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Google has a VPN service now (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They've had one for years. If you use one of their phones or have their MVNO service you have had access to it. Might have even been turned on by default. Just a heads up.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Going to hijack this comment but just to let you know you can also download the application for Windows as well.

If you scroll to the bottom of the page where it advertises Google VPN you'll see this link.

https://dl.google.com/tag/s/appguid%3D%7BA1F022B1-145B-4EBF-9752-95B413C837A3%7D%26appname%3DVPNByGoogleOne%26needsadmin%3Dtrue%26lang%3Den-US%26ap%3Dprod/google-one/VpnByGoogleOneSetup.exe