How to Watch the World Cup From Anywhere

How to Watch the World Cup From Anywhere
5 min read
25 November 2022

It’s finally time for the FIFA World Cup! After four excruciatingly long years of waiting, football fans can finally enjoy some of the greatest players in the world heading onto the pitch and fighting for their countries. The winner will lift the beautiful golden trophy that every football player dreams of lifting one day. Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, and Kylian Mbappe are all primed and ready to give it their all this December.

The best way to watch the World Cup this year is through online live streams. No matter where you are, there's always a device nearby that you can grab that will allow you to tune into the action in a matter of seconds. The only problem is that you may run into some geo-blocking restrictions if you’re trying to watch the matches from abroad.

Not to worry though, there is a cybersecurity tool that you can install on any device that will let you watch the 2022 FIFA World Cup online from anywhere in the world. Want to know how it all works? Keep reading to find out!

Geo-blocking Restrictions Leaving Football Fans Frustrated

Football fans all over the world have been left frustrated by geo-blocking restrictions. If you’re trying to watch a Sky Sports live stream but you’re outside of the UK, you will be blocked from watching the live stream — even if you’re a paying subscriber. As annoying as it is, it exists for a reason.

Media companies like ESPN and Sky Sports need to pay huge amounts of money to secure the broadcasting rights for any sporting event — the FIFA World Cup is the biggest event of the year, so expect even higher prices! When they are given the rights to broadcast and stream the matches live, they need to make sure that they only stream the content to users that are inside their specified region (within the borders of their relevant country most of the time).

Websites use your IP address to determine your device’s location. If your device is accessing the website from outside of their approved region, you will be blocked from watching the stream. This is important to remember because we’re going to show you how to change your IP address and bypass geo-blocking for good!

How to Bypass Geo-blocking

All you need to do is install a cybersecurity tool on your device. The cybersecurity tool in question is a virtual private network, which is more commonly known as a VPN. The main purpose of a VPN is to encrypt your internet connection, which allows you to browse the internet anonymously.

While your VPN is active, no one can see what you’re doing on your device, and all of your internet traffic and internet history will be masked. This tool is especially useful if you’re using an unsecured network such as the public WiFi hotspots found at airports, hotels, and restaurants. Cybercriminals often use these unsecured networks to listen in on other devices as they send and receive data through the internet. So, make sure to always use a VPN while you’re connected to one of these cheap and convenient WiFi hotspots.

VPNs also allow you to connect to secure global servers that are located in different countries and cities around the world. When you connect to one of these servers, your real IP address will be hidden, and your device will adopt the IP address of the server that you have connected to by routing your internet traffic through it. Remember, an IP address is what websites pinpoint your location!

So, by connecting to a server in the country, you will be tricking websites into thinking that you’re accessing them from elsewhere. When you spoof your location with a VPN, you can unblock websites that have been restricted by geo-blocking.

For example, if you’re in the US but you want to watch a live stream on Sky Sports, you can fire up your VPN and connect to a UK server. The Sky Sports website will be tricked into thinking that you’re accessing within the UK, and you will have access to the live stream!

How to Choose the Perfect VPN

Before you head over to Google to look for VPNs to install on your device, stick around for this tip. The golden rule when it comes to VPNs is to always use a premium VPN. It’s incredibly tempting to use one of the many free VPNs on the market, but it’s not worth it in the end.

If you’re using a free VPN you will experience some serious drawbacks such as slower connection speeds, intrusive ads, daily bandwidth limitations, fewer global servers to choose from, and poor encryption technology which gives your VPN weak security. All of these factors will affect your live stream on match day, so make sure to use a premium VPN to get the best possible streaming experience.

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