Has anyone used Google one VPN?

Last time I checked the Google VPN is Android only.

that company will sell your connections to anyone’s who wants to pay.

I have but mostly to force Destiny 2 into a single player only experience

So here is a question… Does Google have enough compute power to break the more common encryption models used by basic servers and vpns?

I have it and it frequently adds tons of latency to my browsing so I have given up on using it.

I have been using Google one’s VPN for a few months now because my ISP loves to route all my traffic via Singapore which more than doubles my average latency to the USA while the G1 VPN routes it on a much shorter path. I figure that Google already harvests most of my online data via their tentacles that worm their way through a lot of websites regardless of whether I use their VPN but now my ISP cannot do so as well. Even worse is the fact that I trust Google to keep my harvested data private compared to my ISP (Google makes their money selling ads targeted using the data they have on everyone and selling that data will give others the ability to do the same and will potentially harm ad revenue).

I do plan to stop using G1 VPN though as soon as I can manage to change ISPs - if the routing change had happened a year ago then I would be fine to swap easily but finances are terrible at the moment.

Google One specifically blocks p2p traffic, so it is not possible to torrent anything using it.

I use it for anonymization but you can’t pick your exit node.

I’ve have it through a phone and use it sometimes for chromebook. Seams seamless on the phone. It’s horrible on the chromebook, often borking the internet connection after the lid was closed.

I use it sometimes when browsing from public networks like cafes, restaurants… Not for anything sensitive. I do use other VPNs for privacy and location change purposes.

For torrenting Linux ISOs and other free to share data, why would one need a VPN at all?

BuT tHEiR pROdUcTS aRe FrEe!!! /s

The only reason to pay for one is the extra storage when your gmail and gdrive are too full, or maybe the enhanced camera if you got a pixel.

please, tell us more about this github script :open_mouth:

How is the speed with Warp? I recall a couple of reviews mentioned the speed penalty was much higher than most VPN’s (50% or so), so I avoided it.

Same here - Discord is blocked (even on guest), and cell signal is iffy so I use the Google VPN on my phone at work.

They support wireguard now. Awesome setup and great free product.

The basic encryption models are already cracked, you or I have the compute power to decrypt it in our pockets. That’s why modern standards like OpenVPN and WireGuard (and even IKEv2) were born.

ChaCha20 and AES-256 are the protocols used by modern servers, and even if you broke into the datastream proving who each host was, connecting to that shared IP, after the fact, with no logs, is difficult.

Unless you dont block googles IPs or use Chrome and it’s been using cookies and webbugs to track you the whole time.

Because “Linux ISOs” is a codeword for something that is infact not free to share data.