Once you do, a small world map appears, along with the IP address Hotspot Shield assigns you and your current session's data usage. The first screen you'll see tempts you to start a free trial of the paid plan by clicking a big, bright-blue button, and there won't seem to be any other option.Ĭlick the big button in the middle to connect.
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It took us only 2 minutes and 15 seconds to get and install the 19MB Hotspot Shield Windows client. law-enforcement agencies, although the company's 2017 transparency report (opens in new tab) states that it has never given any user data to law enforcement. AnchorFree is based in California and hence subject to search warrants and other forms of investigation by U.S. Hotspot Shield uses a proprietary VPN standard called Hydra VPN, which may put off privacy experts who prefer better-known standards such as OpenVPN or L2TP/IPsec. The company's head told Tom's Guide that that practice has been ended, and that ads now appear only when opening and closing VPN connections in the Hotspot Shield Android app.
In the past, Hotspot Shield's free version injected ads directly into web pages displayed in a desktop browser. can purchase a subscription" to the paid service. The website also says (opens in new tab) that users will "see extra ads when browsing with Hotspot Shield" and that users who "would prefer not to see ads. The parent company, AnchorFree, denies those claims but states that it does collect (opens in new tab) "anonymous, aggregate data about which websites our users visit and which apps our users use." (Many other VPN services promise to never do this.) There have been allegations that Hotspot Shield, on both its free and paid plans, collects user data and directs user traffic to its advertising partners.
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