Earlier quoted context omitted.
I trust a VPN from Google far more than others, with the possible exception of a VPN I set up myself.
Google, is that you?
ROFL. I would now give multiple points if I could, still laughing ...
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#122Can somebody explain to me what the point of this is? You cannot pirate, since google certainly cooperates with legal entities, you cannot avoid tracking, well, because google. So I am really interested in an answer here: Is there any beneficial use case for this? They say it's security? How is this more secure than regular HTTPS? What do I gain by paying for this?
> Can somebody explain to me what the point of this is?
> What do I gain by paying for this?
Some people who use "pay for VPN" do this to protect their browsing privacy against "the first mile" (read: your ISP or sloppy free WiFi).
Security is a very, very broad brush.
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#123What is next VPN by NSA ? :) "Don't worry we already know everything about you, it is easier this way" :)
Lol, good one :D
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#124> Coming soon: Increase your online security with the VPN by Google One Translation: Coming Soon: Tell us all about yourself and everything you do by signing up to our new service Google One. It comes with a VPN! Trust us, we won't tell! > iOS, Windows, and Mac coming soon It seems that some think you can fool people all the time with 'services' like this but companies like Google don't ever learn from their own mist…
>> iOS, Windows, and Mac coming soon
Why does all this crap need it's own app? We have standard protocols for this and some of them are actually very good.
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#125I understand why no one would want to trust Google and after Snowden's revelations, I don't see why anyone should. 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…
NordVPN is incorporated in Caymans or smth like that. Partly to protect itself from all the legal stuff. In reality it's not huge secret it's real name is Tesonet from Vilnius, Lithuania (which has solid legal system and collaborates with FBI, CIA, etc).
I'm pretty sure it's based in Panama and being a global brand, NordVPN must have offices in a lot of locations, but it's main one is in Panama, which is a pro data privacy country. Moreover, even if some security agency would ask for user data, Nord does not keep logs and has most of its servers operate in RAM only.
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#126Earlier quoted context omitted.
I seriously doubt that you'll get that benefit from this service. When I use the Google VPN on my Android, my outbound IP is part of a completely separate AS they dedicate to this purpose, not on AS15169 like all Google's own outbound traffic.
Which AS is it using instead, AS16591?
AS36492
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#127> Google will never use the VPN connection to track, log or sell your browsing activity¹ I like the honesty here. Oftentimes you learn more about someone's intention by paying attention to the omissions.
So you think Google is admitting they will track, log, and sell non-browsing traffic history?
That seems unlikely.
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#128> Google will never use the VPN connection to track, log or sell your browsing activity¹ I like the honesty here. Oftentimes you learn more about someone's intention by paying attention to the omissions.
So you think Google is admitting they will track, log, and sell non-browsing traffic history? That seems unlikely.
The emphasis was on "VPN connection". They won't use the VPN connection, but they will use everything else.
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#129What 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 essentially paying for more storage on Drive, I think? I am not sure what else it comes with.
You also get more storage for Gmail and Google Photos (if you didn't enable compression), occasional discounts/free trials for paid Google services and ability to speak to "Google experts" if you have a problem.