I’m going to cuba in 1 week. I’m worried about airbnb and whatsapp. Do they work in cuba or should I get a VPN?
Just get Proton VPN. Easy, works all the time, no ads, no tracking, no bullshit.
First of all, Cuba do not control the internet (some times they shut it down, that’s the only things they do). It’s more the “exterior” that put control. Most of payments are not accessible from Cuba. PayPal will even suspend your account if try to pay from Cuba…
My experience is either a “Tunel” (not a true VPN) will do the job perfectly, or you need a very strong VPN that a web site will not detect (most of the clasic VPN can be detected by the web site)
Psiphon is an easy and free tunel, widely used in Cuba. It’s enough for Airbnb, Amazon, American express, Visa…
But If you want to update your iPhone load an application, update a Chrome cast… You will need a very strong VPN. In that case, I use Connectify + Spotify. Connectify will transform your laptop into a wifi router. Spotify provides a VPN directly on the Wifi. It’s a heavy system but has never been detected by any website!
Whatsapp, Facebook, Instagram y X funcionan sin VPN.
Airbnb funciona tambien, pero si vas a pagar entonces si debes usar el VPN.
YES
I was pickpocketed in Havana my first night. Couldn’t even cancel my credit cards without a VPN.
I recommend you to bring cash and avoid using Paypal through VPN. If you need a good one, proton VPN is a free and good one but if I were you, I would use a paid version with a dedicated IP. Either way, enter Cuba with at least 2 vpns, in case one doesn’t end up working. You need them if you’re working or you need a payment but take into account that being connected through a VPN makes the internet speed even slower. So for Social Media use the internet without a VPN
You can use WhatsApp over wifi. My husband was there for 2 weeks used this.
I work with tourists and my boyfriend isn’t from Cuba, I know that he uses tunnel bear and windscribe as vpns, but also Nord con is highly recommend WhatsApp works here without problems and for Airbnb they let you search but not to do a reservation, that’s when you need the vpn. If you use any bank accounts while you’re in here, you’ll probably need to use a VPN
A lot of services don’t work here, I personally use proton and windscribe VPN.
Por qué tienes que escribir en inglés, chileno? Este es Cuba, hablamos español como tú
You’ll get a free tunnel straight to hell for supporting a repressive dictatorship
In 2017 when I went they most certainly were blocking access to some sites on WiFi. This issue went away once I got on a vpn. I’m not even talking about banking sites but it was social media sites.
You’re right they don’t do that on cellular anymore and if I recall correctly not on WiFi either. But when they want to control information spread by shutting down the connection they do so by turning off the DNS servers. If you have a vpn then you can still get your connection to the outside.
If you’re traveling to Cuba you absolutely should have a vpn setup on your phone just in case. You may not use it but better safe than sorry
La mayoría de post en el grupo es en ingles. Deberíamos la mayoría responder en español y que los demás se adapten o usen traductor.
You are already getting the bad karmat aren’t you?
If it wasn’t for tourism cuba would be just like haiti. Stfu
If it wasn’t for the dictatorship Cuba would be like Miami. Stfu dictator bootlicker