Hotspot Shield VPN enables you to protect your IP address so you can enjoy private browsing and prevent hackers and spammers from monitoring your online activities. Private & secure browsing Hotspot Shield VPN offers an enhanced level of security online and secure your data, online shopping, and personal information online with encryption. Hotspot Shield 3.4.0 for Mac is free to download from our software library. The application is also known as 'Uninstall Hotspot shield', 'Hotspot Shield 2'. The application lies within Security Tools, more precisely Personal Security. Our built-in antivirus checked this Mac download and rated it as 100% safe.
Download HotSpot Shield for Mac her. It's a free program that not only secures your connection while using WIFI but also gives you access to websites, which normally are not accessible from outside of the US.
To secure your WIFI connection Hotspot Shield for Mac creates a Virtual Private Network (VPN) between your computer and the developers’ website Anchorfree, which is US based. Hotspot Shield for Mac protects your identity through all kind of web-transactions that is made through https. Furthermore it protects it by making your identity invisible for any 3rd party websites and ISP's. So unless you decide to log on a special website Hotspot Shield for Mac will make your whole web-session anonymous. All passwords, credit card numbers etc. are now secured - for free.
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Licens: Freeware Manufacturer AnchorFree Date added: 07-09-2011 End User License Agreement (EULA)
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AnchorFree
Founded
2005
Founder
David Gorodyansky
Headquarters
,
USA
Products
Virtual private network
Website
www.anchorfree.com
AnchorFree is an internet privacy and security company that provides businesses and consumers with advanced technologies to enable secure and private web browsing.[1][2] The company's flagship product is Hotspot Shield, a popular virtual private network (VPN) service and the top-grossing app for productivity in the Apple App Store.[1][3] The company is led by David Gorodyansky, who founded the firm in 2005 together with his friend Eugene Malobrodsky.[4][5][6] AnchorFree is headquartered in Redwood City, California, with offices in the Ukraine and Russia.[2] Its most recent fundraising round in 2018 brought in $295 million, bringing total funding to $358 million. [7]
Platforms and users[edit]
The company works with a “freemium” model and provides free software with general features and a paid version with certain enhanced features,[8] such as virtual server locations, improved speeds, unlimited bandwidth, and 24/7 live support.[9] The Software is backed by AnchorFree's Hydra technology.[10]
AnchorFree's apps are available for desktops and mobile devices using Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Android and iOSoperating systems.[9][11] The software has been downloaded 650 million times[12] and is used in more than 200 countries.[4] Additionally, AnchorFree’s proprietary technology is utilized by 60% of the world’s reputable security companies and a number of global telecommunication companies.[13][10]
Hotspot Shield is a significant app in countries where the Internet is censored. The app allows users to gain access to restricted websites privately and securely.[14][15] The firm reported an increase in its Egyptian user base from 100,000 users to one million during the Arab Spring in 2010.[14][16] During this time, the program was used to access social media websites like Twitter to organize protests.[14][16] It was also used in Tunisia and Libya before the Arab Spring.[15]
In 2012, after reaching 60 million downloads, the company announced it had raised $52 million in financing from Goldman Sachs.[17]
Since then, AnchorFree’s user base has surpassed 650 million downloads.[12] The increase was driven in part by users’ desires to protect themselves online after major privacy and security events like the Equifax data breach, KRACK vulnerability, and the FCC’s scrapping of Net Neutrality regulations.[1]
In 2018, the company announced that it had secured a further $295 million in funding from WndrCo, an investment company founded by Ann Daly, Sujay Jaswa, and Jeffrey Katzenberg.[18][19]
Reviews and awards[edit]
In January 2019, TechRadar gave AnchorFree’s Hotspot Shield 4 out of 5 stars [20][21]calling it a “premium VPN for users who value speed.” Reviewer Mike Williams summarized by saying “if raw speed is your top priority, its turbo-charged performance could justify signing up all on its own'.[21]
In 2019, Fast Company named AnchorFree the 13th most innovative company in the world and the #1 most innovative security company.[22]
AV-Test, a reputed security auditor, called AnchorFree’s technology the fastest, most secure on the market. [4][23]
The Appy Awards named Hotspot Shield the best Online Security/Privacy Application in 2013.[24]
Forbes magazine, for which the company's CEO has written articles,[25] named AnchorFree America’s sixth most promising company in 2013.[26][27]
Business Insider named AnchorFree as one of the 15 most important security startups of 2013.[28]
Critical Reception[edit]
In August 2017, the Center for Democracy and Technology issued an open complaint to the Federal Trade Commission which they state 'concerns undisclosed and unclear data sharing and traffic redirection occurring in Hotspot Shield Free VPN that should be considered unfair and deceptive trade practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act.'[29] CDT 'partnered with researchers at Carnegie Mellon University to analyze the app and the service and found 'undisclosed data sharing practices' with advertising networks.'[30]
References[edit]
^ abcSandler, Rachel. 'This software startup had its best year ever and the CEO says the end of net neutrality is a big reason why'. Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
^ ab'AnchorFree, maker of Hotspot Shield, raises $295 million in new funding'. TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
^Griffith, Erin (2018-09-05). 'AnchorFree, Maker of a Top Online Privacy App, Raises $295 Million'. The New York Times. ISSN0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
^ abc'AnchorFree'. CrunchBase. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
^Konrad, Alex. 'AnchorFree: A road warrior's friend, a censor's foe'. CNN Money. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
^Empson, Rip. 'With its Hotspot Shield hitting 60M Downloads, AnchorFree Lands a Whopping $52M from Goldman Sachs'. TechCrunch. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
^Griffith, Erin (2018-09-05). 'AnchorFree, Maker of a Top Online Privacy App, Raises $295 Million'. The New York Times. ISSN0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
^'With Its Hotspot Shield Hitting 60M Downloads, AnchorFree Lands A Whopping $52M From Goldman Sachs'. TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
^ abVelazco, Chris. 'AnchorFree brings their Hotspot Shield mobile security app to Android'. TechCrunch. Retrieved 8 April 2013.