It also only looked at the Chrome and Firefox browser extensions.
Surfshark says it’s been independently audited by a German cybersecurity company called ‘Cure53’, but the last results we could find were from The main thing that’s affected when connecting to servers around the world is ping, although that won’t make too much of a difference unless you’re planning on using a VPN for online gaming. Australia was where I saw the biggest effect on upload speeds (2Mbps), but the other locations remained at a consistent 8Mbps.
It was similar in Mumbai (34Mbps), where internet traffic was likely hitting a peak at 9.30pm, while a potential loss of speed in Sydney was perhaps mitigated by it being 3am local time (also 34Mbps). Surprisingly, speeds here were even closer to my regular Wi-Fi, at 35Mbps for downloads. First up was New York, where internet traffic was likely relatively high at 11am. It’s great to see both options available here, with many VPN services simply offering a ‘Best’ server instead.Īt around 4pm UK time, I then used the WireGuard protocol to see what speeds were like at key locations around the world. It was a similar story with the ‘Nearest country’ preset, which usually defaulted to The Netherlands for me. It lets you choose which apps use the VPN and which don’t, so not all traffic is routed over the VPN connection. Surfshark does offer this feature, known as Whitelister, but it’s currently exclusive to the Windows and Android apps. This helps to get around more sophisticated blocks which use your phone’s GPS data to figure out your real location.Īnother feature you don’t get in the macOS app is split tunneling. However, the Android app is the only place you’ll find the GPS spoofing feature, which will provide the VPN server’s coordinates if a site or app requests access to your location. The same can’t be said for more expensive services like NordVPN (six connections) and ExpressVPN (five connections). What’s more, one subscription lets use the service on as many devices as you like – at the same time.
SURFSHARK FOR MAC INSTALL
You can install its apps on Windows, Linux, Amazon Fire TV, iOS and Android, while it recently added support for M1-powered devices. Surfshark is, of course, available on other devices besides Macs.
SURFSHARK FOR MAC FULL
Instead of offering only the most commonly accessed features, clicking the icon displays the full app. Surfshark also uses the Menu bar in macOS, but in a different way to other VPN services.
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