No, I haven't heard of or tried kible.io yet. Would you like to know more about it?
No, I haven't heard of or tried kible.io yet. Would you like to know more about it?
I saw a guy on tiktok (don't judge me ok) saying you can get faster internet using this app. It sounded like one of those "download more ram" memes at first but I went on their website and it seemed professional enough so I gave it a go and it does kind of work. It's in beta right now so, the windows version atleast, is funky and a little buggy. I went on speedtest . net to see if the speed is actually higher and it is (not sure how precise speedtest is though). The internet speed for me went from 250down and 10up to 800down and 700up. That's quite the difference. I don't know enough to know if this is something new so I thought I'd come here and ask what you guys think. If this was implemented well what could this mean for say cloud gaming? Could cloud gaming become more accessible through a tool like this?
I believe this app functions similarly to a VPN, linking you to its own client that connects to a fast server with broadband access, though it doesn't boost download speeds or provide any other performance enhancements.
It's a cloud-based browser. This means the speed test happens on a remote server, not on your device.
Appears to be a service similar to the free "VPN" that's been built into Opera forever. https://www.opera.com/features/free-vpn However, it does not "speed up" your internet connection so much as it does what @Eria noted above - their servers handle site loading, then deliver the content to your device. Like other services where you don't control the source code, this opens you up to man-in-the-middle attacks because you have no way to know if their servers are packet sniffing or otherwise analyzing traffic, regardless of what they claim they are / are not doing. Also... Okay cool, so what IS their business model? Remember, if you're not paying for a service, YOU ARE THE PRODUCT. Oh, my goodness - they're outright liars. Have a read over their Privacy Policy. https://kible.io/privacy/ Spoiler To send you marketing and promotional communications. We and/or our third-party marketing partners may use the personal information you send to us for our marketing purposes, if this is in accordance with your marketing preferences. For example, when expressing an interest in obtaining information about us or our Website, subscribing to marketing or otherwise contacting us, we will collect personal information from you. You can opt-out of our marketing emails at any time (see the “ WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS? ” below). Deliver targeted advertising to you. We may use your information to develop and display personalized content and advertising (and work with third parties who do so) tailored to your interests and/or location and to measure its effectiveness. 3. WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE? In Short: We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services, to protect your rights, or to fulfill business obligations. We may process or share your data that we hold based on the following legal basis: Consent: We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information for a specific purpose. Legitimate Interests: We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests. Performance of a Contract: Where we have entered into a contract with you, we may process your personal information to fulfill the terms of our contract. Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements). Vital Interests: We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved. More specifically, we may need to process your data or share your personal information in the following situations: Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company. Will your information be shared with anyone else? We may disclose your personal information with our service providers pursuant to a written contract between us and each service provider. Each service provider is a for-profit entity that processes the information on our behalf. We may use your personal information for our own business purposes, such as for undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration. This is not considered to be “selling” of your personal data. Kible, Inc has not disclosed or sold any personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding 12 months. Kible, Inc will not sell personal information in the future belonging to website visitors, users and other consumers. Essentially, while Kible claims they don't and won't sell your information, their Privacy Policy indicates you legally agree to their doing so if they ever see fit during a future business transaction.