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Google to Launch a VPN for Consumers as a Perk to Its Cloud Storage Service – PCMag AU
The company’s VPN app will be a free perk for users who subscribe to the $9.99-a-month 2TB plan on Google One, the company’s cloud storage service.
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In a bit of irony, Google is launching a VPN service to protect users privacy.
The VPN will be a free perk to the $9.99-a-month 2TB plan on Google One, the companys cloud storage service. Soon, the Google One app for Android will display a new function that can activate a VPN over the user’s smartphone.
The company is offering the VPN as a safeguard to prevent hackers from snooping on users unencrypted web traffic if their phone is ever connected to a public Wi-Fi network. A VPN…
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