<s>
IPVanish	B-Application
VPN	B-Application
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
IPVanish	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
VPN	B-Application
service	I-Application
based	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
with	O
applications	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Fire	B-Application
TV	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Manual	O
configuration	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
ChromeOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Phone	I-Protocol
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
DD-WRT	B-Protocol
routers	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPVanish	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2012	O
by	O
Mudhook	O
Media	O
Inc	O
,	O
an	O
independent	O
subordinate	O
of	O
Highwinds	O
Network	O
Group	O
in	O
Orlando	O
,	O
Florida	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
VPN	B-Application
service	I-Application
started	O
with	O
32	O
servers	O
and	O
a	O
client	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
later	O
years	O
,	O
software	O
support	O
was	O
expanded	O
to	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Fire	B-Application
TV	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IPVanish	B-Application
owns	O
and	O
controls	O
a	O
private	O
fiber-optic	B-Application
network	I-Application
of	O
tier-1	O
servers	O
and	O
owns	O
roughly	O
90%	O
of	O
its	O
points	O
of	O
presence	O
(	O
POPs	O
)	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
company	O
controls	O
the	O
data	O
center	O
and	O
hardware	O
,	O
or	O
"	O
the	O
rack	O
and	O
stack.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
Highwinds	O
Network	O
Group	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
CDN	O
company	O
StackPath	B-General_Concept
which	O
included	O
IPVanish	B-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
acquisition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
IPVanish	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
J2	O
Global	O
with	O
their	O
business	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
a	O
June	O
2018	O
article	O
by	O
TorrentFreak	O
,	O
court	O
documents	O
have	O
shown	O
that	O
IPVanish	B-Application
handed	O
over	O
personal	O
information	O
about	O
a	O
customer	O
to	O
the	O
Department	O
of	O
Homeland	O
Security	O
(	O
HSI	O
)	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
customer	O
was	O
suspected	O
of	O
sharing	O
child	O
pornography	O
on	O
an	O
IRC	B-Protocol
network	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
information	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
HSI	O
to	O
identify	O
the	O
customer	O
,	O
consisted	O
of	O
the	O
customer	O
's	O
name	O
,	O
his	O
email	O
address	O
,	O
details	O
of	O
his	O
VPN	B-Application
subscription	O
,	O
his	O
real	O
IP	B-Protocol
address	I-Protocol
(	O
Comcast	O
)	O
"	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
dates	O
and	O
times	O
 [ he ] 	O
connected	O
to	O
,	O
and	O
disconnected	O
from	O
,	O
the	O
IRC	B-Protocol
network.	O
”	O
The	O
logging	O
of	O
the	O
customer	O
's	O
IP	B-Protocol
address	I-Protocol
and	O
connection	O
timestamps	O
to	O
the	O
IRC	B-Protocol
service	O
contradicts	O
IPVanish	B-Application
's	O
privacy	O
policy	O
,	O
which	O
states	O
that	O
"[IPVanish]	O
will	O
never	O
log	O
any	O
traffic	O
or	O
usage	O
of	O
our	O
VPN.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
IPVanish	B-Application
and	O
its	O
parent	O
company	O
were	O
acquired	O
by	O
StackPath	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
its	O
founder	O
and	O
CEO	B-Application
,	O
Lance	O
Crosby	O
,	O
claims	O
that	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
acquisition	O
,	O
 [ ... ] 	O
no	O
logs	O
existed	O
,	O
no	O
logging	O
systems	O
existed	O
and	O
no	O
previous/current/future	O
intent	O
to	O
save	O
logs	O
existed.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
attracted	O
attention	O
on	O
Reddit	B-Application
,	O
when	O
the	O
court	O
documents	O
were	O
posted	O
on	O
the	O
/r/piracy	O
subreddit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPVanish	B-Application
funnels	O
the	O
internet	O
traffic	O
of	O
it	O
users	O
through	O
remote	O
servers	O
run	O
by	O
the	O
service	O
,	O
hiding	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
IP	B-Protocol
address	I-Protocol
and	O
encrypting	O
data	O
transmitted	O
through	O
the	O
connection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
other	O
VPN	B-Application
services	I-Application
,	O
IPVanish	B-Application
also	O
has	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
bypass	O
internet	B-Application
censorship	I-Application
in	O
most	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
selecting	O
a	O
VPN	B-Application
server	I-Application
in	O
a	O
region	O
outside	O
of	O
their	O
physical	O
position	O
,	O
an	O
IPVanish	B-Application
user	O
can	O
easily	O
access	O
online	O
content	O
which	O
was	O
not	O
available	O
in	O
their	O
location	O
otherwise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPVanish	B-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
play	O
games	O
that	O
are	O
regionally-restricted	O
due	O
to	O
licensing	O
agreements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
their	O
2017	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
service	O
,	O
IGN	O
named	O
IPVanish	B-Application
as	O
“	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
gaming	O
VPNs.	O
”	O
During	O
a	O
speed	O
test	O
of	O
the	O
VPN	B-Application
with	O
League	O
of	O
Legends	O
,	O
the	O
reviewer	O
noted	O
a	O
ping	O
drop	O
of	O
just	O
one	O
millisecond	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPVanish	B-Application
VPN	B-Application
offers	O
several	O
features	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
IPVanish	B-Application
uses	O
the	O
OpenVPN	B-Language
and	O
IKEv2/IPsec	O
technologies	O
in	O
its	O
applications	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
L2TP	B-Application
and	O
PPTP	B-Protocol
connection	O
protocols	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
configured	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPVanish	B-Application
supports	O
the	O
AES	B-Algorithm
(	O
128-bit	O
or	O
256-bit	O
)	O
specifications	O
,	O
with	O
SHA-256	O
for	O
authentication	O
and	O
an	O
RSA-2048	O
handshake	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPVanish	B-Application
owns	O
and	O
operates	O
more	O
than	O
1500	O
remote	O
servers	O
in	O
over	O
75+	O
locations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
largest	O
concentration	O
of	O
VPN	B-Application
servers	I-Application
is	O
located	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
and	O
Australia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPVanish	B-Application
is	O
headquarters	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
which	O
does	O
not	O
have	O
mandatory	O
data	O
retention	O
laws	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
IPVanish	B-Application
was	O
awarded	O
the	O
Silver	O
Award	O
for	O
Startup	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
from	O
the	O
Info	O
Security	O
PG	O
's	O
Global	O
Excellence	O
Awards	O
and	O
Lifehacker	O
AU	O
rated	O
the	O
service	O
as	O
its	O
#1	O
VPN	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Magazine	O
rated	O
IPVanish	B-Application
“	O
excellent	O
”	O
in	O
an	O
April	O
2017	O
review	O
,	O
praising	O
its	O
nonrestrictive	O
BitTorrent	O
practices	O
while	O
noting	O
it	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
more	O
expensive	O
VPNs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
2018	O
review	O
highlighting	O
IPVanish	B-Application
‘	O
zero	O
logs’	O
policies	O
and	O
nonprofit	O
support	O
,	O
CNET	O
ranked	O
IPVanish	B-Application
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
VPN	B-Application
services	I-Application
of	O
the	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reviewer	O
also	O
noted	O
that	O
its	O
integrated	O
plugin	O
for	O
Kodi	O
,	O
the	O
open-source	O
media	O
streaming	O
app	O
,	O
is	O
unique	O
to	O
the	O
VPN	B-Application
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
annually-updated	O
TorrentFreak	O
article	O
reviewing	O
the	O
logging	O
policies	O
of	O
VPN	B-Application
services	I-Application
lists	O
IPVanish	B-Application
as	O
an	O
anonymous	O
provider	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
deposition	O
,	O
the	O
husband	O
plead	O
the	O
Fifth	O
Amendment	O
58	O
times	O
when	O
questioned	O
about	O
bank	O
records	O
indicating	O
subscriptions	O
to	O
mSpy	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
IPVanish	B-Application
.	O
</s>
