IVPN

IVPN

By Mike Williams

IVPN is a small Gibraltar-registered service that has been preserving its customers’ privacy since 2009.

The company’s VPN network is small, with just 22 locations across 13 countries. These are focused almost entirely in North America and Europe, with one other location in Hong Kong.

Platform support is reasonable, with custom clients available for Windows, Mac and iOS, and detailed setup guides for Android, routers, some NAS types and more.

You’re able to connect up to five of your devices simultaneously, although the company emphasizes that the account isn’t for sharing with others, “including within a single household”.

IVPN operates its own DNS servers, a welcome extra touch which helps to ensure your online activities can’t leak to third parties.

An unusual multi-hop feature enables routing your traffic through two VPN servers. For example, you could have the client connect to the VPN in London, travel through the network to New York, then head to its destination. That website only sees your New York IP address, and even if the New York server is compromised, anyone monitoring it will still only see the London IP address rather than yours.

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Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac

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