anyone use it or know anything about it?
Hotspot Shield is definitely shady, here is a summary of the company and the top execs who work there
Overall just not someone I would trust my privacy with.
I use it on a daily basis since december what do you wanna know?
Someone made a review about this service it was bad and even had his credit and debit card details stolen to make it worse the people who held the details spent on a lot of stuff.
“Hotspot Shield VPN was directly identified in an academic paper for “actively injecting JavaScript codes using iframes for advertising and tracking purposes” with their Android VPN app. Furthermore, analysis of Hotspot Shield VPN’s source code revealed they “actively use more than 5 different third-party tracking libraries.” They were also exposed for redirecting user traffic to e-commerce domains, such as alibaba.com and eBay.com through partner networks (See study here.). Users also complain about fraudulent activity after purchasing their paid VPN service. Also troubling is their Privacy and Security Policy which includes: third-party data sharing, IP address sharing, tracking, web browsing data collection, and geographical information.” - from [VPN WARNING List] (VPN Warning List - These VPNs are NOT Recommended (2025))
Downloaded it for iOS and immediately got a notification that someone had tried to access my FB acct from Saudi Arabia. I told hotspot shield that proxy me in Ireland…lol?
Very interesting article - the revolving door between gov and tech.