Well, that’s just too bad – I installed FireTrust HideAway VPN, entered the supplied code, redirected my computer and or browser to, say, New York ( where I definitely am NOT ), and ,,,
– my Google Search turned to Hong Kong and Asian characters,
– my location, such as asking for “McDonald’s near me” shows … my EXACT location where I am, neither New York nor Hong Kong,
– [ https :// www. whatsmyip. org/more-info-about-you/ ] immediately drew a map to the place I am browsing from at the moment, again, NOT New York, NOT Hong Kong, but accurately reveals my current street location and building, ouch!
– speedtests:
— [ Fast. com ] Internet speed test from Netflix times out and claimed it could not find servers with FireTrust HidaAway VPN on, versus when completely turned off and exited, where my Internet speed is 23 Mbps at my current location ( wireless on an old computer ).
— Google search “internet speedtest” shows 60 Mbps with FireTrust Hideaway VPN ON, and … 23 Mbps with FireTrust HideAway VPN OFF and exited … I will not even try to understand that – FireTrust HideAway VPN is an wi-Fi Internet Accelerator, NOT a secure hidden anonymous VPN?
Complete and total failure – except that possible extra speed on wireless on an old computer.
Well, that’s too bad.
Alternatives, again,
– free BrowSec browser extensions has WORKED for me in the past, though some sites recognize it as “fake” and do not let some services through, and it definitely reverts to 1.5 Kbps -s-l-o-w- internet speed,
– fee-based [ TorGuard. net ] for me works flawlessly, I am wherever I say I am in the world, and all services work locally there, AND it seems to accelerate my wireless connection, getting 60 Mbps through Google search “internet speedtest” and 150 Mbps through [ Fast. com ], I have no idea how these accelerate speed, I presume they are caching, NOT actually reading/writing through my WiFi to my computer.
Verdict: FireTrust HideAway VPN is NOT trustworthy, revealing my current physical street address, AND inexplicitly converting my browser to Hong Kong language.
If FireTrust does NOT join us here to get engaged, I’d suggest that they are not ready for prime time yet, and their FireTrust HideAway VPN is to be avoided as a complete and total waste of time, an untrustworthy risk.
Sorry, but move on, and be grateful if we avoid this or tried and failed to get it working – even with successful installation, it fails, horribly, as if it’s a placebo.
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