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This is basically why you never want to use a proprietary client with any VPN service, you don't know what you're getting into at all. At least with PPtP/L2TP/O
by bifrost 11y ago
This is basically why you never want to use a proprietary client with any VPN service, you don't know what you're getting into at all. At least with PPtP/L2TP/OpenVPN based services you can use well known clients or OS vendor provided clients that are unlikely to have little goodies like this.
- NeutronBoy 11y agoHola explicitly say this is why they're able to offer the service for free http://hola.org/faq#in_how_is_free http://hola.org/faq#in_how_is_free dchuk beat me to it!
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- Moru 11y agoYes, now it says so. Didn't do that earlier :-)
- manghoti 11y agoactually it did. From the archive link provided by 8chan Hola's goal is to make the internet faster and fully accessible to everyone. Install Hola on your PC, phone or tablet to make your internet faster, more open and more anonymous. Hola lets you have unlimited access to information that is otherwise not available in your geography while protecting your online privacy. It also lets you stream videos faster than ever before. Hola is a collaborative internet -- it works by sharing the idle resources of its users for the benefit of all. The new version talks about luminati.
- joepie91_ 11y agoThis doesn't at all explain the associated risks in a manner that the average user can understand it. It's presented as a feature, rather than the risk it really is.
- voltagex_ 11y agoI'm not sure this will get seen but - is there an OpenVPN client for Windows that doesn't suck?
- imsofuture 11y agoViscosity is pretty good for Macs+Windows.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoViscosity is phenomenal. Its extremely inexpensive, and makes working with OpenVPN on the client side much less painful.
- webdigi 11y agoNever use proprietary clients if possible. Also on the VPN server side, you could investigate the option to create your own VPN server in a few minutes https://www.webdigi.co.uk/blog/2015/how-to-setup-your-own-private-secure-free-vpn-on-the-amazon-aws-cloud-in-10-minutes/ https://www.webdigi.co.uk/blog/2015/how-to-setup-your-own-pr...
- tiatia 11y agoGood luck with that in China mate!