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They have a good reputation, because they sponsor a whole bunch of open-source projects, which people like to see. I'm not aware of a good reputation for things
by Sylos 9y ago
They have a good reputation, because they sponsor a whole bunch of open-source projects, which people like to see. I'm not aware of a good reputation for things that actually indicate how they run their service.
Things that have irked me so far about their service:
- That their applications were not open-source so far. Why even sponsor open-source, when clearly you don't care for it too much yourself.
- Google Analytics on their webpage. Literally a service supposed to protect your IP address and the first thing they do when you dare to even look at their service, is tell the biggest data broker on the planet about it. (This is a problem with most VPN providers.)
- The company behind it, London Trust Media Inc., operates from the USA, putting it into one of the least privacy-friendly and least predictable jurisdictions on the planet.
- Their privacy policy isn't bad, aside from the aforementioned Google Analytics and that they use your e-mail address for promotional mails, but it's not good either. If you're so great on privacy anyways, then use your privacy policy to legally bind yourself to your standards and provide your customers with a service that has at least any kind of insurance of what it promises.
- BrandoElFollito 9y agoThey provide OpenVPN endpoints you can connect to with your own client. As for the US jurisdiction, I couldn't care less, being from Europe.
- Sylos 9y agoThat they provide OpenVPN access does not change the discrepancy in their choice of sponsoring and their own doing. And well, you should care for the US jurisdiction, whether you're from Europe or anywhere else on the globe. It means that the various three-letter agencies there probably have access to your internet traffic.
- BrandoElFollito 9y agoWhat I mean is that the regulations in the US are not relevant for my kind of activity (which is not criminal, which could warrant international operations via Interpol). Privacy-wise, you are right. I have all my data in Google so the key parts are already there.