Revue du VPN Hoxx

Hoxx is a Florida-based VPN service that promises to offers an incredibly fast, highly secure and easy to use solution. While the service claims to provide all the necessary features to protect your information and get around restrictions, Hoxx is actually closer to a proxy than to a VPN. The service focuses on browser extensions, which means that it mainly works as a way to protect your browsing and bypass restrictions so that you can access websites that are not available in your location. However, it won’t protect your entire traffic. Established in 2014, Hoxx VPN is a service supported by VPN1 LLC, and it focuses on simplicity. There is a free version available and it doesn’t have a limit of time, which makes it an appealing option for people who just want a convenient way to overcome online restrictions. We’ll find out more about Hoxx in this review.

Vie privée et sécurité

Security and privacy are two key aspects that any internet user should take into consideration. Let’s start talking about the level of encryption that Hoxx VPN uses to protect your data. The provider states that it applies military grade security, but it doesn’t provide detailed information on the subject. All that is mentioned is that 4096-bit RSA cipher is used, but this generally refers to the Handshake and Hoxx VPN’s website doesn’t include details about the protocols or algorithms supported. In addition, there are concerns regarding DNS leaks, particularly when it comes with the Chrome extension. Even if you wanted to add security by using the Tor browser, you won’t be able to do it because Hoxx’s client doesn’t support Tor. The lack of information about the encryption used and the fact that leaks have been detected during testing, are enough to say that Hoxx VPN is not recommended for users who want a high standard of protection.

Hoxx VPN affirme qu'il ajoute un cryptage de bout en bout et qu'il protège les utilisateurs contre les traqueurs et les virus. Cependant, il existe de nombreux autres VPN fiables qui offrent la même chose et qui ont passé des tests de sécurité qui confirment leurs affirmations. Une autre chose à prendre en considération est que Hoxx VPN mentionne qu'il enregistre des journaux. Le fournisseur déclare qu'il conserve les journaux pendant une durée limitée afin d'empêcher toute utilisation abusive de son réseau. Ceci, ajouté au fait que Hoxx VPN est basé aux Etats-Unis, éveillera les soupçons de ceux qui veulent bénéficier du plus haut niveau de protection de la confidentialité de leurs données. Les États-Unis abritent la NSA, une organisation connue pour ses activités de surveillance massive. De plus, le pays fait partie de l'alliance d'espionnage Five Eyes. Les journaux conservés par le fournisseur comprennent vos activités en ligne et le temps que vous passez à utiliser le service. C'est une raison supplémentaire de les éviter si vous souhaitez une confidentialité totale. Oubliez le torrenting ou le streaming avec Hoxx VPN, ce n'est clairement pas un fournisseur pour ceux qui veulent profiter d'Internet sans mettre en danger la confidentialité ou la sécurité de leur trafic.

Caractéristiques

Hoxx a un logiciel qui fonctionne pour Windows, Mac et Android. Il existe également des extensions pour Chrome et Firefox, mais il s'agit plus de proxies que de VPN. Le logiciel et les extensions de navigateur peuvent être téléchargés à partir du site web. Avant de pouvoir les activer, vous devez créer un compte. Il vous suffit de fournir une adresse électronique et de créer un mot de passe. Si les extensions pour navigateur web sont très faciles à installer, la configuration du logiciel de bureau peut s'avérer un peu plus compliquée. Pour installer le VPN, vous devez d'abord installer l'extension du navigateur.

Furthermore, the VPN client is not exactly reliable. You may face issues while trying to connect to a server and even after you connect to one, you may get an error message letting you know that there are DNS leaks. A good thing that can be said is that getting used to the way in which the browser or the VPN works is easy, but the lack of features and the issues to find a server that works, make the experience frustrating. With that being said, the browser extensions do work well, at least when it comes to unblock websites and add some anonymity to your browsing. If you only need to unblock some websites and don’t expect the highest standard of security, Hoxx’s extensions can be a practical solution.

In spite of the downsides that we have already mentioned, it should be said that Hoxx does offer fast performance. You will be able to browse content, watch videos and even play games without dealing with slow speeds. Paid users will be able to enjoy as many simultaneous connections as needed. While not all servers work as we previously mentioned, it is still worth noting that Hoxx offers a wide variety of locations. You can connect to servers in over 50 locations around the world. Not all servers offer stable or fast performance, but when you find one that does, you shouldn’t have major issues accessing the websites that you want. One thing to note is that Hoxx is not an effective solution to bypass Netflix’s geo-blocks. And as previously mentioned, it doesn’t support torrenting. Even if it claimed that it does, we wouldn’t advise you to use Hoxx for this purpose due to the security and privacy issues that we previously mentioned.

Plans

Hoxx VPN has an appealing free plan that supports unlimited bandwidth and as many connections as you want. You can connect to multiple servers, but the level of encryption is lower than what the premium plan offers and, the speed of the service is not as good. The paid plan gives you access to all the servers in the network and it provides a higher level of encryption, although as we mentioned before, Hoxx VPN doesn’t provide many details about it. If you subscribe for two years, the monthly price is as low as $1.99. While this sounds as a great deal, there are other providers with better service that also offer low prices. There is a 14-day money back guarantee, but no anonymous payment options are supported, although Hoxx VPN claims that they won’t have access to your financial information as they use a payment partner that processes the transactions.

Service client

Les clients payants ont accès à plus d'options pour contacter Hoxx VPN en cas de besoin d'assistance ou de questions. Il y a un support 24/7 par email et il y a aussi un chat en direct qui est disponible à certaines heures. Les réponses par email peuvent prendre un certain temps, dans certains cas un jour ou deux.

Conclusion

At first sigh, Hoxx VPN is a practical solution that will allow you to unblock content and add security to your connection. Unfortunately, the service falls short in many important areas. The privacy policy is disappointing and it is not advisable to trust the provider with sensitive information, given that it doesn’t offer detailed information about the encryption supported. Plus, DNS leaks have been detected. The customer support is not very efficient and while the price of the paid plan seems good, in reality, you are better off paying for a service that is reliable and that offers all the features needed to secure your traffic.