Offers protection from the collection of personal data by Internet companies
GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS – July 26, 2013 – Golden Frog, a global software and Internet application development company, announced today that it has added a new VyprVPN server cluster in Spain. VyprVPN is a personal VPN (Virtual Private Network) service that encrypts Internet connections to defeat monitoring of online communications, protect online privacy and preserve an open and free Internet by providing access to restricted websites. The Spanish VPN server cluster is now available to all of Golden Frog’s VyprVPN customers.
“European countries, including Spain, have been active in their efforts to protect citizens from the misuse of their personal data,” said Sunday Yokubaitis, President of Golden Frog. “However, these efforts come long after the data is collected and used. The most effective way to prevent the misuse of personal data is to encrypt online communications by using a service like VyprVPN.”
VyprVPN users now have unlimited access to the following server locations:
Asia – Hong Kong
Asia – Singapore New!
Asia – Malaysia New!
Canada – Toronto
Denmark – Copenhagen
France – Paris
Germany – Frankfurt
Ireland – Dublin New!
Italy – Rome New!
Luxembourg
Netherlands – Amsterdam
Romania – Bucharest
Russia – Moscow
Spain New!
Sweden – Stockholm
Switzerland – Zurich
U.K. – London
U.S. – Austin, TX
U.S. – Los Angeles, CA
U.S. – Washington, D.C.
¡Hola de España! We added a new VyprVPN server cluster in Spain!
The new server cluster is available for all VyprVPN protocols, including PPTP, L2TP/IPsec, and OpenVPN.
How to Access the New Spain Server Cluster:
VyprVPN Desktop – If you use VyprVPN Desktop, the new server cluster will automatically be available when you choose your server location.
VyprVPN Mobile – If you use VyprVPN Mobile, simply log out of the app and log back in to enable Spain as an option.
Manual Setup – If you manually set up VyprVPN on your operating system, you can update your VyprVPN hostname to: es1.vpn.goldenfrog.com
Remember, you can connect to any VyprVPN server without restrictions on data transfer or server switching. We offer unlimited switching between server locations and have over 200,000 IP addresses so server connections are always available.
You now have unlimited access to the following VPN server locations:
Asia – Hong Kong
Canada – Toronto
Denmark – Copenhagen
Ireland – Dublin New!
Italy – Rome New!
Europe – Luxembourg
France – Paris
Germany – Frankfurt
Malaysia – Kuala Lampur New!
Netherlands – Amsterdam
Romania – Bucharest New!
Russia – Moscow
Spain – Madrid New!
Singapore – Singapore New!
Sweden – Stockholm
Switzerland – Zurich
U.K. – London
U.S. – Austin
U.S. – Los Angeles
U.S. – Washington, D.C.
Don’t forget to visit our Ideas microsite to let us know what server location you want next!
GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS – July 24, 2013 – Golden Frog, a global software and Internet application development company, announced today that it has added a new VyprVPN server cluster in Italy. VyprVPN is a personal VPN (Virtual Private Network) service that encrypts Internet connections to defeat monitoring of online communications, protect online privacy and preserve an open and free Internet by providing access to restricted websites. The Italian VPN server cluster is now available to all of Golden Frog’s VyprVPN customers.
“European countries, including Italy, continue to be concerned about the privacy policies of companies such as Google and are threatening legal action if they are not rewritten,” said Sunday Yokubaitis, President of Golden Frog. “Governments can only go so far in protecting privacy and are typically in a reactive mode. We believe that Internet users should be proactive about protecting themselves by encrypting their communications using a Personal VPN service such as VyprVPN.”
VyprVPN users now have unlimited access to the following server locations:
Asia – Hong Kong
Asia – Singapore New!
Asia – Malaysia New!
Canada – Toronto
Denmark – Copenhagen
France – Paris
Germany – Frankfurt
Ireland – Dublin New!
Italy – Rome New!
Luxembourg
Netherlands – Amsterdam
Romania – Bucharest
Russia – Moscow
Sweden – Stockholm
Switzerland – Zurich
U.K. – London
U.S. – Austin, TX
U.S. – Los Angeles, CA
U.S. – Washington, D.C.
We are happy to announce a new VPN server cluster in Rome, Italy!
The Italy VPN server cluster is available for all protocols and VyprVPN members can connect to it immediately.
How to Access the New Italian Server Cluster:
VyprVPN Desktop – If you use VyprVPN Desktop, the new server cluster will automatically be available when you choose your server location.
VyprVPN Mobile – If you use VyprVPN Mobile, simply log out of the app and log back in to enable Italy as an option.
Manual Setup – If you manually set up VyprVPN on your operating system, you can update your VyprVPN hostname to: it1.vpn.goldenfrog.com
Remember, you can connect to any VyprVPN server without restrictions on data transfer or server switching. We offer unlimited switching between server locations and have over 200,000 IP addresses so server connections are always available.
You now have unlimited access to the following VPN server locations:
Asia – Hong Kong
Canada – Toronto
Denmark – Copenhagen
Ireland – Dublin New!
Italy – Rome New!
Europe – Luxembourg
France – Paris
Germany – Frankfurt
Malaysia – Kuala Lampur New!
Netherlands – Amsterdam
Romania – Bucharest New!
Russia – Moscow
Singapore – Singapore New!
Sweden – Stockholm
Switzerland – Zurich
U.K. – London
U.S. – Austin
U.S. – Los Angeles
U.S. – Washington, D.C.
Don’t forget to visit our Ideas microsite to let us know what server location you want next!
If you want protection for your Internet connection while at home or on the go, try VyprVPN risk free for 7 days. Or, if you are a Dump Truck user, simply add VyprVPN to your account today!
On June 14, 2013 Texas Governor Rick Perry signed into law, HB2268, a bill requiring Texas law enforcement officials to obtain a warrant before accessing email and other communications content. The legislation, which goes into effect in September, gives Texas the strongest email privacy law in the United States. The bill fixes a defect in Texas law that derived from the 1986 federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) that allows email older than 180 days to be obtained without a warrant. ECPA sets a privacy floor – states can provide additional protections and that’s what Texas just did.
Why all the fuss?
When it comes down to it, it’s a matter of trust, and when I say trust I mean economics. With the global cloud computing industry expected to reach explosive growth, economic prosperity is at stake. If individuals and companies cannot ensure the privacy of their data in the cloud; they simply won’t put it there. And that means the growth of cloud computing will be significantly curtailed, ultimately affecting jobs and the economy, not just in the United States but around the globe.
A template for the nation
The Texas legislation is significant; in fact it passed both the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate without a single nay vote! When it comes down to it, legislators in Texas determined that a vote for privacy is a vote for prosperity – and that’s just hard to argue with. The Texas bill should be used as a template for all states to make their own statements on behalf of prosperity.
Will the federal government catch up?
A new bill (S. 607) to amend the United States Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) is in the works, introduced by U.S. Senators Leahy (D-VT) and Lee (R-UT). Basically, S.607 would require all U.S. state and federal law enforcement (but not the CIA or NSA) to obtain a warrant, after showing “probable cause,” to obtain the “content” of any electronic communication.
Is the federal amendment to ECPA enough?
The U.S. Congress is considering a request by the SEC for an exception that would allow it and all other federal regulatory agencies including the IRS to access electronic communications with a rubber-stamp order. It wants to compel service providers (data centers, telecommunications companies, cloud services providers, etc.) to disclose their users’ content directly to federal regulatory agencies without a warrant. This causes a serious trust issue, and as previously stated that translates into an economic issue. Why? Because the service provider would surrender ALL files in the target account, including those that are irrelevant to the subject of the investigation, denying businesses their right to safeguard privileged information, and bypassing every consumer’s right to oppose or limit the government’s right of access.
What is ECPA anyway?
The United States Electronics Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) was enacted in 1986, when we lived in a very different electronic world than today; the “public” Internet did not even exist. The primary purpose for ECPA was to address the then-new communications technologies and services and govern how law enforcement could obtain information about “oral,” “wire” and “electronic” services, which at the time mostly consisted of bulletin boards and walled-garden portals. WebMail as we know it now did not exist and there were no cloud-based storage services. For more on ECPA read this.
What can we do TODAY to protect our privacy?
Legislation like ECPA can help protect our privacy but it is not enough. Golden Frog believes in encryption and developed products like VyprVPN to help preserve an open and secure Internet experience while respecting user privacy. VyprVPN is used in more than 215 countries around the globe by people that share our belief that encryption helps protect privacy. Golden Frog also believes in due process of law and complies with law enforcement requests that are backed by the appropriate warrants.
We listened to your feedback at Golden Frog Ideas and we are excited to offer PayPal as a new payment option for VyprVPN and Dump Truck! At Golden Frog, we want to make it as easy as possible for you to use our services. The addition of Paypal now offers our members greater payment flexibility.
Golden Frog now accepts the following payment options:
PayPal New!
Visa
American Express
MasterCard
Discover
This is a great time to refer friends to VyprVPN who prefer using PayPal. For each friend you refer, you earn a free month of service! Please log in to the control panel to learn more about the refer-a-friend program.
You can also refer friends to Dump Truck and earn up to 16GB of additional online storage. Learn More
If you have any suggestions for other payment options, please share your feedback at Golden Frog Ideas. We look forward to your feedback and hope you enjoy the option to use PayPal.
Malaysia may follow Singapore’s restrictive licensing rules for news sites
GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS – July 17, 2013 – Golden Frog, a global software and Internet application development company, announced today that it has added a new VyprVPN server cluster in Malaysia. VyprVPN is a personal VPN (Virtual Private Network) service that encrypts Internet connections to defeat monitoring of online communications, protects online privacy and preserves an open and free Internet by providing access to restricted websites. The server cluster in Malaysia is now available to all of Golden Frog’s VyprVPN customers.
“Malaysia is now looking to adopt some of the same censorship restrictions that Singapore recently introduced,” said Sunday Yokubaitis, President of Golden Frog. “As threats to Internet freedom continue to be an ongoing issue around the world, it is even more important to provide products like VyprVPN to help ensure a secure and private Internet experience.”
VyprVPN users now have unlimited access to the following server locations:
Asia – Hong Kong
Asia – Malaysia New!
Asia – Singapore New!
Canada – Toronto
Denmark – Copenhagen
France – Paris
Germany – Frankfurt
Ireland New!
Luxembourg
Netherlands – Amsterdam
Romania – Bucharest
Russia – Moscow
Sweden – Stockholm
Switzerland – Zurich
U.K. – London
U.S. – Austin, TX
U.S. – Los Angeles, CA
U.S. – Washington, D.C.
The Golden Frog engineering team has been very active this month, last week we launched VyprVPN server clusters in Singapore and Ireland. Today, we are excited to deploy a new VyprVPN server cluster in Malaysia! You can now choose from three VPN server clusters in the Asia-Pacific region: Malaysia, Singapore or Hong Kong.
The Malaysia VPN server cluster is available for all protocols and VyprVPN members can connect to it immediately.
How to Access the New Malaysian VyprVPN Server Cluster:
VyprVPN Desktop – If you use VyprVPN Desktop, the new server cluster will automatically be available when you choose your server location.
VyprVPN Mobile – If you use VyprVPN Mobile, simply log out of the app and log back in to enable Malaysia as an option.
Manual Setup – If you manually set up VyprVPN on your operating system, you can update your VyprVPN hostname to: my1.vpn.giganews.com
Remember, you can connect to any VyprVPN server without restrictions on data transfer or server switching. We offer unlimited switching between server locations and have over 200,000 IP addresses, so server connections are always available.
You now have unlimited access to the following VPN server locations:
Asia – Hong Kong
Canada – Toronto
Denmark – Copenhagen
Ireland – Dublin New!
Europe – Luxembourg
France – Paris
Germany – Frankfurt
Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur New!
Netherlands – Amsterdam
Romania – Bucharest New!
Russia – Moscow
Singapore – Singapore New!
Sweden – Stockholm
Switzerland – Zurich
U.K. – London
U.S. – Austin
U.S. – Los Angeles
U.S. – Washington, D.C.
We will continue to roll out new servers throughout 2013, so stay tuned and don’t forget to visit our Ideas microsite to let us know what server location you want next!
New location marks the 17th VyprVPN server cluster
GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS – July 12, 2013 – Golden Frog, a global software and Internet application development company, announced today that it has added a new VyprVPN server cluster in Ireland. VyprVPN is a personal VPN (Virtual Private Network) service that encrypts Internet connections to defeat monitoring of online communications, protects online privacy and preserves an open and free Internet by providing access to restricted websites. The Ireland VPN server cluster is now available to all of Golden Frog’s VyprVPN customers.
“VyprVPN is a trusted solution for encrypting Internet communications and delivering privacy for our users around the globe,” said Sunday Yokubaitis, President of Golden Frog. “By increasing the number of server locations we are expanding the freedom of choice in where our users can connect, helping them enjoy a more secure, private and open Internet experience.”
VyprVPN users now have unlimited access to the following server locations:
Asia – Hong Kong
Asia – Singapore New!
Canada – Toronto
Denmark – Copenhagen New!
France – Paris
Germany – Frankfurt
Ireland New!
Luxembourg New!
Netherlands – Amsterdam
Romania – Bucharest New!
Russia – Moscow New!
Sweden – Stockholm New!
Switzerland – Zurich New!
U.K. – London
U.S. – Austin, TX
U.S. – Los Angeles, CA
U.S. – Washington, D.C.
We added a new VyprVPN server cluster in Dublin, Ireland!
This is our eleventh server cluster in Europe, and we will continue to add additional clusters throughout 2013. Please keep sharing your product suggestions and feature requests at our Ideas microsite so we can deliver you the best VPN service possible.
VyprVPN members can connect to any VyprVPN server without restrictions or download caps. We have 200,000+ IP addresses so server connections are always available. The Ireland VPN server cluster is available for all VyprVPN protocols, including PPTP, L2TP/IPsec and OpenVPN.
If you use VyprVPN Desktop, the new server cluster is automatically available when choosing your server location. To choose the new server cluster with VyprVPN Mobile, simply log out of your app and log back in.
If you have manually set up VyprVPN on your operating system, you can update your VyprVPN hostname to: ie1.vpn.goldenfrog.com
You now have unlimited access to the following server locations:
Asia – Hong Kong
Canada – Toronto
Denmark – Copenhagen
Ireland – Dublin New!
Europe – Luxembourg New!
France – Paris
Germany – Frankfurt
Netherlands – Amsterdam
Romania – Bucharest New!
Russia – Moscow New!
Singapore – Singapore New!
Sweden – Stockholm
Switzerland – Zurich New!
U.K. – London
U.S. – Austin
U.S. – Los Angeles
U.S. – Washington, D.C.
We recently added a Singapore VPN Server, a Romanian VPN Server, a Luxembourg VPN server, a Russian VPN server, a Swiss VPN server, a Sweden VPN server and a Denmark VPN server.
