Although there are many free VPN services and software available on the Internet, it is important to understand that you might not be paying cash for a service, you may be paying a different way, and most times it is not always clear.
This has recently been the case for Hola, a popular VPN and browser geo-unclogging add-on currently used by 46 million users worldwide. In fact, without VPN offers Hola giving users a bypass towards the locked region sites was doing something behind your back for a long time, but it is only now that he really came to the attention the general public.
Hola and is the bandwidth capacity Stealing
recently, Fredrick Brennan, the operator of 8chan opened on a recent attack on its servers and that comes from the intellectual property of the users Hola. After some digging around, he found that the installation of Hola on your computer or the browser can instantly make your Internet connection of an output node for all kinds of Internet traffic.
"When a user installs Hola, it becomes VPN endpoint, and other users of the network can Hola out by its Internet connection and take on its IP. This is what makes it free. Hola does not pay for the bandwidth that its VPN uses at all, and there is no user to opt for that, "said Brennan
When TorrentFreak asked Ofer Vilenski, the owner of Hola, on the suspicious activity of Hola, Ofer Vilenski gave an open response on how they use the Internet user connections Hola free to sell to other customers through their sister company, Luminati.
as mentioned in our opening paragraph, it is rare to have a free Internet service that does not make money in some way by other methods. in the case of Hola, the company sells bandwidth to clients via Luminati, and this bandwidth comes directly from Hola VPN users. in simple terms, if you use VPN Hola you get your internet from Hola and Luminati customers to do what they want with it.
Not only is this a huge violation of privacy that many users Hola are quite ignorant, there are also a number of other issues that arise from such a revenue model. First, if you use Hola, your bandwidth could easily be taken and used by Hola whenever your Internet activity is inactive. Second, customers can send Luminati that traffic to where they would like, and the source leads directly to you. The attack 8chan that was powered by the Luminati service is an excellent example of how the bandwidth and IP address can be used nefariously without your knowledge.
Although FAQ Hola now provides details of their model of revenues suspect for free users, this information was not always in sight, and it was not the operator 8chan Fredrick Brennan exposed Hola they were more open and honest about it.
Even now, most Hola users will be unaware of what the software is done at their computer and Internet connection. The majority of Hola users simply found as a geo-drain fast tool. Millions of users have downloaded in seconds without taking a second thought on how a free service like Hola can leverage data or information from a user.
The major concerns of free services like Hola
There are some major concerns that should be taken from this article. First, using Hola will never be 100% safe and secure for you. Although Hola boasts amazing security for bandwidth hogging tendencies, whether an individual or group had around Hola security, they could take your Internet connection, with 46 million more to do with as they please.
Second, there is no real way to know how your Internet bandwidth can be used, even if it is only used by legitimate customers Luminati. If your bandwidth is used by Hola, an impression is made and traces lead back to you. This means that your own IP address could be used for illegal activities or harmful purposes
Another thing to take from this is a simple philosophy that you must take with you wherever you go, even if it is particularly relevant for the Internet. - If you are given a product or service for free, you are most likely the product. Your data, your personal information, or in this case, your Internet is undoubtedly used by many other companies, like Hola offering free services or software.
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