A Free VPN You Can Trust — Cloudflare Warp
While I feel that Cloudflare is a service provider that provides a lot of value and is more trustworthy than most of their competitors, my Internet speed was cut in half using their vpn. I will probably use it on occasion but not automatically each time my computer boots.
I love using WARP on my iphone, iPad, and MacBook. Works great. Once in a great while (once a month maybe) I’ll feel like I have to turn it off for an hour (option in app) and whatever wasn’t loading may free up. This is rare, but totally worth the value of a free, trustworthy VPN. I recommend this all the time. I dislike AT&T seeing all my info, and you bet, pre-WARP, it was clear my marketing info was being shared based on ads on all sorts of sites.
Luckily I’ve had the opposite experience. Hopefully it gets better for you!
But…its not really a vpn in the traditional sense…? What exactly is it ive google, ive read docs and im still confused
I think my Internet provider does some hokey, “proprietary” stuff behinds the scenes. I’m keeping the desktop software installed on my laptop when I need to work securely when I’m out and about. I feel pretty safe using tools from Cloudflare.
Network admin here for a large setup in town. Had to set firewall to block entire subnet range now due to “VPN abuse” on the network.
If anyone else would like to block cloudflare and their “warp” simply block:
104.16.0.0/12
162.158.0.0/15
I don’t consider it a full VPN. I’ve learned that, but it’s adding a security layer to my browsing. Sites using 1.1.1.1 will see my external IP. I’ve learned that.
Ok so normal vpn, lets say ExpressVPN, gets mistaken for security software by your average user, however it is more a privacy tool (although that is debatable) so are you saying and from my understanding is that what WARP does is it adds an extra layer of security via a new protocol called WARP which supposedly protects against DNS type exploits you know man in the middle, cache poisoning etc.
So i guess what im asking is would you consider it more a privacy tool or part of a security software stack…?
They’re able to run a mini wifi spy camera feed through the TLS window. Been spying on people as it seems. We’ve had to totally lock down the outgoing ports now