Despite Australia’s move to mobilise its metadata retention bill earlier this month which obligates all telecoms and internet service providers to start keeping metadata logs of their users, Wangle Technologies has launched on April 20th what is called Australia’s first compliant VPN service provider. In simpler words, Wangle Technologies have designed and released “Wangle VPN” for mobile phones that complies with Australia’s data retention laws and it is being promoted as the “fastest, most secure and cheapest movile VPN”.
Though the idea of a VPN service that abide by the government’s internet surveillance regulations and data retention seems up right ridiculous and contradictory to the whole idea of using a VPN in the first place, but Sean Smith the CEO of Wangle confirms that Wangle VPN being compliant with Australia’s data retention rules has its advantages and benefits.
“The data is secured, encrypted and anonymised. The keys that link it to people are in a separate database that the Goverment has to go through the courts to get, so it’s not open slather,” Smith stated.
Smith went to add “What the ACMA compliance has done is made us build a very robust product with strict security protocols. Yes, if government agencies want access to metadata in the investigation of crime, we can supply it once it goes through the required legal processes. But for most users that won’t be an issue. What will be an issue for all users, however, is mobile/Wi-Ffi security, and a good mobile Web experience, and that’s where we’ll concentrate our efforts.”
So what makes Wangle VPN worth purchasing, let’s go through the main features and pricing plans of Wangle VPN.
Wangle VPN Features & Pricing
Pricing
Wangle VPN is available for $4.99 a month and offers 30-day money-back guarantee, so in case you are not satisfied with the service, you can happily get your money back. Fair enough. Customers can make purchase at Android and Apple stores.
Features
Wangle VPN provides several features, though security and privacy are the least of their concern, but they are more focused on speed.
Speed
Wangle VPN advertises itself as a network optimiser which accelerates your internet connection speed, minimises your mobile data usage and enhances your mobile network’s security.
” Wangle uses patent pending technologies to boost your network performance behind the scenes. We use proprietary software combined with powerful proprietary cloud network infrastructure to maximise data throughout. Central to the ‘magic’ is a powerful compression layer that reduces the amount of data that has to travel over the connection.”
Though Wangle VPN does not add to your bandwidth, but it makes you get the best out of it.
WiFi Connection
Wangle VPN definitely works while the device is connected to WiFi/Hotspot as it is designed specifically for Android and iOS devices and is optimised for 3G & 4G networks.
Auto-reconnect
When this feature is enabled it will maintain the privacy of your internet traffic in case the VPN connection drops. It is somehow like a kill switch.
Enable Web Proxies
This feature is only available for iOS platforms. When it is enabled, it will trigger proxy and cache services to speed up your online browsing especially when used over SSL connections.
Data Saving Prioritisation
You have probably guessed what this feature is about. You guessed right, this feature minimises your data usage.
Conclusion
Wangle VPN may be a good tool for boosting internet and providing a safer environment when connected to public WiFi/Hotspot networks, but it definitely does not help in bypassing geo-restrictions nor provide internet anonymity due to its compliance with Australia’s data retention regulations. However, it could be a better tool for travellers or businessmen who want a basic VPN tool to protect them from hackers while being connected to public networks.
