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Show HN: A small bootstrapped independent VPN company in the Netherlands

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Re: Show HN: A small bootstrapped independent VPN company in the Netherlands

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Post by 01CGAT »

penagwin wrote: post #18
Skunkleton wrote: post #7

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Looks like it’s based on open vpn. They provide open vpn configs to use on other platforms. Edit: a word

It does appear to be openvpn based, but if they were focused on launching their product and only had apple products on hand then that's likely why it's mac/ios only. I'd expect that they'll have other platforms soon.

All true. You have to start somewhere, and the first focus was on Apple devices, apps for other platforms will soon follow. Meanwhile examples of OpenVPN config files are available too, so you can use the WifiMask service on any OpenVPN capable device: https://www.wifimask.com/contact#androidwindows

Re: Show HN: A small bootstrapped independent VPN company in the Netherlands

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Post by 01CGAT »

himlion wrote: post #24
01CGAT wrote: post #19

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Every euro we put in advertising we get back 2 times. ;-)

Can you scale that to 10x the spend?

I hope so! We just started, we will try anything possible to reach that number. All tips are welcome! ;-)

Re: Show HN: A small bootstrapped independent VPN company in the Netherlands

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Post by jandeboevrie »

I've worked with the founder (Joost H., Remy says Hi). Can vouch for him, all-round good tech guy. He was a Windows server admin at a big cloud provider (CloudVPS), I was one of the Linux guys. He knows his way around Windows, hyper v and clustering. Even some Linux. Quit his job to work full time on the startup with his brother.

Big plus one here. I'd trust wifimask if I wasn't capable of hosting my own servers and needed a VPN.

Re: Show HN: A small bootstrapped independent VPN company in the Netherlands

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Post by sm4rk0 »

yellowarchangel wrote: post #5

Isn't Netherlands in the nine eyes? EDIT: "We will never share your personal information with any third party, except when we need to respond to a legal request from Dutch authorities" - https://www.wifimask.com/terms As a VPN service that means it is not thoughtful about privacy.

Excellent point.
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