HideMyAss Christmas Special
13% discount on monthly subscription (9.99/mo)
48% discount on annual subscription (5.99/mo)
57% discount on 24 months subscription (4.99/mo)
HideMyAss regular price is $11.52/mo
Features:
- 900 servers in 210 countries
- desktop and mobile dedicated software
- IP bind feature
- Dedicated and Shared IPs
- OpenVPN, PPTP, L2TP, SSTP and IPSec/IKEv2 protocols
- web proxy
All plans have a 30 day money back guarantee.
don't ever use Hide My Ass unless you want to be fully tracked and have everything logged.
If you're torrenting the movie and music studios WILL get your details from HMA, if you're doing anything worse you need to use another VPN provider.
do not use these scum bags
so my ass will look big in this?
Absolutely NOT true.
HideMyAss doesn't track you. If you did something illegal and law enforcement has an IP address involved in that activity, they will approach HMA and ask which user used this IP. But this is very different from logging the websites that you visit. HMA only stores your real IP and knows which HMA IP you used at what time.
"What data we collect: We will store a time stamp and IP address when you connect and disconnect to our VPN service, the amount data transmitted (up- and download) during your session together with the IP address of the individual VPN server used by you." https://www.hidemyass.com/legal/privacy
So yes, it's not a good provider for illegal stuff (like torrenting), but an excellent privacy provider. I guess most users confuse a true purpose of a VPN which is encrypting communication with making it easier for people to break the law and get away with it (no matter what your stance is on this subject).
Your response begins saying it is "absolutely NOT true" then goes on to explain how logs are kept.
Anyone wanting to use this service should be well aware of Hide My Ass' history:
https://invisibler.com/lulzsec-and-hidemyass/
This is not a VPN for the privacy conscious. And is there any other use for a VPN?
Because it's not true that they track you. Your article is well within the lines of what I said: they can match an IP address with a real user. That's it. By your logic, criminal activity should be endorsed and enabled by means of encryption tools….
When a pedophile with an IP 1.1.1.1 uses HMA server with IP 2.2.2.2 to connect to a child porn website, law enforcement can only see 2.2.2.2. They can then subpoena HMA and demand the real IP address (1.1.1.1). This is how people who do something illegal get caught. Not because HMA keeps a record of your browsing or doesn't provide secure tools.
But this is not a "privacy conscious" issue as you put it. Unlike ISPs, HMA doesn't track any of your activities and uses the most advanced security tools to protect you from hackers and mass surveillance. When you're using encryption, nobody can intercept your data and steal it, and ISPs don't have access to your browsing. Accessing LEGAL streaming services is another beautiful aspect of using a VPN.
So HMA is a great company for those who have no plans on breaking the law because law enforcement is not going to subpoena a company for no reason. I'm sorry, but if the only reason you need a VPN is to do something illegal, then you indeed need to find another provider.
I think this proves VPNsecurity is associated with HMA. Only been a member for two days and is sockpuppeting.
You might be right guv, but my thoughts is… he's an NSA puppy.
In the end @VPNSecurity, it sounds like i'm paying someone a monthly fee, to breach my privacy that i'm "entrusting" to them.
and you came to this conclusion from the fact that I disagree with the statement that HMA is not respecting their users' privacy?
I have the same stance regarding any other VPN provider that keeps the same info about their users. Keeping IPs is not invading user privacy whatsoever. Keeping a history of the websites visited, on the other hand, is a completely different story. But no VPN provider does that (at least to my knowledge).
So neither Hidemyass nor vpn.ac or Overplay or Vypr or SaferVPN or incloak or sumrando or a lot of other VPN services are being bad for "privacy conscious". They are not a fit for illegal activities. Simple as that.
Most VPN providers sell their services on the notion that by using them the subscriber becomes anonymous. It became crystal clear in September that, given the right pressure, what certain VPN providers are really interested in is upholding the law and thereby saving their own asses from ending up in court. Why this should come as a surprise to anyone is a mystery.
What does come as a surprise is how many VPN providers are allowing themselves to get into this conflict of interests in the first instance. In the HideMyAss case the company clearly held enough information for a 3rd party to match a HMA external IP address and a timestamp to a HMA user account and subsequently a real-life identity.
So, for the purposes of illustration, let’s dismiss the notion that the service was used to attack Sony. Let’s pretend it was a dissident, or a government whistleblower, or some other equally vulnerable individual relying on the service to provide anonymity, as advertised. Let’s be absolutely clear – thanks to the myriad of logs kept by HMA, when someone really needs to count on the service, there is no anonymity that a court order can’t destroy.
Many VPN companies argue that they don’t log the sites visited but some logs are necessary to make sure that ‘criminals’ can’t abuse their services. But logs don’t discriminate. Quite simply, criminal or not, if a VPN provider logs the external IP addresses they hand out to a user along with a timestamp, subscribers are not anonymous.
My initial reply was to "fully tracked and have everything logged" comment, not to "once subpoenaed, they will provide a true IP address".
Now let's look at this from a different angle.
This is what providers like HMA know:
This is what your ISP knows:
IP 1.1.1.1 went online on Jan 1, 2015 at 12PM
- facebook.com
- facebook.com/userprofile1
- facebook.com/userprofile2
- facebook.com/etc
- youtube.com/video-xyz
- gmail (let's not forget google has access to absolutely everything)
- google search:blah blah
- pornsite.com/big-smth
- pornsite.com/asian-smth
- google search
- torrentsite
- torrentsite/search-porn
- torrentsite/file-name-adult
- etc etc etc
- disconnected at 5PM
Total bandwidth: 10GB
How are they invading your privacy? With VPN "on", nobody has your browsing history and never will. Just because law enforcement knows that 2.2.2.2 did smth they don't approve of, doesn't mean a VPN provider is in any way monitoring you. This is not a privacy related issue. This is an issue with legal vs illegal. Providers that log are not good for whistleblowers, but saying things like "oh they are bad" in my opinion is wrong. After all, majority use a VPN simply to get access to Netflix or prevent mass surveillance. Not to get involved with anti-government protests… And VPN providers that log clearly state this in their privacy policy.
Anyway, I see no point trying to prove anything here. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
@VPNsecurity: you're meant to tick the box that says you're associated with the company,
Location San Francisco, CA
you can get banned for this on this website.
@VPNsecurity: well if you're not sock puppeting for this pathetic company, you're expressing your opinion and it's a very poor one.
HMA not only give your details to anyone that wants them, they tell everyone what you've been doing online with what IP address where as real VPNs keep no logs and if asked they have nothing to hand over.
This is not the point. The point is they do not track you. They just don't. Each user should decide for himself whether they need a company that stores no logs or they simply don't care because they care about other things. And considering that HMA is the largest VPN provider, tens of millions of people will not agree with your criteria for poor reasoning.
There are SO many people out there who find HMA-alike companies a good fit and have no desire to subscribe with any other service. It's not like they don't know there are other options.
And just FYI, HMA is not my personal favorite either. They simply have a Christmas deal and I posted this deal.
@VPNsecurity: they keep logs and tell people they dont. they are liars and not to be trusted.
read the torrentfreak in depth article on the shady stuff this company does
They are not shady, they explicitly state what they log. They don't lie and there is nothing wrong with logging IPs. I'd like to see a link to the article on TF. This is what I have found so far https://torrentfreak.com/not-so-anonymous-vpn-uses-edward-sn… and nothing here contradicts any of the official HMA claims. And since we are on a torrentfreak subject, I've seen them recommend unreliable companies… just so you know.
http://blog.hidemyass.com/2011/09/23/lulzsec-fiasco/
"As stated in our terms of service and privacy policy our service is not to be used for illegal activity, and as a legitimate company we will cooperate with law enforcement if we receive a court order (equivalent of a subpoena in the US).
Our VPN service and VPN services in general are not designed to be used to commit illegal activity. It is very naive to think that by paying a subscription fee to a VPN service you are free to break the law without any consequences."
@VPNsecurity: you're posting a PR post by the company after they proved to the world they can never be trusted.
HideMyAss (HMA) keep logs and as a UK company when given a court order to cough up information, they do so. After matching timestamps to IP addresses, in the blink of an eye Luzlsec member ‘Recursion’ became 23-year-old Cody Kretsinger from Phoenix.
you're the only one here pushing this company and funny that you only just signed up and all your posts are only about defending this dodgy as hell business. take your sock puppeting elsewhere
@Makoto:
"matching timestamps to IP addresses"
Is this the same for other VPNs?
For example, looking at the PureVPN policy https://www.purevpn.com/privacy-policy.php
"Our servers automatically record the time at which you connect to any of our servers, and the IP that was given to you
Internet Protocol Address"
Have you even read anything I wrote? because it feels like you didn't. I could care less whether you like HMA or not. My point is that your claims are INCORRECT and completely unsubstantiated. HMA or any other company that keeps connection logs (that is your real IP+connection time and server) do NOT monitor you. They are not horrible providers and they are most certainly not liars.
So if your goal is to avoid mass surveillance or to access geo-restricted content, they do offer you this. They are not good for illegal stuff because they do have your real IP and when authorities decide to find you, they obviously will.
I provided hard data that you chose to completely ignore because you have some ideas about logging that you refuse to let go. I'm done discussing this.
@Daz:
No, it's not the same for all of them. There are providers that keep no logs at all. At least they claim not to keep those.
@VPNsecurity: Member Since 06/12/2015
literally the only thing you've done on this website has been to sock puppet for Hide My Ass
literally, you have absolutely no argument against any information that I provided. The only thing you do is present false accusations about me.
And you know why you have no argument? because the following claims of yours do not reflect the truth:
"don't ever use Hide My Ass unless you want to be fully tracked and have everything logged."
"they keep logs and tell people they dont. they are liars and not to be trusted."
I stand by everything I wrote:
- VPN providers that keep basic logs do not monitor, hence, do not invade user privacy and are great to avoid mass surveillance
- VPN providers that keep basic logs are not good for piracy or other illegal activities
- there are VPN providers that supposedly store no logs. If they are located in the right jurisdiction, they are better for illegal stuff (assuming they are telling the truth)
@VPNsecurity: you sign up on this site specifically to post advertising for HMA
your false opinions are invalid as you're only a shill for this crap company
Thank you for the public service announcement, so I don't have to make it. I'm really pretty surprised that this "deal" got some positive votes.
for anyone that wants to use a real VPN with no actual logs, here's a review of the top ones of 2015:
https://torrentfreak.com/anonymous-vpn-service-provider-revi…
stay away from HideMyAss
If a VPN provider claims they don't keep any logs, you'd wonder what else they're fibbing about.
Kudos to HideMtAss for actually saying they do kewep limited logs.
Rather then getting caught up on why they handed over some script kiddie's details to the authoriies,
why not just comment on the following
1) Op - This appears to be in $USD, please add this to title/post
2) $US120/2yr - so many better deals out there. search VPN on OzBargains
If you're going to use a VPN, you need to understand what you want it for.
- Privacy? well does routing all your traffic through someone's server, whom you've never met, where they can easily track you really a good idea? If so I have this Nigerian prince mate who he needs help shifting some money, how'd you like to make a quick buck?
- Geo-relocating? Well most will do this nicely, find one who is cheap & reliable.
- Torrenting? Speed & reliability are important. But I'd also check where the company is based & what country the servers you're using are located. I would suggest non western countries (e.g. Russian, China, etc), as they're less likely to compel companies to hand over copyright infringers.
- Netflix? Just get a cheap smart DNS service.
- Avoiding Australian data retention laws? Any non-australian based VPN service should be ok and turn off location services and limit social media apps.
- Really dodgy stuff? Don't count on any VPN service.
The Torrent Freak list is an interesting place to start, but remember it's just marketing spiel from the company. It may or may not be truthful (They just want your money). The only safe way is to build you own server (or join a group who is building their own private servers). Even then covering your tracks/identity is not easy.
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