Yes, your VPN connection with Hotspot Shield is highly secure and private for both Basic and Premium users.
Our robust security is built around our proprietary VPN protocol, Hydra, which is based on the proven OpenVPN standard.
Key Security Features
- Secure Connection: We use standard, proven Transport Layer Security (TLS), aligned with NIST recommendations, to establish a secure link between your device and our servers.
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Strong Encryption: Hotspot Shield supports both 128-bit AES and 256-bit AES encryption, with 128-bit AES used as the standard.
- Fun fact: Decrypting 128-bit AES with today's computing power would take nearly 14 billion years—roughly the age of the universe!
- Perfect Forward Secrecy: Our system uses Ephemeral Key Exchange (ECDHE). This means a new, unique encryption key is generated for every user session and immediately erased when the session ends. This feature ensures that even if one key were compromised in the future, it couldn't be used to decrypt past sessions.
- Trusted Authentication: The connection handshake is a standard TLS 1.2 using RSA certificates with a 2048-bit key for server authentication.
Our security architecture is even inspired by the Software Defined Perimeter (SDP) model pioneered by the US Department of Defense, ensuring your privacy is steadfast.