IPredator
{{short description|Virtual private network service}}
{{Infobox website
| name = IPredator
| logo = IPREDator logo.gif
| size =
| launch_date = {{start date and age|2009|9|14}}{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
| type = Virtual private network
| url = {{URL|https://www.ipredator.se}}
| founder = Peter Sunde
| successor = Njalla
}}
IPredator was a VPN service offered with the stated goal of providing internet privacy.{{citation |url=http://techfragments.com/news/662/Software/Meet_iPredator_-_Secure_Anonymous_VPN_from_Pirate_Bay.html |title=Meet IPredator - Secure Anonymous VPN from Pirate Bay|publisher=Tech Fragments|first=Michael|last=Horton|accessdate=2009-03-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430052315/http://techfragments.com/news/662/Software/Meet_iPredator_-_Secure_Anonymous_VPN_from_Pirate_Bay.html |archivedate=2009-04-30}} It was co-founded by Peter Sunde,{{Cite web |title=Pirate Bay's IPREDator not a place to hide |url=https://www.itnews.com.au/news/pirate-bays-ipredator-not-a-place-to-hide-151988 |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=iTnews}} as a response to the introduction of IPRED in Sweden, which will allow copyright holders and law enforcement officials to request personal information about copyright infringement suspects.{{citation|url=https://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2009/03/the-pirate-bay-to-roll-out-secure-vpn-service.ars|title=The Pirate Bay to roll out secure €5 per month VPN service|first=Jacqui|last=Cheng|publisher=Ars Technica|date=2009-03-26|accessdate=2012-01-28}}
History
On 12 August 2009, beta testing invitations were sent out to those who entered their email addresses into the beta signup form. Additionally, the homepage has changed to reflect the beta. The service initially only used PPTP (supported natively in XP, Vista, Windows 7, OS X and Linux through the use of PPTP-linux) to tunnel the connection through servers (vpn.ipredator.se which resolves to multiple IP addresses) located in Sweden.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-21 |title=VPNs for iPhones: Free and Premium Options |url=https://1browser.com/best-vpns-for-iphone/ |access-date=2025-02-01 |language=en-US}} On September 14, 2009, IPredator "The Second Batch" became available for public.
On November 28, 2009, IPredator became publicly available and exited the beta stage. This was done in response to the FRA law coming into effect on December 1, a law which would allow the FRA to intercept internet communications crossing the Swedish border. In concert, The Pirate Bay changed its logo on December 1, 2009, to an image depicting FRA as Glass Joe, the first and weakest opponent from the video game Punch-Out!!. The image linked to IPredator's website with the message "FRA vs IPredator - It's on!"
OpenVPN support was added in August 2012.{{cite web|url=https://blog.ipredator.se/2012/08/good-news-everyone.html|author=snafu|title=Good NEWS everyone!|date=31 August 2012|work=IPredator Blog|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913202923/https://blog.ipredator.se/2012/08/good-news-everyone.html|archive-date=13 September 2014}}
Payment
In July 2013, PayPal stopped providing payment services to IPredator. In addition, all the organization's funds had been frozen for up to 180 days.{{Cite web|url=https://torrentfreak.com/paypal-cuts-off-pirate-bay-vpn-ipredator-freezes-assets-130724/|title = PayPal Cuts off "Pirate Bay" VPN iPredator, Freezes Assets * TorrentFreak}}{{cite web|title=PayPal shuts off VPN iPredator, freezes assets|url=http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2013/07/25/paypal_shuts_off_vpn_ipredator_freezes_assets|work=AfterDawn|accessdate=10 August 2013|author=Andre Yoskowitz|date=24 July 2013}} The account was reinstated the next month. Conversely Paysafecard, to which many customers had switched while PayPal was unavailable, canceled support for iPredator.{{cite web| title=PayPal working again, PaySafeCard support canceled|url=http://blog.ipredator.se/2013/08/paypal-working-again-paysafecard-supported-canceled.html|work=IPredator Blog|accessdate=10 October 2013|date=26 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140816230304/http://blog.ipredator.se/2013/08/paypal-working-again-paysafecard-supported-canceled.html|archive-date=16 August 2014}}
Merger
In October 2020, IPredator was merged into Njalla, a privacy-focused domain name and hosting service also founded by Sunde.{{cite web |url=https://njal.la/blog/ipredator/ |title=IPredator is moving to Njalla |date=30 October 2020 |work=Njalla Blog}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.ipredator.se/}}
{{The Pirate Bay}}