Ray Walsh is a digital privacy expert with over 6 years of experience writing about consumer privacy services including VPNs, password managers, secure email services, and encrypted cloud backups.
Ray graduated from the English department of Exeter University in the UK and has since been quoted over 500 times to express his privacy advocacy opinions in leading publications such as The Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post, CNet, and The Register to name a few. Ray has also been interviewed on the TV and the radio, including on The BBC and Russia Today to answer questions regarding privacy laws and surveillance tech.
Ray has written tech guides, reviews, blogs, news, and opinion pieces for BestVPN, ProPrivacy, Dell Tech Page One, StartPage, and Politics.co.uk – and he is now a happy member of the Comparitech family where he continues his crusade to increase privacy and internet freedom for people around the world.
Want to watch DAZN abroad? Hotspot Shield not working with DAZN? We explain why Hotspot Shield doesn’t work with DAZN on vacation, and help you to stream DAZN securely with a VPN.
Want to know how your VPN affects your internet speed? In this guide, we explain how to run a VPN speed test to determine whether your VPN is fast enough for streaming and other data-intensive tasks.
Looking for a fast VPN? Wondering if a VPN will slow down your internet? Believe a VPN will make your internet faster? We dispel the myths and explain whether a VPN will slow down your internet.
Want to use Meta Imagine outside the US? Meta’s new AI image generation tool, Imagine, is being trialed in the US. With a VPN, you can use Imagine with Meta AI from anywhere.
Want to bypass the Netflix password-sharing crackdown? Netflix stops you from sharing your account. Learn to share your home IP address to stream Netflix in any remote household.
Want to access region-locked games, streams, or websites on a Quest 2 or Quest 3 headset? We explain how to install and use a VPN on Meta Quest, and recommend the best VPNs for Quest.
