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by rvz 2063 days ago
> Coming soon: Increase your online security with the VPN by Google One

Translation: Coming Soon: Tell us all about yourself and everything you do by signing up to our new service Google One. It comes with a VPN! Trust us, we won't tell!

> iOS, Windows, and Mac coming soon

It seems that some think you can fool people all the time with 'services' like this but companies like Google don't ever learn from their own mistakes. [0] [1] Phrases like 'Privacy and security is core to everything we make.' is another snake-oil tagline which is another branded trap. Not falling for this one.

[0] https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/30/apple-bans-facebook-vpn/

[1] https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/29/facebook-project-atlas/

[2] https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/30/googles-also-peddling-a-da...

1 comments

>> iOS, Windows, and Mac coming soon

Why does all this crap need it's own app? We have standard protocols for this and some of them are actually very good.