HideAway

Not being able to access a website you want to visit due to your location is quite annoying, so more and more users try to find a way around geographical restrictions. The handiest solution is a proxy or VPN application such as HideAway, which can conceal your real identity and change your computer's IP address.

The advantages of using a VPN app are obvious: by modifying the IP address, you can bypass firewall and location restrictions while navigating on the Internet anonymously for privacy protection. All these are pluses that HideAway, like any other VPN solution, has. Nevertheless, this particular application brings to the table something quite different, allowing you to set rules and configure the way your Internet traffic is redirected. In other words, it is much more configurable than other applications in the same category.

An account is required to use HideAway so you will have to take the time to create one. Please note that no 'Connect' button is available. Once logged in, the VPN is active.

Its main window displays all the rules that are active, alongside the total amount of redirected and encrypted traffic.

You can create a new rule with little effort and choose the rerouting server for any application you are running or website you are visiting. If you want suggestions and assistance in this regard, you can use one the list of pre-defined rules, which includes bypassing strategies for video hosting, TV streaming and sports websites, music playback networks, social networks, and more. There are pre-set rules for some of the most popular Internet browsers and email clients, as well as security rules for DNS leaking, content delivery networks, or the China firewall.

HideAway makes it possible for you to customize traffic redirection using specific rules for individual applications and webpages. To put it another way, you can route traffic through high-speed servers in different locations, creating a new redirection rule for each app or website.

HideAway also includes a speed testing tool that helps you determine the connection speed for various servers and choose the ones that are faster when redirecting your traffic.