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Re: VPN by Google One

#31

This is pretty cheap if you don't care about privacy

$10/mo is way more expensive than most VPN offerings. I've been paying something around $2.50/mo for Private Internet Access for years now.

Why pay $10 to have my ass tracked, when I can have my ass tracked for free

Re: VPN by Google One

#34
What is Google One? Is this the service formally known as Google Apps or some other service? I find it hard to keep track of all their products because they change so much.

Re: VPN by Google One

#35
post #17

Never in a million years would I trust google as my VPN provider. 1) No customer support 2) it will probably be cancelled in 18 months 3) they already spy on me enough with search, android, google keyboard, gmail

Is there really an issue if it gets cancelled? You can just get a new VPN. It’s not like other google products where you’re going to lose data or have to rebuild systems.

Re: VPN by Google One

#38
post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It says that personally-identifying information is not present on the VPN endpoint and no user data is logged, only service metrics with no identifiable information. Specific data logged and not logged appears on page 4 and 5 of the whitepaper.

As with browser/device fingerprinting, I expect "service metrics" to be able to identify users regardless if their name is attached to it.

It says that the users "cannot be identified" which is a much stronger statement than you are giving them credit for.

Re: VPN by Google One

#39
> Google will never use the VPN connection to track, log or sell your browsing activity

But Google doesn't need your browsing history via the VPN connection. It only needs you to continue using the same browser you normally do, so that they can do their normal cookie tracking for Ads...

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