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AES 256 Encryption – and Only YOU Control the Keys

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Faction uses AES-256 encryption to not only encrypt your network itself, but also all of the data and metadata of your users and activities.


Faction Goes Far Beyond WireGuard and VPNs to Ensure a Truly Private and Secure Network #

Any good VPN today is built on WireGuard, and so is Faction. But Faction goes far beyond both to build a truly secure network that delivers Privacy Controlled by You.

Keys Created and Stored on Endpoint Devices #

Keys are created and controlled by the Network Owner on endpoint devices, and never stored in or accessible to the Cloud.

True E2EE at All Times #

Even more importantly, Faction uses AES-256 encryption to not only encrypt your network traffic, but also the network connections all of the data and metadata of your users and activities.

Secure Key Exchange – AND Authentication #

Like any good VPN, Faction use the Diffie-Hellman key exchange to securely generate and exchange keys when a Network Owner invites devices and/or Members. But this is not sufficient! Critically, Faction does not trust Cloud Certificate Authorities or Identity & Access Management – which can be and are frequently compromised. Rather, the Network Owner authenticates devices and Members in a direct, out-of-band authentication process.


More Important: Invisible, Truly Private Networks #

While PFS is a important piece of the puzzle, it does not address the most important vulnerability at the heart of all VPNs: you are using THEIR network. Therefore, all of your activities are visible and known inside of that network. Then once you go out onto the Web, things get even worse!

With Faction, your create a network that only YOU have visibility and knowledge of – including both the starting point and extends to the exit nodes you create for Web browsing. That’s the only way to truly achieve Privacy Controlled by You.


And Faction Also Secures Data #

Not just VPNs, but all of the solutions to secure communications and networking today ignore securing the data itself other than when it is in transit. The data just lies around decrypted on cloud servers and endpoint devices, waiting for the next breach.

  • Data encryption platforms and methods used today are complex and have poor UX. So people don’t use encryption widely or systematically to protect their data.
  • So the hackers and the surveillance information complex win.

Faction eliminates the pain points of encryption for end users, developers and IT staff, so it can be USED widely and systematically to protect data end-to-end.


Faction Puts You in Control #

Faction can’t fix everything. But it can give you back a sphere of security and privacy for your networking, devices and data that is controlled always and only by you and the people that your authorize.

Private and Secure #

Faction Networks are encrypted and completely invisible and inaccessible on the Internet.

Easy #

Set up in minutes, use the Internet and applications as you always do.

Controlled by You #

Only YOU create and control the keys for your Faction Network, Groups, Devices and Members.


Try Faction for Free #

Don’t take our word for it. You can try and use Faction at no cost right now to start protecting the privacy and security of your networking, communications and data.

Updated on February 5, 2024
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