I was looking at getting a google one subscription for the storage recently and I noticed that it included a vpn with the subscription. I wondered if anyone here had any experience with it and if it was any good. I’d primarily use it for torrenting my Linux isos but wanted to know if that is safe and reliable compared to other commercial VPNs
i think google of all sevices is not the one to use for torrenting linux isos since its google.
Google’s business model is mining data and selling ad’s so…
I have used it, not for torrenting but it’s OK. It’s just your average VPN, there’s barely any configuration options and it’s not worth the Google One price.
I’d primarily use it for torrenting my Linux isos
That sounds like a hilariously bad idea.
no idea, but i use cloudflare warp vpn (w/ premium for free by a github script) and i got no problem torrenting with it, Arch Linux (btw)
Do not use Google one VPN, you want to use a no logs VPN provider.
I have it on my phone, but I wouldn’t use it for what you’re talking about. It’s def not for that.
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Well Google is the one I’m hiding from when I use my VPN so that’s a no from me.
I use it as it’s included in my Google one subscription and it’s literally the only one that will connect at my work. (All others blocked and they can’t block every google IP it changes to every time)
Google One VPN doesn’t let you pick what server to use, it picks the closest. So it can’t be used to change your country footprint. I was disappointed on a trip I couldn’t use it to access US streaming services.
On your phone it does let you pick apps that bypass the VPN, which is required for wireless Android Auto.
I use it, but I had already been using Google VPN courtesy of having a Pixel phone.
I don’t use it for any particular privacy concern but to tunnel my browsing out of the work WiFi, since cellular service has been spotty at both of my last two employers, and both have aggressive content filters on the work WiFi.
Yeah, don’t do that. Use surfshark or Nord. Highly NOT recommend Google.
It seems ridiculously basic but I’m sure if you’re like using it in a laptop while traveling it’s fine. Otherwise I don’t think I would use it for lab purposes
Nope. I dont want to hand over control over my network to a commercial 3rd party (an advertiser no less…)
Proton vpn is free and works great for this… Assuming your server is windows. I personally use surfshark for my truenas server. Works great.
I have used it. I would do normal vpn things with it. But if you are just trying to hide your traffic from the weird guy in the coffee shop it works fine. Buy google one for storage, not the vpn.
Just what the world didn’t need, to route all their internet traffic through Google’s servers so they can data mine everything you do online.
Its not great. I am using it right now because I pay for google one for storage and im on my school network with my phone because this entire school is a deadzone because the school is naturally built like a faraday cage and its one of the few vpns thats work on this network (the school whitelisted google on the network and that included google vpn). The vpn sucks outside of a free vpn to come with storage. Google isn’t known for privacy in the slightest and there is just about 0 configuration.