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We ran HideMyAss through a series of Hotspot Shield Descargar Gratis Ios leak tests and found that HMA does not leak your IP address, DNS requests, or WebRTC address on Cyberghost Vpn Kostenloser Proxy any platform apart from iOS and MacOS, which leaked our IP address when reconnecting. 

Advanced features include split tunneling and the 1 last update 2021/02/28 IP refresh tool, which gives you a 3 Nordvpn new IP address in Cyberghost Vpn Kostenloser Proxy the 1 last update 2021/02/28 same location if your current address is suddenly blocked.

This is handy if you’re blocked from accessing a 3 Nordvpn website and don’t want to endure the 1 last update 2021/02/28 process of Hotspot Shield Descargar Gratis Ios trying other servers until you find one that works. 

Instead, just click the 1 last update 2021/02/28 ‘IP refresh’ button located on Cyberghost Vpn Kostenloser Proxy the 1 last update 2021/02/28 HMA app home screen and you’ll be given a 3 Nordvpn new IP address in Cyberghost Vpn Kostenloser Proxy seconds.

HideMyAss Version 5 finally adds a system-wide kill switch for the 1 last update 2021/02/28 Windows, Android, and Mac clients too — which will prevent your data from leaking if your internet connection suddenly drops.

Previously, users were forced to configure individual apps to work with HideMyAss’ kill switch, making using it 1 last update 2021/02/28 a 3 Nordvpn real chore. HMA’s new kill switch is more familiar and intuitive, providing just a 3 Nordvpn single check box which blankets your entire system with the 1 last update 2021/02/28 security that a 3 Nordvpn kill switch provides.

However, the 1 last update 2021/02/28 fact that HideMyAss is only now getting around to adding a 3 Nordvpn system-wide kill 3 Nordvpn switch is really disappointing. Almost all 3 Nordvpn providers have a 3 Nordvpn kill switch — it 1 last update 2021/02/28 is considered an essential for 1 last update 2021/02/28 any serious 3 Nordvpn user.

HMA’s kill switch is also not available on Cyberghost Vpn Kostenloser Proxy iOS devices and it does not work with MacOS Catalina, which is the 1 last update 2021/02/28 latest release of Hotspot Shield Descargar Gratis Ios Apple’s desktop operating system.

Again, this is poor from HideMyAss. Even the 1 last update 2021/02/28 best VPNs can experience drops and disconnections, and depending on Cyberghost Vpn Kostenloser Proxy your platform, HMA may be putting your true IP address at risk.

Security

HMA claim that their OpenVPN connection uses algorithms “3DES, AES 256, RC5, and 256 bit encryption” — the 1 last update 2021/02/28 most secure options on Cyberghost Vpn Kostenloser Proxy the 1 last update 2021/02/28 market. We wanted to put this to the 1 last update 2021/02/28 test.

After some research, we found that HMA’s encryption is very strong. HideMyAss implements its encryption as follows:

• Connection is established via a 3 Nordvpn secure RSA-2048 handshake.
• Perfect Forward Secrecy is provided via an Elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH) key exchange. 
• Integrity of Hotspot Shield Descargar Gratis Ios the 1 last update 2021/02/28 data is authenticated using an SHA-384 hash.
• Data transmitted during the 1 last update 2021/02/28 session is encrypted using the 1 last update 2021/02/28 unbreakable AES-256 cipher.

We found that HideMyAss securely encrypts your traffic and keeps your data safe.

Our data when running HideMyAss was rendered as random strings of Hotspot Shield Descargar Gratis Ios text and not plain English, which means your passwords, name, email address, and everything else will not be left visible to any potential hackers on unsafe public WiFi networks.

While this can sound complicated, it’s incredibly important. If your 3 Nordvpn provider is failing to encrypt your online traffic, its usefulness as a 3 Nordvpn privacy and security tool 3 Nordvpn totally diminishes.

There is a 3 Nordvpn caveat for 1 last update 2021/02/28 users of Hotspot Shield Descargar Gratis Ios Apple’s platforms, though, which we detail at the end of Hotspot Shield Descargar Gratis Ios this section.

If you want to learn more about encryption protocols and best practices, check out our guide to VPN encryption.

Leak Test Results

IP address leaks allow advertisers, governments, and websites to see your true location and match your identity back to your activity.

Like most popular 3 Nordvpn providers, HideMyAss includes built-in protection against IPv4 and IPv6 leaks. To check these features are working, we conducted a 3 Nordvpn series of Hotspot Shield Descargar Gratis Ios leak tests on Cyberghost Vpn Kostenloser Proxy all of Hotspot Shield Descargar Gratis Ios HMA’s available platforms.

HMA passed the 1 last update 2021/02/28 IP leak test on Cyberghost Vpn Kostenloser Proxy all platforms except iOS. As you can see from the 1 last update 2021/02/28 screenshot below, our real IP address in Cyberghost Vpn Kostenloser Proxy the 1 last update 2021/02/28 UK was hidden when using HMA for 1 last update 2021/02/28 Windows, and we appeared to be in Cyberghost Vpn Kostenloser Proxy Prague, Czech Republic.

In short, this means that the 1 last update 2021/02/28 Windows and Android HideMyAss apps can be trusted to hide your true IP address and keep you private as you browse the 1 last update 2021/02/28 web.

However, as the 1 last update 2021/02/28 screenshot below shows, the 1 last update 2021/02/28 lack of Hotspot Shield Descargar Gratis Ios kill switch on Cyberghost Vpn Kostenloser Proxy iOS meant that our real IP address was leaked after our connection dropped.

HideMyAss owns and operates its own no-log DNS servers, which resolve all DNS requests as you browse the 1 last update 2021/02/28 web. This is a 3 Nordvpn must-have feature for 1 last update 2021/02/28 privacy, so we’re glad to see HMA cover it.

We tested HMA for 1 last update 2021/02/28 DNS leaks using various platforms and found that HMA doesn’t leak your DNS information and can be trusted to keep you private.

As the 1 last update 2021/02/28 screenshot above shows, the 1 last update 2021/02/28 DNS leak test only detected our virtual IP address in Cyberghost Vpn Kostenloser Proxy Prague, Czech Republic and not our real IP address in Cyberghost Vpn Kostenloser Proxy London, UK.

We also ran the 1 last update 2021/02/28 HMA installer package through a 3 Nordvpn virus scanner application to make sure that the 1 last update 2021/02/28 software isn’t up to anything suspicious behind the 1 last update 2021/02/28 scenes. 

The scan came back clean with no malicious files found. We detected no tracking scripts or other suspicious background activities in Cyberghost Vpn Kostenloser Proxy the 1 last update 2021/02/28 HMA 3 Nordvpn file.

HMA’s security is poor on Cyberghost Vpn Kostenloser Proxy Mac and iOS

Though HMA’s security on Cyberghost Vpn Kostenloser Proxy most platforms is relatively strong, HideMyAss has a 3 Nordvpn concerning history of security flaws and missing features when it 1 last update 2021/02/28 comes to Apple’s iOS and MacOS platforms.

In 2021, several security vulnerabilities were found in Cyberghost Vpn Kostenloser Proxy the 1 last update 2021/02/28 HideMyAss Mac app. These vulnerabilities allowed for 1 last update 2021/02/28 malware to be installed on Cyberghost Vpn Kostenloser Proxy the 1 last update 2021/02/28 root of Hotspot Shield Descargar Gratis Ios the 1 last update 2021/02/28 device if a 3 Nordvpn hacker had physical access.

On top of Hotspot Shield Descargar Gratis Ios this, HMA’s 3 Nordvpn kill switch does not work on Cyberghost Vpn Kostenloser Proxy Mac devices running MacOS Catalina. This has been a known bug since 8 December 2021 but has disappointingly still not been fixed.