Free Open Source VPN – Curve25519,ChaCha20 – WireGuard and OpenVPN • Hacker News Board

Image logos weirdly stretched on landing page, header links reflowing strangely, same company also runs a "vanity crypto address" to "advertise your brand"?

And providing free vpn services?

Yeah, that's not sketchy _at all_....

Re: Free Open Source VPN – Curve25519,ChaCha20 – WireGuard and OpenVPN

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Post by rlv-dan » Mon, Sep 16, 2019, 5:07 AM UTC

2bitencryption wrote: post #4

from the site: > "Totally Free. No Strings Attached." read as "avoid at all costs" edit: oh boy, check out their "privacy policy" page. oh dear. https://openinternetaccess.com/privacy-policy.txt

What's wrong with their privacy policy? It's clear and easy to understand for anyone.

Re: Free Open Source VPN – Curve25519,ChaCha20 – WireGuard and OpenVPN

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Post by jeroldm » Mon, Sep 16, 2019, 5:16 AM UTC

Vancouver, WA, United States...

I guess that is where the Vanwa comes from in their name.

Re: Free Open Source VPN – Curve25519,ChaCha20 – WireGuard and OpenVPN

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Post by AtmaBhava » Mon, Sep 16, 2019, 5:32 AM UTC

rlv-dan wrote: post #7

2bitencryption wrote: post #4

from the site: > "Totally Free. No Strings Attached." read as "avoid at all costs" edit: oh boy, check out their "privacy policy" page. oh dear. https://openinternetaccess.com/privacy-policy.txt

What's wrong with their privacy policy? It's clear and easy to understand for anyone.

Agreed. It is the long, complex privacy policies that should make you question things.

Re: Free Open Source VPN – Curve25519,ChaCha20 – WireGuard and OpenVPN

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Post by em-bee » Mon, Sep 16, 2019, 5:32 AM UTC

craftyguy wrote: post #2

People should be highly skeptical of "free" VPN and proxy services. They have the power to (easily) MITM you.

how so? they can track where i am connecting to, but that's about it.