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AnchorFree
Hotspot Shield creates a virtual private network (VPN) between your laptop and the wireless router. This impenetrable tunnel prevents snoopers and hackers from viewing your email, instant messages, credit card information or anything else you send over a wireless network. Which means you remain anonymous and protect your privacy. Hotspot Shield security software is free to download, employs the latest VPN technology, and is easy to install and use. So go ahead - Get behind the Shield - try Hotspot Shield today!
What's New
Version 1.582: Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.
Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6.5 or later
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6.5 or later
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Hotspot Shield creates a virtual private network (VPN) between your laptop and the wireless router. This impenetrable tunnel prevents snoopers and hackers from viewing your email, instant messages, credit card information or anything else you send over a wireless network. Which means you remain anonymous and protect your privacy. Hotspot Shield security software is free to download, employs the latest VPN technology, and is easy to install and use. So go ahead - Get behind the Shield - try Hotspot Shield today!
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marillion reviewed on 02 Dec 2011
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It sets up an encrypted tunnel between your Mac and the vendor's server. All network traffic that passes through that tunnel is safe from eavesdropping or tampering -- at least, it is if the product works as advertised, which I haven't verified.
The advantage is that if you're using a public WiFi hotspot, others on the same hotspot won't be able to sniff your traffic, as they otherwise might be. So you don't have to trust random strangers, or a person who might be following you.
On the other hand, you do have to trust the operators of this service. They see all your network traffic, and of course, they know your identity. It's no more information than your ISP gets when you connect from home or work, but it's no less either. You might or might not be less inclined to trust this small outfit than a big corporation.
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It says create a VPN between your laptop and your wireless router...if first you have to connect to HotSpot Shield to create the VPN, how is this done without being connected to your wireless router? Does it disconnect and reconnect you once the VPN is established...it can't do this without breaking the connection.
If this is just routing through an external VPN, what is the backbone connected to the Anchorfree network, can it handle my bandwidth usage and everyone else's too?
But seriously...if you have to connect HS before associating to your wireless router, how can this possibly be done without breaking the connection you already have to your wireless router?
Something just isn't adding up.
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"I'm not in this for the points or smilies...so keep em for yourself!"
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Once you understand how it really works, it's obvious that this is -not- the same as WPA encryption between your router and your laptop. Best example? I use a similar service (not HotSpot Shield) any time I take my laptop away from home, because I can never assume that all users on free wifi networks are friendly. With a VPN like this, you can be safe no matter whose network you join with your laptop. Home is the place this is least useful, everywhere else is where I find it mandatory. I even use the VPN service for my smartphone, which is now by far the most vulnerable of anyone's devices given the lack of control over security.
The only thing misleading here is the way the service is described by whoever wrote the description. The vendor's description on their own site is more accurate.
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Virgeist reviewed on 08 Mar 2011
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Schmiegel reviewed on 26 Jan 2011
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yazeedov reviewed on 23 Jan 2011
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All I Need Is You reviewed on 20 Dec 2010
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Tahirpharm reviewed on 09 Dec 2010
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Safari can't open the page “http://127.0.0.1:895/config/?action=connect”. The error was: “Operation could not be completed. (kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork error 302.)” (kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork:302) Please choose Report Bugs to Apple from the Safari menu, note the error number, and describe what you did before you saw this message.
When I click 'Connect' on the application.
Please Help,
I am using Mac Version 10.5.3 and Safari Version 3.1.1.
I have tried this on Firefox and it just gives me a blank screen.
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Uli Graser rated on 02 May 2012
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Egoldy rated on 28 Jul 2011
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Egoldy rated on 05 Jan 2011
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