Users will need a unique certificate in order to create secure connection. However, it must be mentioned here that Open VPN will have to be downloaded directly.
The combination of these two allows users to be completely safe and anonymous without worrying about being unsafe at any time. This is further complemented owing to support for all major tunneling protocols like OpenVPN, IKEv2, L2TP, IPSec, SSTP, and PPTP. Users can be assured that IPVanish provides the most robust and pro-active encryption thanks to the standard AES-256-bit encryption. Given the service’s incredibly poor record in that regard, I would advise users not to take these guarantees seriously at all. The service essentially expects us to just take their word for it. I would say this is an absolutely false claim as they handed over complete logs on a user’s activity in a case to the Department of Homeland Security.įurthermore, there’s no way to cross-check exactly how true is IPVanish’s claims of no logs. However, in fine print on its privacy policy, it mentions that it does collect connection logs. IPVanish claims that it does not keep any logs. I have been willing to let go of some contentious locations in the past but the US is a different beast altogether. The fact that it is based out of the United States should immediately serve as the first major red flag. No, IPVanish cannot be considered a safe option.
The worst part is the lengthy history of the US spying on its own citizens, making any anonymity promises made by the VPN provider to be highly dubious at best. The United States is the de facto leader of the 5/9/14 Eyes alliance while also having a barrage of state and federal laws that make it extremely easy for law enforcement agencies to have an oversight of all its citizens’ digital activities. This goes without saying but it is by far the worst place for a VPN to be based out of. IPVanish operates out of the United States of America.