Google WiFi+VPN Confirmed 320
An anonymous reader writes "Google is actually (confirmed!) rolling out their wifi network, first in the San Francisco bay area (see the FAQ for details.) They are also including a Secure Access program for use in conjunction with this. So far, as per usual, it's in beta, and only for the San Fran bay area. Soon the entire US, perhaps??"
I get redirected to www.google.com (Score:2, Interesting)
First post... (Score:3, Interesting)
RIAA (Score:3, Interesting)
XP and 2K only... (Score:5, Interesting)
The Next Step (Score:5, Interesting)
That whistling is the sound of every phone company imploding at once.
Google is just like.. (Score:0, Interesting)
I volunteer my house (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Just makes sense (Score:1, Interesting)
Where are they? (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Just makes sense (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Google OS (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:MOD GRANDPARENT DOWN (Score:2, Interesting)
Is this some new karma whoring scheme in which the original whore ask for no karma, then berates himself for trying to not get karma and be helpful, and then presents himself with some fine arguments for why he should not be berated by himself for gaining karma for himself, even though he asked that he not get any karma...
BRILLIANT! I wonder if he modded himself +1 insightful as well... simply BRILLIANT!
Re:Where are they? (Score:5, Interesting)
It's a VPN. Nothing more.
Always "Beta?" (Score:3, Interesting)
PPTP VPN (Score:5, Interesting)
However, they seem to be generating the username and password on the fly. The username consists of a number. I had expected that you'd have to use your Gmail username and password but this is not the case. There is something fishy about it. Presumably the Google Secure Access client retrieves some credentials over an out-of-band connection (HTTPS? Will have to figure out with a network sniffer).
There are some curious things in the VPN connectiod that GSA creates. First, they use an IP address (66.28.250.27) instead of vpn.google.com. The IP address is not even owned by Google. The connectiod allows the outdated protocols CHAP and MS-CHAPv1 to be used. Ouch. It also binds the MS Client and File and Printer Sharing to the connection. You better have a firewall on your system before you connect. PublicVPN [publicvpn.net] seems to be a better option but it is not free.
Re:The link in the article is wrong. Fixed link he (Score:2, Interesting)
Also, why would it only be available in the SF bay area?
Where can I go to download Google Secure Access?
The program can currently be downloaded at certain Google WiFi locations in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Re:The link in the article is wrong. Fixed link he (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:PPTP VPN (Score:5, Interesting)
I can connect with my Gmail account but then the connection hangs at the "Port opened" message...
Re:This isn't an ISP it's a VPN client. (Score:5, Interesting)
Presumably, you mean anonymous to everyone except Google, who will be keeping much tighter logs on what you are up to than your normal ISP would anyway (in line with their terms of service)?
Location Awareness (Score:2, Interesting)
So, froogle can really narrow your searches to the local shops, just two blocks away. And obviously, sell them ad spaces...
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Re:Money? (Score:3, Interesting)
1. I have no problem with expressing my preferences to marketers.
2. Most people won't have problems doing that if it's done in a way that doesn't collect personal information, and
3. Unlike spyware, it doesn't use your computer's resources to do any of it.
Basically companies will make more things I want, advertising will be more likely to be for things I want, and thus annoy me less, and companies will subsidize a useful service with advertising money to accomplish all this.
Seems to me everyone wins here.
Re:PPTP VPN (Score:2, Interesting)
user/passwd.
It worked for a while. Now it seems to have stopped.
Re:Not the RIAA... (Score:2, Interesting)
Breaking down Google Secure Access (Score:2, Interesting)