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Listening to songs How can I listen to VKontakte music in the background now? What restrictions on listening to VKontakte music have come into force

Thousands of anonymizers spread in the Runet space were created with a fraudulent purpose. First, they will help you enter the page social network and then they ask for money. Most often, there will be requests to send SMS or messages themselves will begin to be sent from the phone number entered during registration. There are sites that put a phone number in their software and collect funds on their own.

When switching to them, an entrance to vk.com will be made.

Risks when using unverified anonymizers

If, after a query in search engines, go to unverified and a shareware anonymizer, it is likely that the VKontakte account will be stolen. There is also a risk of losing money in the account. mobile phone according to the scheme described above. Logins and passwords will be stored in their own database of such sites and can be used later, so as not to arouse suspicion for the source of what is happening. That's why should be vigilant and careful when using such unverified services.

Safe use of the anonymizer site

One of the ways to access the page through a secure anonymizer site is presented in the article.

Using a secure and verified proxy server

If the mobile version and the above are not suitable (for example, sites are blacklisted system administrator at work), you can use proven and secure anonymous proxy servers.

Well, that's the end of the freebie, the owners of the social. Vkontakte networks, nevertheless, took such an unpopular step, since October 2017, listening to music has become limited to 1 hour. But this restriction applies only to . On the computer, you can still enjoy your favorite tracks as much as you like. There is a need to bypass the limitation of music.

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Restriction of listening to music in VK

It must be understood that the developers took such a step, not out of their own greed. The social network VK has long been under pressure, copyright holders, record companies, all those whose songs we listened to for free. Just now they have come to some kind of compromise, so as not to close all the music due to massive copyright infringement.
According to plans, in the future the restriction will become even tougher and the listening time for free will be limited to 30 minutes.

For the first month, the possibility of music will be free, you just need to link your card, in the future, after the first, trial month, 149 rubles will be debited from your card.

How to bypass the limitation of listening to music on the phone

A lot has already been said about how to subscribe, and the creators have taken care of it, you just have to link the card. But how to bypass the Vkontakte music limit? We will talk about this further…

Bypass Music Restriction on Android

Bypass music restriction on iPhone

Listening to music with a paid subscription is, of course, very convenient, but what if you don’t want to pay even if you have an expensive iPhone?
This is where working applications come in handy (See).

Downloading music from Vkontakte to a USB flash drive

Music on a flash drive from Vkontakte, a very convenient way to listen to music for free. A flash drive with music can be listened to in a car, player and phone.
by the most in a simple way, downloading music to a USB flash drive, will be if you first go to Vkontakte from a computer in a browser and use (See).

How to bypass the limit on music in VK without programs

There are at least 2 ways not to limit listening to music from your phone in VK, without using third-party applications and programs.

1 - Open Vkontakte in mobile browser, follow the link m.vk.com/music, music from your page will open, turn on listening and if your phone goes into the background (the screen turns off), the music will still be played without limit.
2 - Listen to music without locking the screen, i.e. do not go into the background.

Disable the screen lock on your phone

As you know, the restriction on listening to music from the phone is valid only in the background. In other words, if the phone will be on charge, for example at home or in a car, then it makes sense to disable the sleep mode function (See). Moreover, both on the iPhone and on the phone with the Android OS, you can thus bypass the time limit of 30 minutes. to listen to music in VK.

Hello, dear readers of the blog site. You probably know that any of your actions on the network (browsing pages of sites, downloading files, watching videos) can be tracked, and from completely different places (by contacting an Internet provider, rummaging through your computer or searching the logs of those sites that you visited ). Online anonymity only exists if you don't dig deep.

There are some solutions to the "trace problem" that we have already covered. For example, you can and then no traces of your visits will be stored on your computer. Or, for example, when blocking access to some sites (for example, to enter Contact or Odnoklassniki from a work computer).

But there is a much more comprehensive solution - this is the so-called TOR. Essentially, this software, which with a very high degree of probability allows you to hide from prying eyes everything that you do and did on the Internet. It's just on the basis of this technology that it works Tor Browser about which today and will be discussed. In fact, it wraps complex technology in the shell of an ordinary-looking browser accessible to any Internet user, which everyone knows how to use. But the stuffing is different...

What is TOR?

I do not want to load you with technical terms and concepts, which, by and large, will be superfluous. Just literally in a nutshell (on the fingers) I will outline the principle of operation of the Tor technology and the one built on its basis Tor Browser. This knowledge will allow you to understand what to expect from this software, what strengths and weaknesses it has, in order to consciously use it for your needs.

So, initially all this was cooked in one of the US military departments. Why they needed this history is silent, but at the beginning of the 2000s, the beginnings of Thor technology were unexpectedly laid out in general access. And they were open source codes and this software got into the status of freely distributed. What does it mean? And how much can you trust such a "gift"?

The question is fair, but it can be trusted precisely because of the openness of the code of this technology. The fact is that since then (for a decade and a half) these program codes have been studied (and changed) by hundreds, if not thousands of people who understand this, and no "bookmarks" and "secret doors" have been found. Where we are talking about security(in our case, the transfer and storage of information), it is better to work with open source software (software).

By the way, this is why when choosing n and for . They just belong to the category of free software and their code has been checked by thousands of competent specialists. It’s somehow calmer, because I keep a lot of passwords from services tied to money and it would be very expensive to lose them.

So, TOR technology allows you to go to sites and download something from the network. leaving no trace behind. That is, when you open, for example, a site through Tor Browser, it will be impossible to track the IP address of your computer on this site (and therefore calculate you). Even your ISP will not understand (if you wish) that you visited this site (and it will be impossible to prove it). Well, the browser itself will not store all traces of your wanderings on the Internet.

Wonderful, isn't it? I understand that in this way people can cover up their dark deeds. Not without it, of course. But the general idea of Tor is still bright - to provide the Internet user with real freedom in the form of complete anonymity. For example, in some countries access to some resources may be unreasonably blocked, and Tor Browser will allow you to bypass these obstacles and not be punished for this violation, because they will not know that you did it (or will not prove it). But that's not the point...

How TOR works? This is called onion routing. See. There is a network of nodes owned by adherents of this technology. Three arbitrary nodes are used for data transmission. But which ones? And this is exactly what no one knows.

The Tor browser sends a packet to the first node, and it contains the encrypted address of the second node. The first node knows the key for the cipher and, having learned the address of the second, forwards the packet there (this is like the first layer was removed from the onion). The second node, having received the packet, has a key to decrypt the address of the third node (one more layer was removed from the bow). Thus, from the outside it is not possible to understand which site you ended up opening in your Tor Browser window.

But note that only the path is encrypted(routing), and the contents of the packets themselves are not encrypted. Therefore, to transfer secret data, it would be better to encrypt them first (at least in the TruCrypt mentioned above), because there is a possibility of their interception (for example, using sniffers).

In addition, this technology there are a few other drawbacks(or features):

The ISP (or someone else who monitors your traffic) may understand that you are using Tor. What exactly you are watching or doing online, he does not know, but sometimes the very fact of knowing that you are hiding something can have consequences. Keep this in mind and, if possible, study ways to enhance the disguise (and they exist), if this is critical for you.
The TOR network does not use special high-speed equipment, but, in fact, ordinary computers. This leads to another drawback - speed transmission of information in this secret network can vary significantly and sometimes it is clearly not enough for, for example, viewing media content.

Where can I download the official Russian version of Tor Browser?

On this blog, I have already published an article on the topic. There was also mention of the Torah. Naturally, it is better and safer to download any product from the developer's site, i.e. the official one (I think you know). The Tor Browser download page is located at this address (I repeat once again that for the sake of safety it is better to download from the official site):

Please note that before clicking on the download button, you must select a language. The default is English, but you can select a dozen more options from the drop-down list, including fully localized Russian version. So it will be more pleasant to work when the interface language is native.

Although, during installation, you will again be asked about your preferred interface language, and there you can also choose Russian. Otherwise, the installation process is no different from installing any other browser.

However, the first time you start it, you will be asked if you need to make additional settings. to connect to the TOR network. In the vast majority of cases, it will be enough just to click on the "Connect" button:

It will take some time for the browser to successfully connect to the Tor network:

After that, a window will open that is ordinary at first glance, a browser, but working with the Internet by creating encrypted tunnels (analogues).

However, the developers themselves emphasize that Thor is not a panacea(at least with default settings). Therefore, those who are paranoid about absolute anonymity are advised to follow the link for clarification on this matter.

How to use Tor Browser?

When you first load the browser, you are immediately prompted use an anonymizer to search at disconnect.me. Actually, it is this service that will be used as "" in this browser (you can change this in the settings), i.e. when entering a request on newly opened browser tabs or when entering it through the address bar on any tab, the anonymizer disconnect.me will open with search results.

The search is actually conducted by Google (you can choose from the settings in the top panel of the service - see the screenshot below), but there are no traces of who exactly conducted the search (remember, I wrote about the fact that, but in fact, nothing can be completely deleted , so those who are concerned about anonymity need to keep this in mind).

Don't forget also select and search language(in the top panel of the disconnect.me window on the right), because thanks to the anonymizer, Google will not be able to recognize your preferred language automatically. Although, choosing, for example, Russian, you to some extent open the veil of secrecy of your incognito for this search engine. But here you need to compromise - either convenience,.

Yes, even the browser from Tor, when you first click on the link, will warn you that it is better to load pages in English, in order to avoid, so to speak.

Personally, I chose the “No” option, because convenience is more important to me, and besides Russian, I don’t speak any other languages. Alas and ah.

By the way, you can check yourself that you really "encrypted". To do this, it will be enough to go to the site from any other browser, and then do the same from under Tor. As you can see, TOR replaces (I became a sultry Norwegian) and this is only a small part of protecting your anonymity.

By the way, if you click on the onion to the left of the address bar, you can see the very chain of three nodes (proxy) that separates your computer from the site you are visiting (I wrote about onion routing a little higher):

If desired, this chain of nodes can be changed. You can also change your "browser-invented personality" if you don't like the current one. True, this will close all open tabs in Tor and it will be automatically reloaded.

Here you will be able to access security settings:

By default, all privacy settings (anonymity are enabled), but the security level is at the lowest level because only in this case you all functions of this browser will be available. When you set the security settings of the Tor browser to the "high" position, a whole bunch of browser functions will be available only after they are forced to be activated (that is, everything is disabled by default). This is overkill for me, so I left everything as it was, but you can choose something in the middle (compromise).

As for the rest Tor Browser is similar to Mozilla Firefox , because it is essentially assembled on its basis. This will be clearly visible when you go to the settings (by clicking on the button with three horizontal lines in the upper right corner):

Good luck to you! See you soon on the blog pages site

What is VKontakte SafeSearch?

VK Safe Search— a filter that allows you to hide all content in video search results that may contain pornography and other adult materials.

This feature applies exclusively to video. When you start looking for something, you may come across content that is intended for adults.

If the user's age is less than 18, then this feature will be enabled automatically. Otherwise, you can turn it off yourself.

How to remove / remove the restriction in VK on an iPhone?

Now let's talk about it if you are a happy owner of an iPhone or iPad. We all know that there are usually far fewer features available on iOS than on Android.

This time, exactly the same situation occurred and the official VKontakte application does not have the ability to disable restrictions.

Third-party clients do not help, because most of them simply do not have a section with videos. Therefore, extreme measures have to be taken.

open any browser and write in the address bar vk.com, after which the mobile version will open;
open left menu scroll down and press Full version;
go to section Video recordings, write the required request;
appears on the right Search options, which we press, and then put a tick in front of No limits.

Unfortunately, this opportunity exists only on full version for a computer and for devices that run on operating system Android.

The method is a little inconvenient, but there is simply no other way. In the initial versions, this option was present, but now we have to put up with what we have.

One of the most popular functions of the site is listening to music, and on this, the administration decided to earn extra money. In April 2017, users of the mobile application were in for an unpleasant surprise in the form of a listening limit - 1 hour per day (later the time was reduced to 30 minutes), for the web version, an advertisement played before the song was included.

The innovation was negatively perceived by the audience, and options began to appear to remove the restriction. Today we will talk only about working methods that any user can implement.

The popular way to listen to music without limits

By releasing new versions of the mobile application, VK constantly closes the "holes" with which users bypass the limit on listening to music. In order not to be left without your favorite tracks at the most inconvenient moment, download the entire playlist from your page to your phone.

Downloading music is associated with certain risks - loss of access to your account and subsequent. Reduce risks, download all songs at once, Telegram bot will help - @vkm4bot ().

Do you want to take a risk? Use popular online services:

Kissvk.com;
Downloadmusicvk.ru;
Music7s.me.

You can also find a guide to working with them at the link above.

Change the time on your phone

Has your allotted 30 minutes run out and the music has stopped playing in the background? Close the Vkontakte application, move the date a day earlier or later - enjoy listening again.

1. Go to the menu of your Android devices. Click the "Settings" icon.

2. Find the "System" - "Date and time" section. Disable automatic date detection and set a new one.

Do not be afraid if, after the translation, others stop working correctly installed apps or the network will fail. After restoring the current date, everything will be restored.

Use a headset

This method is especially relevant for Iphone owners, since when buying a device, a headset with an accept / end call button is included.

1. Plug in your headphones.

2. Open mobile app VK and start playing the song.

3. Pause it, then put the smartphone in the background (short press on the “Shutdown” button).

4. Press the accept call button. It is located in the middle of the wire.

This technique can work on phones, under Android control, provided that the native headset is used.

Disable your screen lock

Feature of the VK limit - listening is limited only in the background. The way out is simple - turn off automatic screen lock in settings.

1. Open settings. Go to the "Device" section.

2. Find the item "Display" - "Sleep". Set the maximum possible value.

Tip - don't put your phone in your pocket with the screen unlocked. You be sure to dial a random number(perhaps overseas and you will be left without money in your account) or run a couple more installed applications.

Use the mobile version of the site

The music limit is not tied to your specific account, but to the application id in the system. To bypass the restriction, it is enough to use not the official program, but mobile version site.

1. Launch any browser installed on your phone (Chrome, Safari). Go to m.vk.com.

On some versions of Android, when the smartphone goes into Sleep mode, playback of songs may stop.

Music without limits in alternative clients

Apart from official application, there are a number of programs created by third-party developers. They, like the old versions of Vkontakte, cache music, allowing you to listen to it without the Internet, for an unlimited amount of time.

Install VK version 4.8.3 and below

In version 4.8.4, there was a restriction on listening to songs. Many users install older versions of the application or new ones, but containing a special patch that allows you to remove the restriction.

1. Enable installation of applications from unknown sources (the procedure is described above).

2. Remove the official Vkontakte client.

3. Install old version, for example, this one.

Do not be surprised if, after installation, part of the functionality of the social network will be missing, for that it is the “old version”.

Conclusion

At the time of writing, all methods are working. Over time, they may lose relevance or new ones appear. The most reliable option, however, remains - to make concessions to the VK administration by paying 149 rubles for and listening to your favorite music for free.

Do not forget about similar services that can be used instead of Vkontakte: