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Only if in your mind "VPN" equals "anonymity and privacy" (which it shouldn't).
The P stands for Private so I think privacy would be a part of it somehow.
VPNs are to allow you to connect to a private network over a public network. They are not about user privacy. Once you hit that private network, privacy is determined by other protocols, not the VPN itself.
Unless I’m mistaken it just appears to be for Android phones ? I guess I can see some value in it, but will no doubt be heading for the Google graveyard in 18-24months !
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.
Google One is Google's paid-storage-plus-premium-support-for-consumer-products service.
You could view it as, in an imprecise way, the consumer counterpart to Google Workspace (formerly G Suite, formerly Google Apps.)
Unless I’m mistaken it just appears to be for Android phones ? I guess I can see some value in it, but will no doubt be heading for the Google graveyard in 18-24months !
But when it comes to the largest VPNs such as ExpressVPN or Nord VPN, it is impossible to tell who is truly behind them. You cannot put a name on physical person in charge which is very worrying. And since the NSA is known to use front companies to spy on people [1], why couldn't they be behind all these other VPNs? At least, we know who runs Google.
[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20131016033046/http://www.foreig...
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
> 1) No customer support Google One has customer support. Largely, Google One is paid support Google consumer products,. That's actually one of the main selling points. Since this is a feature of a particular Google One tier, it comes with support. > 2) it will probably be cancelled in 18 months Probably not. > 3) they already spy on me enough with search, android, google keyboard, gmail How would being a VPN (for An…
You're going to have to prove that. Your Android device doesn't send ALL your traffic to Google today. Using this would send ALL your traffic to Google. that 100% means it increases Google's ability to spy on you.
What if people use VPNs to avoid being tracked by Google.
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> your IP is not associated to your activity Does this mean your incoming IP, or your outgoing IP? And if payment info or Google identity is associated with your activity, why would they need to bother associating an IP to your activity?
If you read the article then you would already know the answer to this question. They are using a blinding protocol so that the service that terminates the VPN is unaware of the identity of the user.
Unless I’m mistaken it just appears to be for Android phones ? I guess I can see some value in it, but will no doubt be heading for the Google graveyard in 18-24months !