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Stealth proxies release and 3 new locations

We're kicking off the new year by introducing censorship resistant proxy protocols Shadowsocks, VLESS, VMess and TrojanGFW. Recent studies and news show that internet censorship grows aggressively and more countries start using DPI (Deep Packet Inspection), which allows to detect and block major VPN protocols. That's why we added stealth

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Transparency report for 2021

It's that time of the year again. Just like last year we are publishing our new transparency report for 2021. We believe that transparency reports are an important part of our company. We will keep publishing them annually. Law enforcement and police requestsSearch warrants - 0Subpoenas - 0Court orders -

Privacy

What is the Great Firewall of China and why you should care

China is known to have one of the most repressive censoring regimes. They have been developing and deploying notoriously sophisticated censorship techniques since 2003. To achieve and maintain such results, the Chinese government has hired research institutes and technology providers around the world. Many foreign companies played a crucial part

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Xeovo pricing change

Today we are announcing our first price change since we launched Xeovo.

How-to

How to make sure that your BitTorrent client is not leaking your IP address while using a VPN

Many BitTorrent clients have built-in settings to bind network interface or IP addresses. This means you don't need to worry about your IP leaking in case you forget to turn on the VPN or get disconnected from the VPN server while downloading or seeding torrents. In this guide, we will

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Status page 2.0 and two new locations United Kingdom & Poland

Our team is happy to introduce our new status page. We are still tweaking some small things, but it's a stable version, which we will maintain and improve over time. Why a new status page?Our previous status page was running on an open source solution named "Cachet". The main

How-to

Why you should pepper your passwords and how to do it

Most likely you are already using a password manager (if not, please get one and don't reuse your passwords), but have you ever through what happens when your password manager gets breached and how you can mitigate such risk? Here comes peppering to help you. Whenever you don't trust your

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Transparency report for 2020

It's that time of the year again. Just like last year we are publishing our new transparency report for 2020. We believe that transparency reports are an important part of our company. We will keep publishing them annually. Law enforcement and police requestsSearch warrants - 0Subpoenas - 0Court orders -

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Updated referral program, subscriptions and more

Xeovo does very little advertising. Most of our new clients come from word of mouth — meaning, they come from you when you invite your friends and colleagues. We appreciate that and believe that such loyalty deserves a reward. That's why we took an extra step and improved our current customer

How-to

How to bulk delete all your likes and comments on Facebook

You might want to do this before you delete your account, or just to reduce the amount of data Facebook has got on you. We highly recommend all our users to minimize data sharing with such companies. Facebook puts profits over people's privacy. Breaches, leaks, storing passwords as plain text,

Privacy

How to blur your house on Google Maps and why it might be a bad idea

Recently we noticed many popular blogs covering this topic and recommending to readers to blur their house on "Google Street View". At first glance, it might seem like a no-brainer, and you should do it to improve your privacy. But this is not so straightforward and most likely will cause

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New locations Australia, Singapore and India

Today we are happy to announce that our network expands and we are adding three new locations: Australia, Sydney Singapore India, Mumbai All new locations support both OpenVPN and WireGuard protocols + IPv4 and IPv6. To access them download new configuration files for OpenVPN or WireGuard. Looking for another location?Request

News

Digital censorship and internet shutdowns are rising

In the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak late last year, some countries deliberately shut down the internet in an attempt to curb the spread of information about the pandemic.

Security

TOR in a nutshell

In the mid-nineties, the US Navy devised a concept called “onion routing”, as a way that the Navy could ensure secure communication when trying to transfer sensitive intelligence.

Updates

WireGuard update, custom ports and IPv6 support

This month we worked hard to improve WireGuard stability and extended our generator functionality. Today we want to share with you more information and show some tips.

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Transparency report for 2019

From now on, we are going to publish a short annual transparency report at the end of each year. We believe that trust is the key and we should always be fully transparent regarding government requests. Law enforcement and police requestsSearch warrants - 0Subpoenas - 0Court orders - 0Other legal

News

Who drains more battery? WireGuard vs OpenVPN

Why? Our customers ask us how much VPN will consume their smartphone battery. That's why we decided to make a proper test to show real usage across different devices. So, who is going to win this battle? How we did it?It took us a good amount of time to

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New dashboard, WireGuard and more

To improve the user experience we made a new dashboard. You can easily access the most important features in one place. You can now check, if you are connected to our servers, or not. We will keep tweaking dashboard and listen to your feedback. It's been over 2 months since

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Write for Xeovo and get paid

Are you passionate about privacy, security and VPN? Share your knowledge with our readers and get paid. If your article gets published you will receive a payment from Xeovo. You can withdraw money, or add them as a credit to your Xeovo account.

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What is WireGuard VPN protocol?

Ready to shake-up the industry, WireGuard is a new, dynamic VPN protocol - offering faster speeds and greater reliability than other VPN solutions.

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Important upcoming update to the current locations

There is an important update coming next week (07.07.2019), which will introduce new locations, P2P friendly servers and hopefully WireGuard protocol. This will affect current locations as well.

Updates

Dark mode, mobile version and brand new blog

Lately, we have been focusing on improving our website and adding requested features. Our new features and UI/UX improvements are listed down below:

Security

What are DNS leaks?

DNS, or Domain Name Service, is what allows you to use the internet without having to know the exact IP address of a website or message recipient.

Security

Why Do I Need a VPN?

VPN allows you to create a secure network connection virtually anywhere while maintaining your privacy and encrypting your data to ensure it is safe.

Privacy

What is a VPN?

The term VPN stands for a virtual private network. It is a method of connecting to the internet that gives you added privacy and security when compared to public networks and even secured Wi-Fi.