be very careful of Hotspot Shield!

[not Elvis]

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3911863-FTC-Complaint-on-VPNs.html

 

funnily enough, Kaspersky Secure Connect is based on it

[RileyTheFox]

5 minutes ago, not Elvis said:

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3911863-FTC-Complaint-on-VPNs.html

 

funnily enough, Kaspersky Secure Connect is based on it

Please give me a summary instead of making me read a 14 paged PDF document. 

[Taswell]

TLDR:  Hotspot shield has stated in its terms of service that it can track and sell its users data after doing the marketing dance around "vpns are more private and harder to track"

[Billy_Mays]

11 minutes ago, ITheSpazI said:

TLDR:  Hotspot shield has stated in its terms of service that it can track and sell its users data after doing the marketing dance around "vpns are more private and harder to track"

So use a VPN and this for ULTRA SECURE NETWORK 

[Elerek]

Be careful? How about just don't use it?

Also, relevant news article: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/08/ftc-must-scrutinize-hotspot-shield-over-alleged-traffic-interception-group-says/