Review: HideMyAss

Review: HideMyAss

By Mike Williams

Review: HideMyAss

HideMyAss has been a popular provider of VPN services for more than 10 years, but is now owned by AVG Technologies.

The company offers 940+ servers in 350+ locations across 190+ countries, many more than the bulk of the competition.

Load balancing allows HideMyAss to recommend the server with the minimum load in any location, helping to keep your speeds high.

As we write, the HideMyAss website proudly claims that “our VPN software works on all your devices”, and “one subscription pays for all”. Sounds good, but they’re talking about the ability to use the service on almost any hardware, including smart TVs and games consoles. If you need several simultaneous connections, tough – there’s only support for two.

There’s no free plan or trial, and even the discounted starter prices are a little high: £6.99 ($9, AU$12) per month, £4.99 ($6.50, AU$9) per month paid every 6 months, or £47.88 ($62, AU$84) per year (there’s no Bitcoin option).

You need to check your account carefully, too, because even monthly accounts renew automatically. You can turn off renewal once you know this, but it’s not very obvious. It’s easy to think you’ve cancelled renewal when …read more

Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac

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