Encrypt.meReviews of encrypt.me

Main reason for buying Encrypt.me was to watch Netflix content of other countries. Worked well initially, but now very hit-and-miss. Disappointing.

I’m frustrated by how my code Has often expired and I often find my vpn won’t connect.

Seems the more things change, The More They STAY THE SAME.!!! I think improving the customer Experience is a fallacy, as after using Cloak/Encrypt.me for a number of years the same problems continue to plague my customer Experience . Since maybe 2015, but 2016 for certain & ‘17, 18 & into 2019 E/me continued to randomly shut down on its own a various time, refuse to auto connect, as well as various other extremely frustrating & annoying behaviour that at any given times that leave me/my phone totally unprotected on local wifi networks shopping, walking around & at cafes & even at home! I have the latest TOL iPhone with current iOS security updates etc, my home internet is an excellent new high speed capacity excellent wifi connection! So these extremely disconcerting disconnects & failure to connect are bad enough on my home network, but continued out in public’s at any of the numerous free secured networks leaves me extremely vulnerable esp if I’m not aware or don’t notice the disconnect that leaves the phone exposed! This all by the way has happened thru 3 versions of TOL iPhones I’ve had, 6+, 8+ & now X Max XS. So all of that rules out my phones being the issue, my home Wifi network being the issue & likely even the usual 1/2 doz cafes I frequent over the past number of years that these issues have continued to not be addressed or permanently fixed! The only conclusion is that Cloak (when these problems 1st started) to the ? New & ?IMPROVED? Updated version of Encrypt.me Is the issue & you cant find the fix for it! So having said that I think 3 is being very generous likely considering the lack of a permanent fix for these issues a 2 1/2 would more reflect the actual ⭐️ Value! Since the numerous tech people that have contacted me over time spanning these issue, they’ve ALWAYS made it sound like it’s my fault & not C~E/Me & that’s really damn annoying to be quite honest! I’ve even found others with similar complaints as mine in reviews for C~E/Me, so it’s obviously not me it’s your inability to find the issue & FIX IT, so (2 1/2) 3 ⭐️ It Is! A Perplexed, Frustrated & Annoyed User That’s NOT THE PROBLEM! Regards.

Userfriendly app. Works pretty well. One disadvantage. It keep logs. Fine with me but for different uses by other people perhaps not the best alternative.

Blocked by Comcast

WireGuard is a much better protocol especially on bad wifi where Encrypt.me struggled. Cloudflare’s VPN uses it and is better more reliable and seems to take less battery..,

Not great on captive networks -- I can maybe connect 50% of the time without having to turn off my VPN, connect to the network, turn on the VPN again, hope it works on the first try, etc. I've also been forced to reinstall the certificate more than once as part of this dance. Overall, Encrypt.me is becoming more hassle than it's worth.

I’m in my fifth year of using this service, having first signed up in 2015. Over the years, there have been periods when it worked better and others when it worked less well, but it’s been working just fine during the last few years. My problem is that my environment is evolving beyond the vendor's capabilities: most importantly, the lack of a Linux client. Both my laptop and my NAS are running Linux variants, which means that I have to find a solution which will support those platforms, in addition to the Mac OS and iOS devices which I’ve mostly used when I’ve been traveling and forced to use public Wi-Fi networks. As my world evolves toward a private cloud model based on the NAS, I need secure, encrypted remote access to that server as much or more than I do when I use commercial cloud services. I can get that from OpenVPN, but not from encrypt.me; at least not now.