Rephrase and rearrange the whole content into a news article. I want you to respond only in language English. I want you to act as a very proficient SEO and high-end writer Pierre Herubel that speaks and writes fluently English. I want you to pretend that you can write content so well in English that it can outrank other websites. Make sure there is zero plagiarism.: Surfshark review – quick menuSurfshark is one of the best VPN services, comes crammed with features, runs on almost anything, and has some of the best download speeds around.The network has 3,200+ servers distributed across an impressive 140+ locations in 100 countries. With 55 locatuon in Europe alone, Surfshark also covers the areas other VPNs often forget. Atlas VPN, Mullvad and PrivadoVPN scrape together only two locations each in South America, for instance; Surfshark has 10.Apps are available for Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, and Linux (full GUI) devices, plus Chrome, Firefox, and even Edge extensions, and you can even check out a website unblocking Smart DNS system for games consoles, smart TVs, and more.Whatever you’re using, there’s no need to worry about annoying ‘simultaneous connection’ limits—you can install and run Surfshark on as many devices as you like.The service is excellent on the technical essentials, including strong AES-256-GCM encryption, WireGuard, OpenVPN, and IKEv2 support, an audited no-logs policy, and a kill switch that’ll protect you if the VPN connection drops.▶ Try one of the best cheap VPNs around with a 30-day money-back guaranteeThere’s real depth here. Android apps can see through most VPNs by requesting your physical location, but not Surfshark—a GPS Spoofing feature enables it to return the coordinates of your chosen VPN server.Oh, there’s also ad and malicious URL blocking, P2P support on most servers, MultiHop VPN, split tunneling, the company’s own zero-knowledge DNS servers, and 24/7 support via email and live chat if anything goes wrong.Surfshark – what’s new?Updates since our last review include a shiny new interface for Surfshark’s mobile and desktop apps, with plenty of new features and usability improvements (more on those later.)There are various new and easier ways to log in. You can log in on mobile devices by scanning a QR code on a device which is logged in already, for instance, or you can now log into Surfshark with your Apple or Google account.Alternative ID is a new feature which creates a fake identity with your preferred name, address and email address. Use this when an intrusive web service demands all your details, and when it sends emails to the fake address, Surfshark routes it to your real email. That really is good enough to be a paid feature, but, right now at least, it’s bundled with the VPN for free. At the time of writing, you only get six countries to choose from: United States, Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Germany and Portugal. We assume that’s because Alternative ID generates a full address from your choice of country, and Surfshark doesn’t have location databases for other countries, but perhaps that will change in future. Surfshark’s Alternative ID is a free service which allows you to create a new identity in a click, including a new email address which forwards messages to your preferred account. (Image credit: Surfshark)Surfshark’s Android app has passed Google’s Mobile Application Security Assessment. This isn’t a full VPN audit—it can’t tell you anything about logging, for instance—but it does confirm Surfshark follows best practice when storing data, making network connections and carrying out other app basics.As usual, there are all kinds of small but welcome app improvements. A new iOS widget allows you to connect, pause or disconnect without using the full app, for instance, and when Mac users connect to a country, they’re automatically connected to the fastest city.Surfshark pricingAs you’ll see courtesy of our dedicated Surfshark price and deals guide, the service’s monthly plan is its most expensive option at $ 10.99 now (dropped from $12.95, though.)Paying for a year upfront cuts the cost to a cheaper-than-most $3.99 a month, but that’s just for the first term. It rises to $4.98 on renewal.Surfshark’s 24-month plan offers the best value at $2.29 a month, but only for a single term. It renews as the $4.98 a month annual plan. That initial price beats most of the competition—with a few exceptions. Private Internet Access’ three-year plan is priced at only $2.03 a month, for instance, and it renews as a three-year plan, with no big price hike.Surfshark One also gives you an Avira-powered antivirus, but it’s a basic affair (Image credit: Surfshark)Surfshark’s 7-day free trial for Android, iOS, and Mac gives you some time to sample the service for yourself. I’d like something for Windows users, too, but it seems unfair to complain when many providers have no trials at all.Whichever plan you go for, Surfshark offers plenty of ways to hand over your cash, with support for credit cards, PayPal, cryptocurrencies, Amazon Pay and Google Pay.But if, after all this, you sign up and find the company isn’t for you, no problem—you’re protected by a 30-day money-back guarantee.Surfshark keeps no logs on its users and the service protects your connection with AES-256 encryption and a kill switch (Image credit: Surfshark)Privacy and securitySurfshark’s privacy features start with the VPN basics: secure protocols (WireGuard, OpenVPN UDP and TCP), AES-256-GCM encryption, and a kill switch to block internet access and prevent identity leaks if the VPN connection ever fails.There’s little low-level detail on the site about Surfshark’s use of encryption, but our system’s OpenVPN connections delivered excellent protection with AES-256-GCM on the data channel, while the control channel has an RSA-2048 handshake with a strong ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 cipher for Perfect Forward Secrecy.Surfshark’s excellent privacy policy explains its no-logging status clearly with in-depth details on the data it does (and doesn’t) collect. If you’d rather not trawl through the details, concise summaries are available, too.The key points you need to know are that Surfshark’s servers only collect a tiny amount of data during a session: your user ID and connection time. These are deleted within 15 minutes of you disconnecting and, otherwise, the service doesn’t log your visited IP addresses, browsing history, session information, network traffic, or anything else that could link you to an internet action.To get a feel for how a provider treats privacy, I used the Blacklight privacy inspector to check the trackers and third-party cookies used on its website. Blacklight reported 9 trackers and 10 third-party cookies, mostly from Google, Twitter, Facebook, and Microsoft. That’s well above average, and Hide.me, Mullvad, and Proton VPN used no trackers at all in their last tests.Logging policyPrivacy policies are important, but I don’t think customers should have to take a VPN provider’s words on trust. That’s why I’m happy to see that Surfshark has put its service through no less than three independent security audits.The first two saw cybersecurity experts Cure53 (one of the most in-depth auditors around) inspect Surfshark’s servers, backend infrastructure, VPN configuration, and browser extensions for security issues.The process uncovered some security vulnerabilities, but that’s no surprise with an auditor as thorough as Cure53, and Surfshark fixed these before they were made public. Overall, the audits delivered a positive verdict on Surfshark, talking about its ‘strong security posture’ and how the company had a clear understanding of the challenges presented by VPN security.Surfshark underwent a second Cure53 audit on its server infrastructure in 2021 (Image credit: Surfshark)In the most recent audit, Surfshark asked Deloitte to verify its no-logs policy. The auditors looked at Surfshark’s servers, their configuration and deployment, and its related infrastructure, and even interviewed employees to properly understand its internal processes.Surfshark passed the audit, with Deloitte concluding that its server setup and management “is properly prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with Surfshark’s description of its no-logs policy.”It’s great to see a provider put itself through this level of scrutiny. Surfshark clearly understands the transparency value of audits, and that gives me hope there will be more on the way. Windows appsSurfshark’s revamped Windows app is good looking and absolutely stuffed with features. The location picker takes most of the dashboard, for instance, and manages to cram in recommended locations (the fastest servers for you), a Recently Used list, your Favorites, filter options for various location types (standard servers, MultiHop servers, dedicated and static IPs), and a Search box to quickly find the country or city you need.Clicking your location of choice (or just ‘Quick Connect’…
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