GoTrusted Secure Tunnel ensures anonymous browsing a high-speed secure tunnel that encrypts all your traffic (E-mail, Web, IM, VoIP, FTP, P2P) at any WiFi hotspot or wired network with SSL. It hides your real IP and bypasses firewalls & proxies to unblock any Internet application in areas where the Internet is filtered.
GoTrusted uses full VPN (virtual private networking) technology to ‘scramble’ all information leaving your computer, preventing monitors from logging or snooping on your privacy.
In order to be able to test GoTrusted, you have to first create an account. This is quite annoying, but more annoying is the fact that you have to Subscribe to the service through PayPal or give your Credit Card info before being able to download the product and start the 7-days trial. They promise not to charge you only after the trial period, but anyway I don’t find this very pleasant.
After you create your account and subscription you will be able to download the product. The installation is simple and straightforward.
Then you will be asked to enter your email and password you have used for account creation. And you are done. You are now able to hide your IP address using GoTrusted.
Operation of the application is simple and performed either from the status dialog or by right-clicking the desktop tray icon. Double-clicking the tray icon will bring up the status dialog if you have closed it.
In order to get started, press Go Secure button (1). Then you will be asked to close all active Internet applications (2) and after you will be connected to GoTrusted Tunnel (3,4).
You can check your new IP address by visiting xmyip.com. You’ll probably get a US IP address located in Hollywood, FL or Seattle, WA.
Pros and Cons of GoTrusted
Pros
- Easy installation
- Very simple to use
- Encrypts all your traffic (E-mail, Web, IM, VoIP, FTP, P2P)
- Hides your IP address for all browsers
- Fast internet connection
Cons
- You have to create an account
- You have to subscribe by PayPal or provide your Credit Card info
- The proxy or proxies are from the US only (you can not change the country or the proxy location)
- It may be quite expensive. It costs $5.99/month that means $71.88/year, which is significantly higher than other hide IP tools.
To sum up, GoTrusted is a very efficient high-speed secure tunnel that encrypts all your traffic. If you are willing to spend some money on your privacy and you are not troubled by the fact that you have to provide some personal info before being able to try the product, GoTrusted can be a good choice.
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I’ve had this service for quite a while. This basically boils down to you get what you pay for. The other ‘free’ services either have limits or cut you off when you get to a certain bandwidth limit.
This is the only service I’ve tried that you can actually stream video at any time of the day and support will get back to you within a few hours (not 4 days, like another ‘major’ anonymous service I tried).
@John Q Private – Thank you for your feedback.
You are right: most of the time paid services offer higher quality than free ones.