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All Paid Google One Subscribers Now Get VPN Access

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Google today announced that its Google VPN feature is expanding to all Google One subscribers, instead of being limited to those who subscribe to the Premium 2TB Google One plan.

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VPN by Google One is designed to mask a user's IP address, preventing sites and apps from collecting that information for location tracking and monitoring activity across the web. It also offers protection from hackers and network operators, similar to any other VPN.

With this change, storage space is the primary differentiating factor between Google One plans. The basic plan offers 100GB of storage, while the Premium plan offers 2TB. There's also a free tier with 15GB of storage, but it does not include VPN access.

In addition to expanding VPN access to all Google One members, Google is introducing a new feature that will allow users to monitor for their personal information on the dark web. Google will alert users if data like name, address, email, phone number, or Social Security Number is found.

VPN access is expanding to all Google One members starting today, with the basic Google One plan priced at $1.99 per month. It will be available in 22 countries across Android, iOS, Windows, and Mac devices, and VPN access can be shared with up to five others on the same Google One plan.

Article Link: All Paid Google One Subscribers Now Get VPN Access
 
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That’s awesome!

I get my Google One through T-Mobile because T-Mobile offers a plan for $15/month that includes 2TB for Google Drive, etc. and unlimited photo and video back up with Google Photos

I’m glad that I’ll also now have VPN included in my Google One plan as well - having a VPN will be great for when I travel overseas
 
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contacos said:
Haha good one. At my company, we aren’t even allowed to use Google Cloud or MS 365 / Services anymore because the US is deemed „unsafe“ in terms of data privacy since the privacy shield between the US and the EU is no longer valid but sure, let’s install a VPN from Google haha
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Your company are very very wise. I work for a UK subsidiary of a US company that sells into the EU and we're currently scratching our collective heads over this one after being pretty much locked into O365 and AWS.
 
People hate on Google so much it's kind of funny. People know Google makes most of its money from data and ads already.
Let's forget all the work they did creating PageRank, Gmail in 2004 everybody begging for an invite, Google Maps (original Maps on iPhone for a while), YouTube acquisition and growth, I'm sure NOBODY uses YouTube, buying DoubleClick (which is why most people hate Google and their ad business), Chrome Browser.
Yes Android isn't as great as iOS, yes they create and destroy tons of products, Google Reeder, Google+ etc etc. They aren't some perfect amazing company.

Google Search helped the internet explode in use and popularity. No hate and punching on Google will ever change that.
Also Privacy and Internet in the same sentence are hilarious. It's okay, just put it all on Google ;)
 
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I don’t see anything wrong with that; if you have an android you should know that google knows everything about you. So you decide to make sure that only them have your data. I’m sure apple has a lot of information about me, I just feel safer with apple than google, but not dumb enough to think that there’s an expectation of privacy when it comes to the data in my iphone. Also, VPNs have other uses like bypass you employer firewall, public WiFi, etc ….
 
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This is all about ideology and politics. I would no sooner buy a Google VPN than I would one from Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Netflix, Amazon, or even Twitter. Or one subsidized by the US Federal government. Or from China, for that matter.

It's getting so I might have to create my own VPN.
 
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Danfango said:
Your company are very very wise. I work for a UK subsidiary of a US company that sells into the EU and we're currently scratching our collective heads over this one after being pretty much locked into O365 and AWS.
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We even had to stop using Google Analytics and had to switch to a local based company and also a lot of website owners are currently being fined for implementing Google Fonts. It’s crazy out there
 
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