Travelling abroad now carries a new risk due to the meteoric rise in phishing attacks and scams, especially those targeted at holidaygoers. But while many travellers consider traditional SIMs or travel eSIMs to address their general connectivity problems, the issue of online safety often goes unnoticed.
Saily is the only major travel eSIM provider tackling this problem. Alongside global availability of calls, texts, and data, Saily offers extra security features with its travel eSIM: Ad Blocker, Web Protection and Virtual Location. All three are built by the team behind NordVPN and come with every Saily data plan at no additional cost.
- Saily’s built-in Ad Blocker cuts mobile data usage by 28.6% on average, by filtering out heavy ad scripts
- Automatic web protection blocks phishing links and malicious QR codes
- Use the 115+ virtual locations to mask your real IP address and access content in your home country
- Security features are built into all standard Saily plans with zero extra fees, paid add-ons or separate app downloads
Save your mobile data with Saily's built-in Ad Blocker
Saily’s Ad Blocker can save you 28.6% on average of your mobile data, according to an independent West Coast Laboratories study.
Spending on mobile data should be the last of your worries on holiday. But, many people don’t consider the small things that can eat up a huge amount of your mobile data over time — such as ads. Research suggests we see up to 5,000 ads per day; many of these will be on our mobile devices, each of which then needs your mobile data to load.
This makes an ad-blocker crucial if you want to save pennies by using cheaper data packages while abroad, as the fewer ads you see, the less data you’ll use.
Having Saily’s ad-blocker turned on while abroad won’t just save your data — it could also help you avoid phishing scams, too. Bad actors can easily create fake ads for hotels, experiences, and restaurants as a ruse to steal your identity or credit card information. If an ad-blocker can stop you from seeing these ads altogether, you’re far less likely to have your identity stolen while trying to enjoy your holidays.
Keep yourself safe with malicious link blocking
But what if it’s not an ad hiding the attempt to steal your data? Emails, QR codes, and texts could all be hosts to links intent on stealing your information maliciously and ruining your vacation.
Saily’s web protection feature can quickly detect malicious links, warning you of the danger and stopping your data from being intercepted before it's too late. Saily builds this protection into every eSIM plan it offers. It uses DNS-level protection built by the team behind NordVPN to protect your device against malicious links and trackers while you browse online.
To use Saily’s web protection, all you need to do is set yourself up with a Saily plan, then toggle on the settings from within the Saily app. From here, the defence works in the background. To get the maximum protection, pick up a Saily Ultra plan.
With Ultra, you can pair Saily’s web protection feature with an encrypted connection from NordVPN, and take it one step further with data removal tools from Incogni. You also get perks such as airport lounge access that can make your holiday even more luxurious.
How do Saily's virtual locations protect your privacy?
Virtual locations offer a layer of additional security. Primarily, Saily’s 115+ virtual locations will ensure you can access home websites and streaming libraries while you’re on your travels. However, this additional step also makes your traffic more difficult for websites to trace.
By using a virtual location, websites see the IP address of the server you’ve gone through to access it, rather than the IP address of your device as would usually be the case. This means that, should a website you use be compromised, the bad actor responsible would struggle to see past the IP address of the server to your personal information.
If you’re keen to retain access to websites in the country you’re travelling from, with the added protection of a virtual location, Saily’s 115+ virtual locations mean you’ll never be far from a server you can use. This also means that you shouldn’t experience a huge impact on your mobile data speeds due to the reduced distance to the server.
All of Saily’s virtual locations can be quickly accessed from within the Saily app, meaning you can quickly switch between locations as and when you need to. The same goes for Saily’s ad-blocking and DNS-filtering capabilities, meaning you’ve got all the security tools you need to keep your vacation safe within one app.
How to set up Saily and enable security features
Getting started with Saily takes only a few minutes before your trip:
- Download the Saily app from the App Store or Google Play Store
- Choose and buy a data package for your destination
- Tap Install eSIM to add the reusable profile to your smartphone settings
- Open the Saily app settings to verify the Ad Blocker and Web Protection are toggled on (both are enabled by default)
- If required, select a Virtual Location in the Saily app to access your home content when away
Complete protection without extra costs
You won’t find a built-in security suite like this packaged with most major global travel eSIM providers. To take advantage and secure your holiday, head to saily.com and choose your data, calls, and texts plan. Saily includes its ad-blocker, Web Protection, and virtual locations in every basic data package at no extra cost.
Everything is managed in one central app with a simple setup, and you can also choose to add perks such as access to airport lounges and further security benefits like access to NordVPN, NordPass, NordLocker, and Incogni, just by choosing one of Saily’s Ultra plans.