Daily Deal: VPNGhost
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We discuss privacy a lot around here at Techdirt, so you should know that it's important to use a VPN to help keep your information protected online. For $25, you can get a lifetime subscription to VPNGhost and help yourself stay anonymous online. VPNGhost does not keep logs and has multiple servers worldwide. You can connect to 2 devices with the service, and it works across multiple platforms.Note: The Techdirt Deals Store is powered and curated by StackCommerce. A portion of all sales from Techdirt Deals helps support Techdirt. The products featured do not reflect endorsements by our editorial team.
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meh.
Here's a very useful comprehensive vpn comparison chart:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FJTvWT5RHFSYuEoFVpAeQjuQPU4BVzbOigT0xebxTOw/htmlview?u sp=sharing&sle=true
-only thing I'd note; the chart lists IPV6 as a positive thing- it's not, IPV6 has security issues and can betray your real IP under some circumstances.
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Actually, this isn't true. It turns out that the "VPN" is just an HTTP/S proxy without any transparent encryption. See https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2016/04/22/opera-browser-vpn-proxy/ (I review it from a security and privacy perspective at https://pthree.org/2016/04/22/opera-vpns-and-security/).
Further, Opera Software was acquired by a Chinese consortium for $1.2 billion. I know this is considered tinfoil-hat speculation, but I don't know that I would trust using a proxy that runs through China. Maybe that's just me, but if I were to pick a proxy, it would need to be one I trust, and one coming from China likely wouldn't be on the list, given their online legal entanglements.
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Torrentfreak does a yearly article covering which VPNs respect your privacy the most. I don't see these guys on the list at ll.
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Be careful when recommending and using VPN service providers please
Basically, VPNs give a false sense of security and privacy. Users think they're secure and anonymous through the VPN provider, when it's usually far from the truth. Of course, if you trust your VPN provider, that's one thing. But offering generic VPN service providers, because they offer a discount, or say they don't log packets, or some other marketing claim, is risky.
If people really need some sort of VPN, either they should install their own in a trusted datacenter behind a trusted network, or they should use Tor. Even then, they need to be aware of the security risks of using their own VPN or Tor.
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VPNGhost
It is a two person operation, if things go down and you are in a very different time zone, don't expect any rapid help. Even if you contact them during their working day, it might take 48 hrs or so for a response, they don't work 7 days a week every week.
The only good thing I can say about them is that they don't charge much, for a rubbish service no one would want to pay a cent more.
Their website is currently down, it has been since last Thursday. They post occasionally on twitter and facebook, but the posts are not very informative. It appears that they have had problems with their ISP which they said they were moving from on 20th May. They're not particularly bothered with providing their customers with up to date information. Their server keys have changed several times in the last 6 weeks or so, some new ones were promised before May 22nd, that didn't happen. Unless you stay signed into their homepage you won't know that a server is down or another problem exists until you try to use something. The info provided by them is minimalist, their responses are minimalist and generally it is somebody else's fault, not Phantom's or Casper's, the latter especially could do with a basic customer service course, it would improve his service no end.
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