Hotspot Shield

Hotspot Shield

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Don‘t support: ExpressVPN CyberGhost Private Internet Access (PIA) ZenMate Hotspot Shield Betternet Touch VPN

ilm911 in r/israelexposed

September 28, 2025 8:20 PM

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This seems kind of bad...

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hanslak_israeli-firms-now-control-8-major-vpn-companies-activity-7376987188263178241-CWKp The “8 major VPN companies” claim likely aggregates brands under two key players: Kape Technologies (4 major VPNs) and Aura (formerly Pango Group, an Israeli software firm; 4 more

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AmusingMusing7 in r/WhitePeopleTwitter

September 26, 2025 1:20 PM

90

Best Free VPN

There’s no such thing as a 'perfect' free VPN. Each comes with limitations: Proton doesn’t let you choose your location and blocks P2P traffic. Windscribe and TunnelBear only offer 10GB per month for free. 1VPN is only free for the browser extension. Hotspot Shield and Urban VPN log and sell your da

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electrical_who10 in r/vpns

January 30, 2025 1:09 AM

356

Teens using VPN to cheat in Gorilla Tag are unknowingly selling their internet connections | Cheaters become unwitting accomplices to hackers

Yea not uncommon unfortunately I remember a similar controversy might have been Hotspot shield was it? It was the top free VPN at the time people were using it for Netflix and what not while it was quietly highjacking peoples connections for god knows what.

LollipopChainsawZz in r/technology

December 22, 2024 9:48 PM

221

YSK that 88% of "free" VPNs leak the exact data they promise to hide. The app you installed for privacy is probably the most surveilled app on your phone.

They are correct. ExpressVPN (Kape) Private Internet Access / PIA (Kape) CyberGhost (Kape) ZenMate (Kape) Hotspot Shield (Pango/Aura) Betternet (Pango/Aura) TouchVPN (Pango/Aura) VPN 360 (Pango/Aura) HexaTech (Pango/Aura) OVPN (Pango/Aura) UltraVPN (Pango/Aura) Hola VPN (Independent/Bright Data) Ona

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Daemonrealm in r/YouShouldKnow

May 21, 2026 5:54 AM

15

Pesquisas por VPN dispararam 250% no Brasil

Fuja dessas VPNs americanas: Private Internet Access (PIA) IPVanish Aura TorGuard Hotspot Shield StrongVPN Norton Secure VPN TunnelBear Cyberghost (israelense)

pombo_atomico in r/brasil

March 19, 2026 1:45 PM

13

How do companies get your address? Australian Refugee Association

Went to fantastic furniture to buy a mattress the other day. They asked for my name, email, mobile number, address. I refused, just gave my first name. Of course, most of this information is already out there, it's leaked or been sold. When you order something off a small or large retailer, their bu

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TappingOnTheWall in r/australian

November 19, 2025 4:29 AM

16

Rude? 🫪😂😂 anyone having this issue?

Just download any vpn from the app / playstoreIf you’re on a pc, download any vpn from chrome Hotspot shield works for me.Download that, let it install a profile on your device, and set your location as London and press connect. If you need any help, let me know

Maenanoon in r/Sidemen

June 25, 2026 8:18 PM

7

If you could only keep FIVE apps on your phone, which ones would survive?

They keep having data breaches after data breaches. And keep exposing user data. There are many better (And cheaper) services available. You shouldn't use LastPass even if it was give to you for free. I can recommend some really good alternatives: Bitwarden : Open source | Top notch security | 20$/y

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-__Supreme__- in r/androidapps

July 18, 2026 2:27 PM

5

Refund incoming! The CEO stated they would refund people and is sticking true to this. Highly suggest people do the same and move away from an organisation owned by a POS

ExpressVPN, CyberGhost, Private Internet Access, Hotspot Shield, Betternet, Touch VPN I'd also probably avoid anything that often does 50-90% deals but that's just my perspective

HelptheBees in r/mullvadvpn

June 30, 2026 9:33 AM

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