Hotspot Shield

Hotspot Shield

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Social media ban implementation will 'vary' across platforms, eSafety commissioner warns

No to:- ExpressVPN CyberGhost VPN ZenMate Aything owned Owned by Aura Hotspot Shield Betternet VPN 360 Touch VPN UltraVPN OVPN HolaVPN I'd try surfshark, cyberghost, NORDVPN, Anything not connected to the US, Israel or the 5 eyes countries is best.

AggravatedKangaroo in r/australia

November 27, 2025 10:37 PM

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Israel funds AI, church and VR propaganda to rebuild US support. One four-month agreement calls for "strategic consulting, planning and communications services" to produce thousands of online materials aimed at combating antisemitism and restoring Israel’s reputation.

They also already own something like 40% of VPN services worldwide most likely for surveillance purposes: “Kape Technologies, a UK-based company owned by Israeli billionaire Teddy Sagi, is one of the largest VPN conglomerates in the world. Its portfolio includes several major VPN providers: ExpressV

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Loud-Item-1243 in r/Global_News_Hub

November 8, 2025 5:56 AM

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Forgot using tape on webcam.

I’d like to refute a couple of things here. “It is physically impossible for them to have any record of sessions” Just because Mullvad or any VPN provider for that matter, doesn’t write to disk and only runs in memory does not make it immune to data collection. Malware can live in memory and data ca

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gihema in r/TOR

October 29, 2025 4:03 PM

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What has become too expensive that it’s no longer worth it?

I would avoid Hotspot Shield. "Our VPN products log: the duration of VPN sessions and the bandwidth consumed. We do this to monitor, support and optimize our VPN services, as well as enforce free app usage limits. the domains that have been accessed by our users, but on an anonymized basis such that

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speel in r/AskReddit

December 22, 2024 4:29 PM

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