Is Hotspot Shield safe?

DeadEye · 12-24-2008, 02:10 PM

i was thinking about using this program called hotspot shield on my laptop when i travel. it claims that people can not see your personal information when you are using a public internet source but could the person that makes it see what you are doing and steal your private information?

here is the link to it and a description

hotspotshield.com

have any of you used this product before?

AboveTheLogic · 12-24-2008, 03:40 PM

never used it before

I think a good way to go is to setup a VPN on your home connection, that gives you an encrypted tunnel to your home connection and then you are just as secure as you would be at home

DeadEye · 12-24-2008, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by AboveTheLogic

never used it before

I think a good way to go is to setup a VPN on your home connection, that gives you an encrypted tunnel to your home connection and then you are just as secure as you would be at home

how would i do this on a mac?

AboveTheLogic · 12-25-2008, 02:44 AM

sorry but I have no idea!

I could tell you how to do it with XP Pro and 2003 server.

wimiadmin · 12-25-2008, 10:04 AM

Perhaps Clanmills could chime in on this one. He's a Mac user.

In the meantime, here's an older article, but it still may apply or at least give you enough guidance to get it working.

http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/ma...12/20/vpn.html

JoshuaXiong · 12-28-2008, 03:25 AM

Oh that program look familiar. I have it on my usb! Yes I believe it is safe. I have spot no open proxy on it. It's a daily fast proxy changing once per day.

aziernest · 01-11-2009, 03:12 AM

Having a look at site, and reading "100% Security Through a VPN" seems like it's safe to use, and ofcourse the site / software owner may have logging enabled and can look into what you are doing in a similar way that your ISP's can do!

12-24-2008, 02:10 PM	#1
DeadEye Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3	Is Hotspot Shield safe? i was thinking about using this program called hotspot shield on my laptop when i travel. it claims that people can not see your personal information when you are using a public internet source but could the person that makes it see what you are doing and steal your private information? here is the link to it and a description hotspotshield.com have any of you used this product before? Last edited by wimiadmin; 02-10-2009 at 02:02 PM.

12-24-2008, 03:40 PM	#2
AboveTheLogic Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 702	never used it before I think a good way to go is to setup a VPN on your home connection, that gives you an encrypted tunnel to your home connection and then you are just as secure as you would be at home __________________ SuperSubnet.com Internet IP vs. Local IP Port Forwarding

12-25-2008, 02:44 AM	#4
AboveTheLogic Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 702	sorry but I have no idea! I could tell you how to do it with XP Pro and 2003 server. __________________ SuperSubnet.com Internet IP vs. Local IP Port Forwarding

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12-25-2008, 10:04 AM	#5
wimiadmin Administrator Join Date: May 2008 Location: Pigeon Forge, TN Posts: 1,399	Perhaps Clanmills could chime in on this one. He's a Mac user. In the meantime, here's an older article, but it still may apply or at least give you enough guidance to get it working. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/ma...12/20/vpn.html

12-28-2008, 03:25 AM	#6
JoshuaXiong Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Fresno, California Posts: 18	Oh that program look familiar. I have it on my usb! Yes I believe it is safe. I have spot no open proxy on it. It's a daily fast proxy changing once per day.

01-11-2009, 03:12 AM	#7
aziernest Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: @.whatismyip.com Posts: 34	Having a look at site, and reading "100% Security Through a VPN" seems like it's safe to use, and ofcourse the site / software owner may have logging enabled and can look into what you are doing in a similar way that your ISP's can do!