AirVPN is a European software publisher founded in 2012 by a small group of self-described activists, hacktivists and lawyers who set out to build a network service that puts privacy, transparency and resistance to censorship ahead of profit. The company’s sole desktop application, Eddie, is an open-source VPN client that wraps the standard OpenVPN protocol in a concise, tabbed interface and augments it with real-time leak protection, IPv6 and DNS routing controls, a network lock “kill-switch,” and automatic server selection based on latency and load. Designed for journalists, researchers, remote workers and ordinary citizens who face geo-blocks or surveillance, Eddie allows users to tunnel traffic through any of AirVPN’s own high-bandwidth servers in more than twenty countries while keeping no activity or metadata logs. Advanced options—customizable encryption ciphers, port forwarding, proxy chaining and stunnel obfuscation—appeal to power users who need to evade deep-packet inspection or firewall restrictions, yet the wizard-driven setup still lets casual subscribers connect with two clicks. Because the codebase is published on GitHub and subject to public audit, security professionals can verify the absence of backdoors and contribute improvements that are merged into nightly builds. AirVPN’s software is available for free on get.nero.com, where downloads are delivered through trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always install the latest release, and can be queued for batch installation alongside other applications.
A VPN based on OpenVPN and operated by activists and hacktivists in defence of net neutrality, privacy and against censorship.
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