Talk:Avast SecureLine VPN

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Requested move 26 February 2018

Latest comment: 8 years ago3 comments3 people in discussion

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: moved as requested per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 23:42, 4 March 2018 (UTC)Reply

Avast SecureLine → Avast SecureLine VPN – Change to official product name as stated on the website https://www.avast.com/secureline-vpn Kristian AV (talk) 09:31, 26 February 2018 (UTC)Reply

Support move as a more accurate name, which is clearer as to what it describes than the current page title is. ONR (talk) 21:43, 27 February 2018 (UTC)Reply

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Edits for Avast SecureLine VPN page

Latest comment: 7 years ago4 comments2 people in discussion

I work in marketing at Avast and I would like to make a few changes/updates to the SecureLine VPN page to make it more concise and do some copy edits. Does anyone mind if I make some tweaks? pinging @Der Golem: @Concus Cretus: @Anarchyte: Empey at Avast (talk) 21:53, 12 September 2018 (UTC)Reply

@Empey at Avast: Hi, we'd appreciate it if you could list the changes here and have someone else do them. See WP:COI and {{edit request}}. Anarchyte (work | talk) 06:12, 13 September 2018 (UTC)Reply

@Anarchyte: I put together a draft of the changes for review here. Comments are in red and changes are in bold or strikeout. Empey at Avast (talk) 20:40, 26 September 2018 (UTC)Reply

@Empey at Avast: I modified the lead accordingly, but kept the bulk of the background section. However, I did remove the price. Feel free to let me know if you have any other concerns. Cheers, Anarchyte (work | talk) 04:12, 27 September 2018 (UTC)Reply

Improper synthesis

Latest comment: 6 years ago2 comments1 person in discussion

The following claims constitute improper synthesis, because the cited source does not mention Avast SecureLine at all:

SecureLine VPN encrypts the user's internet traffic and redirects the traffic through a tunnel via Avast data centers. This changes the geolocation of the IP address of the user to that of the selected VPN server.^[1]

SecureLine VPN users' both outgoing and incoming internet traffic is encrypted and redirected through a tunnel via Avast data centers. This changes the geolocation of the IP address of the user to that of the selected VPN server.^[1]

References

1 2 Schofield, Jack (2016-11-24). "How can I protect myself from government snoopers?". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-09-27.

The {{Synthesis inline}} tags I added in December 2019 were removed in Special:Diff/946445955 without addressing the issue. These claims need to be cited to sources that specifically mention Avast SecureLine, or be removed from the article altogether. — Newslinger talk 11:52, 18 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Removed in Special:Diff/955803056. — Newslinger talk 22:09, 9 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

[AskJack-1] 1 2 Schofield, Jack (2016-11-24). "How can I protect myself from government snoopers?". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-09-27.

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Edits for Avast SecureLine VPN page

Improper synthesis