a big problem for survey companies.
So, if you want to use these sites, you have to do it honestly and stick to sites that are available in your country. Later, I will show you where you can find good sites no matter where you live.
What to do if you already have a VPN?:
You might be in a situation where the network you are using is already automatically using VPN software for security reasons. For example, if you use the network at your workplace or educational institution. Or you might like using a VPN yourself for security reasons.
If this is the case, you have to read the conditions of the specific survey sites so you do not risk violating the terms and conditions that can get you banned.
If it is your own network, you can choose to disable the VPN software while taking surveys. But if it is a network that you do not have any control over, this might not be possible.
In that case, you just have to go for the survey sites that allow this or contact their support to explain the situation and see if they can help.
Is a VPN free to use?
You can get access to free VPN software, but the quality will also be according to that. They will often not really be secure, and they will also often not work – I have, for example, tried to use a free VPN to stream, and it was not possible, as it simply did not do a proper job.
So, if you want to use a VPN, it can be worth looking into paid options. Often, they come with a monthly subscription fee, and you can stop them at any time. So, since it has a cost, you need to consider how much you will use to see if it is worth it for you.
Final Thoughts
A VPN can be a great tool for many purposes. If you want to buy access to a VPN with the sole purpose of getting access to more surveys, it is, however, not a good idea.
Of course, if you buy a VPN, as I mentioned above, and get it for a longer period, it is a very small monthly fee, which can be covered by taking just a few surveys. So, it is not a big or risky investment.
But remember that most survey sites will NOT allow the use of VPN/proxy and will naturally see it as fraud if you use it to pretend to be from a country you are not.
In general, I think it can be great to have a VPN, as it gives many advantages, like, for example, security and the ability to stream, surf, and use any site you want.
But since using a VPN to make it look like you are from a different country is naturally considered fraud by most survey sites, this is not something I can recommend doing. And if you do, you will likely end up getting banned.
If you are looking for great survey opportunities, you can instead check out my list of the best survey sites in your country, as there are great survey sites in most countries, so you do not even need a VPN to take surveys.
You just need to take surveys and be aware that it is not a way to make a living.
No matter what your reasons are for looking for a way to hide your IP address, you do, however, hopefully, now know more about what to be aware of and why you have to think twice before using software like this on survey and Get-Paid-To sites.
You do not need a VPN
There are great survey sites in most countries. My lists only have sites I tested myself.
If you have any comments, questions, or any experiences with using a VPN yourself, please feel free to leave a comment below.
Hi
I don’t want to take up your time, but I can’t resist leaving the epilogue to this story here.
I complained very assertively and directly to Cint support, arguing that they only knew how to say that there were many violations of the Terms and Conditions but without making anything explicit and that in 4 years I have never received any notice of irregularities on any of the sites I use.
I criticized the fact that the participant is always the weakest link and is almost always convicted without presenting concrete evidence and that the other side is at the same time police, investigator, prosecutor and judge.
Today I received the answer and I was astonished. They said that:
“… after a thorough review of your account and associated activity, our team has decided to reinstate your panelist account. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused during the temporary suspension and thank you for your patience and understanding.”
Good thing, but it was a total surprise.
Now I don’t even know whether to remain silent or whether I should remember the situation that I thought could have triggered the general blocking of my accounts: my age being different on one of the sites.
That is great to hear. Thanks for the update.
And no need to mention the age thing, in my opinion. Just correct it and be consistent in the future.
Thanks again for coming back with the update.
Thank you very much for taking the time to respond so quickly.
I regularly follow your activity here on the website and blog and I already use all the websites you suggest for Portugal and a dozen others. But the most recent ones on your list, such as Surveylama, Surveoo, as well as others very similar that have emerged in recent times (Gaddin, Mr Survey, etc.), offer terrible rewards for most surveys, with rates equal to or even much lower than 1 cent. /min. Despite providing a reasonable number of surveys, few are minimally rewarding. Others that are equally recent, such as Heipiggy and PrimeOpinion, are better options.
Thanks for sharing your experiences.
Hello, Mikael
In 2020, largely thanks to you, I discovered that taking part of my free time to answer surveys was an interesting hobby and was something that became part of my daily life. I signed up to many research websites and selected the ones that I considered the best.
Among them, here in Portugal, are the “twins” that work on the Cint platform: Triaba, Sondar.org, Palpito, Surveyrewardz and Netsonda. Although they sometimes repeat themselves, offering the same surveys, they actually end up being complementary and have great reward rates.
After many hundreds of completed surveys and received rewards, I was suddenly unable to access all of them, without any explanation.
I suspect it could have been that Cint detected that my age was not correct in one of them and decided to penalize me by blocking me in all of them.
All this to ask a question: if I create new accounts on those sites, will Cint discover that I am the same user and block me again? Or could it be that, as my IP address is dynamic, they won’t notice it anymore?
Best regards
Tony
First of all I am happy to hear my website helped you.
And yes, there is a big risk they will detect you are creating new accounts and then ban you. But luckily there are many other great survey providers than just Cint. You can check out a list of some of the best sites in Portugal here.
Hi ,i live in mauritius . I can’t have access to paid survey . Can you help me please .
You can check out this list of the best international sites which are the ones you should go for.
I suspect that some employees are faking their survey results (We use SMG). I am told that it is immpossible but I just know it to be true. I need to prove it somehow. I tried using a VPN on my iphone but the survey results did not come through. Any suggestions?
Not really sure what you are trying to do, so difficult to say anything.
But most survey sites and survey tools will not be able to track it is you use adblocker or anything like that.
We have customer satisfaction surveys at the bottom of each receipt. I have been told that it is impossible to take a bunch of surveys yourself in order to boost the scores because the website SMG360 tracks your IP address. I have a particular location that I feel is faking surveys in order to boost their scores but I am not sure how they are doing it. I tried downloading a free trial of a VPN service on my iphone. I then took three surveys in a row but none of them showed up or came through. I am not doing this to fake reullts myself but instead prove that it can be done and therefore catch the person doing it. Is there a certain VPN service that you recommend – or is there another way?
Thank you so much!
It definitely can be done and survey sites do a lot to keep their safety strict to detect it. But a lot of people are using VPNs to try to cheat survey sites every single day.At some point, they will usually get caught by the systems in place to detect it, but fraud like this is a big problem.
Do not use VPN for this myself and have not tested any for it as I do not want to cheat the sites. I know this is not what you are trying to do, but just to explain why I have not tested VPNs for this. But likely it is a residentially VPN as that is harder to detect from what I know.
But another option to prove what you are trying to prove is to use a tool like IPQuality Score that is great at detecting fraud like this.
am in Uganda I want 2 use surveys but if i trying to use it can’t but I didn’t no vpn is bad my first time I used vpn and it’s blocked my account up to now there’s no survey coming to me the name of survey is called brandad survey and, there is another surveys but I trying all it can’t, another surveys is just is saying there is no accessing address in ur country
As I explain in the article above, using VPN is fraud.
You can check out this list of the best international sites which are the ones you should go for.
I live in the U.S., but I take the occasional trip overseas, but I always return to the U.S. It has been frustrating to not be able to take surveys when traveling to other countries. I have no intention of misrepresenting myself as being a citizen or resident of a different country just so I can earn maybe (?) a whopping $5 in a good evening of survey taking, but survey taking would be an easy way to make a few cents in an evening of downtime while in a different country temporarily. I wish there was a conducive way around this so us U.S. citizens/residents who sometimes travel abroad could still make a bit of money in the evenings by taking surveys. It’s not like this is a real lucrative business and there isn’t much money at stake on our end to try to fraud the system.
I agree that would be great. But when you think about it from the survey companies’ point of view this makes sense. To be able to track if you really are a US citizen just traveling would be more or less impossible for them. And fraud, where people try to fake their country, is a huge problem in the surveys industry so they need to have some strict rules to be able to stay in business.
There are, however, other free online earnings methods you can use also when traveling. I, for example, have a video about US free earning methods here and many of these can be used also when traveling.
Hi,
Apart from ethical reasons, is it illegal to take surveys you normally cannot access from your country using a VPN? Does it mean you are committing like a criminal offense in the host country (USA)
Well, it is fraud and you are basically stealing. But I do not know the legalities of it.
So, what we use a browser like opera that has a VPN built in?
I do not completely understand what you mean. But any kind of fraud will be detected and you will then get banned.
Any kind of VPN is fraud and will get you banned.
I am from Pakistan and, I use time bucks to fulfill for my daily expenses, now a day the 3rd wave of covid-19 I have no income resource except timebucks but its income is so small please help me by telling any website where I do some work for daily need for my children please please help me please for the sake of GOD please help me, I hope you will tell me please my email address is
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You can check out this list of the best international sites.
And I also have a video here about 8 different ways to earn without surveys as you can then find some other ways to earn from Pakistan as you will find limited surveys there.
Hope this helps.
Thanks Mikeal, tou are such a good & patient writer. Good job.
Thanks Mikeal, you are such a good & patient writer. Good job.
Thank you. Glad you like it.
Hello,
the content was so helpful! do you also know any survey sites for Iran by any chance? And is it important that the email you’ve used in your account be the same as your Paypal email?
Thanks in advance
You can check out this list of the best international sites. You can join these from Iran.
And on some sites, it is important you use the same email as your PayPal as they automatically pay out to that. But on others, you can choose another email to payout to. So it depends on the site.
hi im from Haiti in the caribean which website surveys do yo recommend me?
You can check out this list of the best worldwide sites. You can join all these from Haiti.
Hi, I know this post is really old but any chance you know any survey sites that might be working in Syria?
The post is actually not very old as I just recently updated it:-) And I always make sure to reply to comments – even on older posts.
I have a list of the best international survey sites – you can join all of those from Syria.
Hi Mikael, It would be great if you can tell me about my country survey websites. Is there any survey website for Bangladesh?
Some good sites in Bangladesh are Timebucks, TGM Panel, Surveytime, and ySense.
Hope this helps
Can I use VPN for them
You should in general not use VPN for survey and GPT sites if the purpose is to hide your location – that is considered fraud and when they detect it they will block your account. It is better to just use the sites that are actually available in your country.
hi mike can u tell methe best site to do surveys for lebanon
You should get some decent options on Surveytime, ySense, and Timebucks.
And then you should also check out Surveyeah as it has a specific panel just for Lebanon.
I am also currently working on a list of international sites everyone can join no matter the country. It should be posted later this week or the beginning of next so keep an eye out for it as there will also be some great sites there you can join.
Hope this helps.
Mikael
Hi I am from pakistan.
can a vpn software get me a menbership of the sites like prizerebel and swagbucks?
It will be risky to use VPN for this. You will risk they detect it and ban your account. The best would be to find sites that are available in Pakistan even though it might not be as many as you, for example, can find in the US, CA, UK, etc.
But then you will know you will get your money and not get banned. I will happy to give you a few suggestions for possible sites you can join if you are interested?
Mikael
hey mikael plz do mention possible sites through which we can earn in Pakistan, it would be very kind of you thanks
Hi Sam,
Good sites that are available in Pakistan are:
Timebucks
ySense
Surveytime
YouGov
Superpay.me
Toluna
Hope this helps
Hi I was waiting for you to come up with survey site that can be done in other Africa countries like Ghana would appreciate that every very much
I would suggest Surveytime, ySense, Timebucks, and Surveyeah for Ghana.
Hope this helps.
Are those same goes for Bangladesh??
I just replied to your comment on the other post. But here the answer is again in case you did not see it:
There are plenty of sites you can use from Bangladesh. You can, for example, check out this list of worldwide sites.
Also, there are a couple of sites like Surveyeah and TGM Panel that have specific panels just for Bangladesh.
Mikael are there any surveys for nigerians at which are best for vpn
As mentioned in the article above, I would not advise using VPN for surveys if the goal is to hide your location and make it look like you are from a different country. It is seen as fraud and the sites will usually ban your account when they detect it. So instead you can check out this list of the best sites in Nigeria you can use without cheating.
Can I use VPS to do surveys?
As the article explains, it is sometimes possible, but many survey sites will not allow it and do what they can to prevent it. So it depends on the survey site but in general, you should look carefully in the terms of the specific sites to avoid ending up getting banned for using VPN.
No, VPS is Virtual private server
Can I use VPS to do surveys?
Sorry about that.
If a VPS is used to hide your location, it will go against the terms of most survey sites. If it is then possible to find a VPS that will not get detected, I cannot say.
Which sites allow using VPN to do surveys?
most sites do not allow it. So if you want to use VPN you have to look at the terms for the specific sites you are interested in.
Mikael
Can I use I use a U.S. vpn to make a U.S. account in Clixsense/Ysense ?? I’m from India ☺
Hi Ritu,
As mentioned, using VPN can be risky as you will likely get banned. And if/when ySense detects it, they are one of the sites that will ban you for it. But it is available for India so you can just join without VPN. You can also check out this list of the best sites in India for more ideas of sites where you can join easily.
Hope this helps-
I work for a company that requires surveys to be filled out. However, it detects if there is a duplicate ip address from different surveys, how can we avoid this?
I, unfortunately, do not know this Drew.
Maybe something you need to talk to the software developer that owns the software you are using about.
Mikael
Mikael how can i earn money online? bro i tried many sites but surveys doesnt work in my location ,im from Egypt ,or how can i develop my self with vpn any courses ,,how can i be a freelancer show me the way bro any field .
Hi Mahmoud,
How you can earn money online depends a lot on your goals. If you want to earn some extra cash on the side, paid surveys and get-paid-to sites is one of the easiest ways to do this and something you can do without any costs at all.
I have also written an article about how you can build a full-time income online if this is what you are going for. Just be aware that there is no quick fix online that will make you rich overnight even though many systems promise this.
But overall the best approach depends a lot on your goals and the time you are willing to put in.
Hope this helps and feel free to let me know if you have more questions.
Mikael
Please can I use VPN on Swagbucks?
Theoretically, you can. But I am pretty sure they will detect it at some point. They do not want you to make it look like you are from another country than you really are as that will affect the quality of their responses and it will become more difficult for them to get advertisers.
But if you live in a country where Swagbucks is available and are just using VPN for online safety, then I would suggest you to reach out to their support and make sure that is ok with them so you do not suddenly end up being blocked.
If you want to make it look like you a from another country to be able to join Swagbucks even though it is not available in your country, you should expect they will find out and ban you. Then it is better to find sites that are available in your country. If you let me know in which country you live, I will be happy to come with a few sugfestions.
Mikael
Hi,
When I use a VPN to earn money online and want to retrieve the money earned with a paypal account that is registered with real information (actual country details), will my location be compromised, leading to blocking payments or something of the sort?
Hi Tumaa,
I cannot say for sure. It depends on the platform you have used to earn the money.
As written in the article, many survey sites do, for example, not allow the use of a VPN and if they find out they will block your account.
But some survey sites allow it and some other types of online money making platforms do also not have a problem with it.
In general, I think it is possible they will block payments if they find out the VPN has been used to do something that goes against their terms and conditions. So best to check those for the sites you are using.
Hope this helps.
Mikael
can you tell what site that allows vpn you use
as explained above, if you are planning to use it to hide your IP address to make it look you are from a different country than you are, then it will be seen as fraud on all sites.
Hi Mikeal, Does the VPS helps in this case?
Sorry but I do not know Aryan. I have not tested it and not been able to find any info about it. If you find any info, feel free to keep me updated.
Mikael
Hello, Can I do survey work with Dedicated proxy IP?
It will always be risky to try to hide your location on survey sites and they will do their best to detect it. If they would allow it, they would quickly go out of business. So it will be risky to do.
Please can you help me promote my clixsense affiliate. Link so I can get more referral from Europe and US am from Africa and I earn less please help me do this I don’t have any work I just depend on this site Clixsense
Hi David,
I can unfortunately not help you. It takes quite some time and effort to promote an affiliate link, so if this is how you want to earn, you need to find a way to help people with quality information, and then maybe they will use your affiliate link.
All the best,
Mikael
Can I use vpn for inbox dollar
I am from srilanka thanks
No, InboxDollars will block the use of VPN as it goes against their terms.
Can I use VPN on clixsense how can I do that?
Hi David,
ClixSense does not allow the use of VPN. If they detect you are using VPN, you can risk getting your account banned.
Mikael
I need ur help please. Toluna US makes me crazy – I want to get surveys and win some money… I sometimes use vpn and change my location by faqe location app, but the problem is that I open an account, but when I take surveys I get blocked and after that I lose my account…… Can u help me with any ideas? I live in uae. Thanks
Hi Jo,
Many survey sites will do their best to detect if you use a VPN, and block you if they detect it. They do this to avoid people give wrong info about their location, to ensure high quality answers for their clients.
So my best advice is to check the terms and conditions of each survey site, and do not use VPN, if they do not allow it. Also, Toluna has a site UAE, so you can join this instead of trying to join Toluna US. In UAE you can also consider sites like ClixSense and PrizeRebel, which are also available there.
Hope this helps.
Mikael
thanks so much for you reply.
yes its true i try many times, but they block me even if I have fake location app and phone no. USA
but the problem for Toluna in uae is is has very low – not give many surveys like USA.
what about : paidfromsurveys and paidfromsurveys. I can use vpn with them ? I hope u can give me the best one.
thanks again Mr Mikael
Hi Jo,
Not sure what you mean – paidfromsurveys.com is this website. This is a review site, where I review and give advice about paid surveys, so not sure what you mean about being able to use VPN here?
Mikael
Hi. Do you have a list of survey panels that allows vpn connection? Ive been using the vpn for months already and when I try to disable it to take surveys, it cant be disabled or maybe i just dont know how. ? so i might pushed myself to panels which allows vpn connections.
Hi Krizza,
Most survey sites will not allow vpn as they try to make sure people do not fake the country they are from when joining. So I do not know of any sites that officially in the terms say that they allow it. There might be some that do however still not block it, but it is not something I have not tested a lot, as I do not want to risk getting banned.
It also depends why you are using a vpn – if it is because of security reasons, but you actually live in a country with good survey options, then one solution could be to contact the vpn provider and ask how to disable. I am sure they will be able to help you to do that easily whenever you need to. Or another solution could be to use a different device that does not have vpn, when you want to take surveys. For example your phone.
Hope this helps, and feel free to let me know how it works out, and if you have any more questions.
All the best,
Mikael
This was an interesting read. I’ve had previous experience with VPN’s but I wasn’t aware sites can know if you are using one so that’s useful to know. In terms of using a VPN just for surveys I’d have to agree that I don’t see the point when the risk outweighs the possible reward and I will keep this in mind the next time I think of using a VPN. For me the main reason to use a VPN is to protect data rather than hiding my location but I guess everyone has different needs.
Adam
Thanks for your comment Adam. Surveys are not the only reason people might want to hide their location. In some countries, you for example will not have access to certain streaming services because you do not live in the US. So then some people might be want to hide the location for that reasons. But as you say – everyone has different needs:-) And for surveys, it is definitely risky to use a VPN.
Mikael