Google One VPN Now Available for iPhone and iPad Users

[gknewell]

Nice try, Google.

 

[Unity451]

Don't people get a VPN because of Google and the rest of big tech...? ?

 

[n-evo]

We’ve all done it. You’re sitting in a cafe browsing your favorite online store and you enter your credit card number while connected to an unsecured Wi-Fi network. While convenient, a public Wi-Fi network may be less secure than your personal one. This can put your personal information at risk of theft from hackers.

I’ve got so much cheap data over 5G I never feel the need to use a cafe or hotel’s WiFi network anymore. I can connect my MacBook Pro to my iPhone if needed as well. Outside the EU I just buy a local SIM. Problem solved in most scenarios.

 

[MallardDuck]

Yes, make sure that Google can see ALL of your browsing activity...

 

[iDento]

I’m waiting for Meta VPN as I’m sure it will be free, because why would they ask for money when they can see my search history with ease, monitor my home cameras livestream, and might find someone to pay a premium to use the data for research.

 

[gene731]

Dearest Google: No thank you. Have a nice day.

 

[paulgpetty]

Welcome to February Fools Day

 

[codewrangler]

Why would I trust Google for my VPN, when their whole business is based on selling it's customers information...I'll pass...

 

[mashdots]

if anyone wants a suggestion for a VPN alternative, I highly recommend mullvad. they've been really reliable for me and and are a bit more trustworthy than uh google

 

[JackNL]

Yeah, no. After those false copyright notices in Google Drive (that confirm Google constantly scans my private files), there's no friggin' way I'll ever pay for "Google VPN". What a joke.

Not sure what you mean with this: did you receive copyright notices from files you stored in 'your' Google Drive?

If that's really the case it goes way further than I ever knew and is the last step to delete my Google Apps account.

 

[metapunk2077fail]

1.1.1.1 is your friend...and is free!

That's not a VPN.

 

[deeddawg]

VPN provided by Google?

???????????

 

[metapunk2077fail]

As if the consumer VPNs we currently have aren't questionable enough...

Your ISP may suck but at least it's regulated.

DNS over HTTPS should be default on all browsers everywhere.

 

[Lexdexia]

Trusting a VPN made by Google is like trusting a daycare made by pedophiles.

 

[contacos]

I have NordVPN but the constant Capcha requests on Google Search where driving me up the wall so I stopped using it. Oddly I only got these on my iPhone and iPad, not Mac. Also any VPN uses quite a lot of battery

 

[jz0309]

trusting Apple is an oxymoron as well.

so is random internet users' "advice"

 

[szw-mapple fan]

I say a Google VPN defeats the purpose of a VPN by default. All it does is keep Google's competitors from seeing your data. The only thing worse would be a MetaVPN™ (i.e. Facebook).

If you are trying to use a VPN to stop Google from getting your data, it's already a lost cause no matter what VPN you use. Google and others have cookies and other fingerprinting measures to identify you online. If you are logged into your Google account, even turning cookies etc. off isn't going to do anything for obvious reasons. You can expect commercial VPNs to hide your traffic from ISPs and some government surveillance (with no guarantees), and you can use it to change geolocation to circumvent location based blocking for streaming and other media. That's about it. In this respect Google's VPN is really no worse or better than any others, and their logging policy is pretty much inline with most other VPNs.

 

[gaximus]

trusting Apple is an oxymoron as well.

How so? Apple != untrusting, but Google == notPrivate

 

[mannyvel]

That's not a VPN.

Yes, they have a VPN client as well

 

[MallardDuck]

Yes, they have a VPN client as well

No they don’t. It’s not a vpn. It uses a vpn profile to override dns but it’s not a fully encrypted tunnel

 

[Kabeyun]

Anyone who knows anything about VPNs understands that trusting Google with your VPN is like trusting a wolf to build your sheep enclosure.

 

[ghanwani]

Google will protect you from everyone as long as you agree that you will henceforth be owned by Google.

 

[Arctic Moose]

If you are trying to use a VPN to stop Google from getting your data, it's already a lost cause no matter what VPN you use. Google and others have cookies and other fingerprinting measures to identify you online. If you are logged into your Google account, even turning cookies etc. off isn't going to do anything for obvious reasons.

Sure, but these days it is pretty easy to avoid Google and Facebook services altogether, and using private browsing combined with a pi-hole and a content blocker or two will get you pretty far.

If you’re really paranoid, do that but also use Tor, or even Tails.

 

[Breaking Good]

Sure, but these days it is pretty easy to avoid Google and Facebook services altogether, and using private browsing combined with a pi-hole and a content blocker or two will get you pretty far.

If you’re really paranoid, do that but also use Tor, or even Tails.

AM could you please explain more about the services you mention above?

 

[brianbobcat]

I say a Google VPN defeats the purpose of a VPN by default. All it does is keep Google's competitors from seeing your data. The only thing worse would be a MetaVPN™ (i.e. Facebook).

You mean like this: https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/29/facebook-project-atlas/amp/