Google Fi VPN Starts Rolling Out to iPhone Users

[coords]

I'll just wait for iCloud+ thank you!! Apple as a company is not interested in my data to earn its money, Google is!!

 

[mazz0]

If you don't use the defining features of a product then almost anything can replace anything else. An iPod is a replacement for a car if your use case is to listen to music on the radio.

Who are you to decide what the defining feature of a product is? For lots of people (I know some of them) the reason they subscribe to a 3rd party VPN service is exactly what I described. Are you saying they're using VPNs wrong?

I don't think your analogy is a very good one - I'm not aware of there being much of a market for cars sold as music players.

 

[Jay42]

Lock the door and let Google hold the key....

 

[Psychicbob]

Google VPN (Virtually Private Network)

 

[WWPD]

Hen house security protection offered to you by Wolves Inc.

 

[BasilFawlty]

Yet another way for Google to track you. Just say No.

🎯 I trust Google with my privacy like I trust Mark Suckerberg with my privacy. Which is to say not at all.

 

[GIZBUG]

Three words that should never be in the same sentence: Google, secure and private.

No Thanks

 

[tee-tz]

Friendly reminder: Google is an advertising company, not a technology company.

If you even remotely care about your privacy, you won't use this service. This will just let them get all the traffic that they can't hoover up through your usage of Chrome.

Wrong. Google is a technology company that predominantly makes money from advertising.

 

[MistrSynistr]

If you're going to use a GOOGLE VPN I have some bad news for ya...

 

[JCCL]

I'll stay with my separately paid VPN. Thanks but no thanks.

 

[Benjamin Nabulsi]

I would consider it honestly if they have it configured on their nest wifi, seems like a lost opportunity

 

[ds2000]

My first thought at that headline "This is a nice man in the middle if ever there was one"

 

[collin_]

The prospect of sending all my data through Google servers… l m a o

Bad idea to use VPNs for everyday use. You never know if you can trust them or not. At least your ISP is regulated.

 

[citysnaps]

Heh, google and security/privacy!

Please... not so early in the morning while I'm drinking milk. Not a pretty sight and outcome.

 

[autrefois]

A Google VPN? Is this a late April Fool’s joke?

 

[npmacuser5]

Something Apple should seriously consider.

 

[incoherent_1]

This looks appealing, but I already love the Facebook VPN so much it’ll be tough to convince me to switch /s

 

[burgman]

Why can't Google release its VPN as a standalone feature for markets that do need VPN. (the US doesn't censor their internet at ISP level, unlike some countries like mine).

Right now I'm using ProtonVPN, and its free tier does the job for quick access.

So the narrative is Google free offerings, you’re the product, but another companies free product is trustworthy? Got it…

 

[bottsjw]

lol ... why all the haters? You must misunderstand the definition of "virtual". Google just happens to use their own definition meaning "mostly", "almost" and "to everyone else but us" ... 😂

 

[JippaLippa]

100% nothing suspicious here.

 

[ian87w]

So the narrative is Google free offerings, you’re the product, but another companies free product is trustworthy? Got it…

You know ProtonMail, right? ProtonVPN is theirs, so I wouldn’t be as paranoid compared to Google. Besides, they have paid tiers, the basic free one is really basic, but it does the job for me for quick access.

 

[deeddawg]

Something Apple should seriously consider.

You mean like Apple iCloud+ Private Relay?

 

[DougieS]

iCloud Relay only works with Safari? Not all apps?!

Interestingly it does mention apps when you attempt to turn off private relay.
I know they mentioned Safari will try and use the a secure url https over http.

Apps need to have a SSL by default, unless this is overridden by the developer.
So it could be related to just that or indeed all traffic is routed through relay.

 

[svish]

I definitely won't be using a VPN service from google. Prefer a paid VPN service like ExpressVPN or Nord.

 

[TechieGeek]

I definitely won't be using a VPN service from google. Prefer a paid VPN service like ExpressVPN or Nord.

The Google Fi VPN is indeed paid….it’s only available to Fi subscribers.