The information, which allowed HSI to identify the customer, consisted of the customer's name, his email address, details of his VPN subscription, his real IP address ( Comcast) "as well as dates and times connected to, and disconnected from, the IRC network.” The logging of the customer's IP address and connection timestamps to the IRC service contradicts IPVanish's privacy policy, which states that " will never log any traffic or usage of our VPN." The customer was suspected of sharing child pornography on an IRC network.
In July 2020, IPVanish removed its servers from Hong Kong Controversy Īccording to a June 2018 article by TorrentFreak, court documents have shown that IPVanish handed over personal information about a customer to the Department of Homeland Security (HSI) in 2016. In 2019, IPVanish was acquired by J2 Global with their NetProtect business. In 2017, Highwinds Network Group was acquired by CDN company StackPath which included IPVanish as part of the acquisition. In 2016, The company suspended operations in Russia due to conflicts with the company's zero-log policy and local law. The IPVanish owns and controls a private fiber-optic network of tier-1 servers and owns roughly 90% of its points of presence ( POPs), where the company controls the data center and hardware, or "the rack and stack." Its infrastructure is leased from third-party operators in regions "where it doesn’t make sense to have our own gear," such as Albania.
In later years, software support was expanded to macOS, iOS, Android, and Fire TV. The VPN service started with 32 servers and a client for Windows operating systems. IPVanish was founded in 2012 by Mudhook Media Inc, an independent subordinate of Highwinds Network Group in Orlando, Florida. Manual configuration is available for ChromeOS, Windows Phone, Linux, and DD-WRT routers. IPVanish VPN (also known as IPVanish) is a VPN service based in the United States, with applications for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, and Fire TV. Virtual private network, Internet censorship circumvention
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