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Re: What is this "Freedom" app (to block distractions) - Is it just vpn/proxy?

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On 2015-08-06, RayP <rpalix99@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I was asked the following question from a non-technical friend:
>> Do you know about this?
>> https://freedom.to/hello
>
> Do you know what this "Freedom" app actually does?

[snip]

> How does Freedom use a VPN?
>
> Freedom uses a VPN to implement its blocks for mobile devices (both iOS 
> and android). When you start a Freedom session, the distracting content 
> from sites like Facebook or Reddit gets redirected to a VPN instead of 
> going to your phone or computer. All other traffic goes directly through 
> your regular internet connection.
>
> The VPN is only called during a Freedom session. For this reason, there 
> should be no speed impacts (other than the initial VPN handshake) when 
> using Freedom.
> -----
>
> There is a description about them here:
> https://80pct.com/index-about.html
> And here:
> http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?
> privcapId=303106179
>
> But, even after reading all that, I'm still not sure what it is.
> Do you know what it is?

It looks like when you use this all of your web communications go
through their vpn server. 

I'd have serious privacy concerns. I wouldn't want some strange company
(especially one with apps that get bad ratings on official app stores)
to know what I'm doing on the web.  No thanks.

-- 
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JR

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What is this "Freedom" app (to block distractions) - Is it just vpn/proxy? RayP <rpalix99@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-06 13:31 +0000
  Re: What is this "Freedom" app (to block distractions) - Is it just vpn/proxy? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-06 15:08 +0000
  Re: What is this "Freedom" app (to block distractions) - Is it just   vpn/proxy? Jack Ryan <noreply@remailer.cpunk.us> - 2015-08-06 15:23 -0400
    Re: What is this "Freedom" app (to block distractions) - Is it just vpn/proxy? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-06 20:09 -0400
      Re: What is this "Freedom" app (to block distractions) - Is it just   vpn/proxy? Anonymous <nobody@remailer.paranoici.org> - 2015-08-07 09:11 +0000
        Re: What is this "Freedom" app (to block distractions) - Is it just vpn/proxy? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-07 11:46 -0400
  Re: What is this "Freedom" app (to block distractions) - Is it just vpn/proxy? chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-08-07 09:23 +0100
    Re: What is this "Freedom" app (to block distractions) - Is it just vpn/proxy? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-07 11:46 -0400
    Re: What is this "Freedom" app (to block distractions) - Is it just  vpn/proxy? Mitch Kaufmann <mitch284@outlook.com> - 2015-08-07 11:53 -0400
      Re: What is this "Freedom" app (to block distractions) - Is it just  vpn/proxy? chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-08-07 17:51 +0100

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