Hola VPN turns 10M users into exit nodes

Re:Hola VPN turns 10M users into exit nodes by NeutronBoy on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @08:15PM (#9615300)

Hola explicitly say this is why they're able to offer the service for free http://hola.org/faq#in_how_is_free

dchuk beat me to it!

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Hola VPN turns 10M users into exit nodes by Moru on Thursday May 28, 2015 @02:11AM (#9616316)

Yes, now it says so. Didn't do that earlier :-)

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Hola VPN turns 10M users into exit nodes by manghoti on Thursday May 28, 2015 @11:46AM (#9618921)

actually it did.

From the archive link provided by 8chan

Hola's goal is to make the internet faster and fully accessible to everyone. Install Hola on your PC, phone or tablet to make your internet faster, more open and more anonymous. Hola lets you have unlimited access to information that is otherwise not available in your geography while protecting your online privacy. It also lets you stream videos faster than ever before. Hola is a collaborative internet -- it works by sharing the idle resources of its users for the benefit of all.

The new version talks about luminati.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Hola VPN turns 10M users into exit nodes by joepie91_ on Friday May 29, 2015 @06:57AM (#9623820)

This doesn't at all explain the associated risks in a manner that the average user can understand it. It's presented as a feature, rather than the risk it really is.

[ Parent | on HN ]