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IVPN acquires Safing, operator of Portmaster and the SPN network

By Nicholas Pestell | By Viktor Vecsei | Posted on December 3, 2024

The key points IVPN has acquired Safing ICS Technologies GmbH*, the company behind the consumer firewall application Portmaster and the SPN network Over the coming months, the IVPN team will take over the operation of the Portmaster and SPN services IVPN is committed to continuing the improvement of the VPN service, Portmaster, and the SPN network with a focus on better integration across our services The why and how We believe a trustworthy VPN service is just one part of the essential toolkit for resisting online surveillance.

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IVPN web infrastructure security audit concluded

By Nick Pestell | Posted on April 11, 2024

We’re pleased to announce that a sixth annual independent security audit has concluded. The assessment focused on Web UI, backend components, API endpoints, underlying web servers, and web infrastructure. We’d like to share two key excerpts from the report:

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IVPN preparing for 6th annual security audit

By Nick Pestell | Posted on February 15, 2024

Consistent with our pledge to conduct a yearly review of our systems, we have commissioned the independent security auditing organisation Cure53 to perform a security audit in March 2024. As we remarked last year, audits we arrange focus on parts of our systems that received significant updates.

Industry Insights

Your VPN provider won't go to jail for you for 5 dollars

By Viktor Vecsei | Posted on August 18, 2023

The phrase in the title is a common trope that comes up when VPN services are discussed. While this statement is technically correct, it can be misleading, as it implies that all providers handle law enforcement requests and prepare for worst case scenarios similarly, so their conduct cannot be a differentiating factor when you evaluate them.

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Change of company name to IVPN Limited

By IVPN Staff | Posted on August 10, 2023

We have officially changed the name of the company operating IVPN from Privatus Limited to IVPN Limited. Ownership structure, jurisdiction, address and administrative registration details are unchanged. The reason for this move is to bring our product and brand name into alignment, reducing confusion and providing clarity to customers, partners and other parties about the operator of the service.

Under the Hood

Why we refuse modern marketing, even when it hurts our growth

By Viktor Vecsei | Posted on July 21, 2021

Modern marketing is surveillance. It enables anyone with funds to follow us around and pester us with ads for stuff we don’t need. The surveillance economy forces companies to participate, since their competitors would outpace them otherwise.

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Who owns your VPN? You should find out

By Viktor Vecsei | Posted on March 3, 2021

Trust is, or should be, the number one factor in picking a VPN service. This is a point we have mentioned in previous posts in this series, but it’s worth expanding on and taking a closer look at the why.

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IVPN apps on all platforms to undergo security audit

By Nick Pestell | Posted on December 11, 2020

Earlier this year IVPN published results of a comprehensive 3rd party infrastructure audit that included VPN, web, authentication, API servers and supporting infrastructure. Following the open-sourcing of our apps in February this year, we decided to commission a comprehensive audit of IVPN apps for all platforms (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android).

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