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Verizon offers its own VPN app, because nothing’s fishy about that
August 22, 2025
Today,Verizonlaunched a new VPN app calledVerizon Safe Wi-Fi, exclusively for Verizon customers. As you would expect, the service anonymizes your internet browsing on Android and iOS devices. It also is an ad-blocker.
Verizon Safe Wi-Fi is designed to work on public Wi-Fi networks and will set you back $4-per-month, which gets you service on up to ten devices.
It’s a little surprising that Verizon is offering a VPN service and ad blocker, although I guess it’s kind of par-for-the-course now. At this point, are there any companiesnotinvolved in the VPN industry? Heck,even PornHub has its own VPN now.
The real question is whether this service will have many adopters. Since Verizon owns multiple brands that make money off your internet browsing habits — likeOath, Yahoo, AOL, and your frickin’Verizon Wireless data plan— the company providing a way for you to hide those habits seems like an astounding conflict of interest.
I can only speak for myself here, but I would be worried that Verizon would anonymize my browsing through the VPN, but then remove the anonymization when visiting Verizon-owned properties. I would highly suggest poring through theVerizon Safe Wi-Fi terms of servicebefore handing over any of your cash for this product.
While $4-per-month is not a bad deal for a VPN/ad-blocker combo, there are literally hundreds of companies out there that canprovide you with VPN servicesat a comparable cost whilenotsimultaneously providing you with the internet service you’re going to use it on.
Now, where is my tin foil hat?
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