Hola VPN is the obvious one. It's effectively a proxy that has zero traffic encryption, logs heavy amounts of information on your usage and sells your internet connection to paid users of the VPN.
Hola VPN is the obvious one. It's effectively a proxy that has zero traffic encryption, logs heavy amounts of information on your usage and sells your internet connection to paid users of the VPN.
I found a well-reviewed good one right off the bat and never looked back, but in general I'd say any free ones. If it's free, they're making their money somehow and it ain't from a subscription...
I found a well-reviewed good one right off the bat and never looked back, but in general I'd say any free ones. If it's free, they're making their money somehow and it ain't from a subscription fee. Are they selling your browsing history via your DNS requests? Are they sniffing around your unencrypted traffic? Does something else super sketchy get installed with their client? You have no way of knowing (Unless you're tech-savvy enough to, in which case you should know better already) . Furthermore, if it's free, you have to wonder where they're cutting corners. It's probably in infrastructure and you'll likely get noticeably slower speeds through them. And maybe their client and connection aren't super reliable and you may end up having your actual IP address slip out while browsing, torrenting, etc.
Good VPNs are so cheap (a couple $ /month) that there's no excuse for using a free one, shy of extreme financial distress, being too young to have a CC/paypal, etc.
This is good to keep in mind for literally everything. People have gotten so used to free they aren't looking at the true cost of things like Google, Facebook, etc.
If it's free, they're making they're money somehow
This is good to keep in mind for literally everything. People have gotten so used to free they aren't looking at the true cost of things like Google, Facebook, etc.
Any of the free ones on iOS and Android. Especially if they're made in China or Russia. They make their money by watching what websites you visit and selling that data on to ad companies.
Any of the free ones on iOS and Android. Especially if they're made in China or Russia. They make their money by watching what websites you visit and selling that data on to ad companies.
Pretty much all free vpns are spying on you. Running a VPN is expensive and it makes no sense to give it away for free and have no way to profit from it. Paid VPNs have no reason to spy other than...
Pretty much all free vpns are spying on you. Running a VPN is expensive and it makes no sense to give it away for free and have no way to profit from it. Paid VPNs have no reason to spy other than being forced to by the government since any leak about their spying would permanently destroy the company.
VPN companies are built on trust. Most of the big ones have been around for a long time and charge a fair price so they have no reason to risk the long earned trust for a small % extra profit.
VPN companies are built on trust. Most of the big ones have been around for a long time and charge a fair price so they have no reason to risk the long earned trust for a small % extra profit.
I'd say any of them that you don't operate yourself. Or, are not ran by an organization you trust. RiseUp is hands down the most trustable of any of them, and it's free for activists. Really...
I'd say any of them that you don't operate yourself. Or, are not ran by an organization you trust.
RiseUp is hands down the most trustable of any of them, and it's free for activists.
Really though, even the free ones are good for a purpose. None of them I've seen other than RiseUp are good for any semblance of privacy, though, really. You're just trading one ISP for another to spy on you.
Hola VPN is the obvious one. It's effectively a proxy that has zero traffic encryption, logs heavy amounts of information on your usage and sells your internet connection to paid users of the VPN.
I wouldn't touch any vpn service that doesn't let me use my own client.
I found a well-reviewed good one right off the bat and never looked back, but in general I'd say any free ones. If it's free, they're making their money somehow and it ain't from a subscription fee. Are they selling your browsing history via your DNS requests? Are they sniffing around your unencrypted traffic? Does something else super sketchy get installed with their client? You have no way of knowing (Unless you're tech-savvy enough to, in which case you should know better already) . Furthermore, if it's free, you have to wonder where they're cutting corners. It's probably in infrastructure and you'll likely get noticeably slower speeds through them. And maybe their client and connection aren't super reliable and you may end up having your actual IP address slip out while browsing, torrenting, etc.
Good VPNs are so cheap (a couple $ /month) that there's no excuse for using a free one, shy of extreme financial distress, being too young to have a CC/paypal, etc.
This is good to keep in mind for literally everything. People have gotten so used to free they aren't looking at the true cost of things like Google, Facebook, etc.
Any of the free ones on iOS and Android. Especially if they're made in China or Russia. They make their money by watching what websites you visit and selling that data on to ad companies.
Pretty much all free vpns are spying on you. Running a VPN is expensive and it makes no sense to give it away for free and have no way to profit from it. Paid VPNs have no reason to spy other than being forced to by the government since any leak about their spying would permanently destroy the company.
Getting caught spying would be the end of the company so spying has a high risk of no money.
VPN companies are built on trust. Most of the big ones have been around for a long time and charge a fair price so they have no reason to risk the long earned trust for a small % extra profit.
What I've noticed is that they always get shutdown and comeback under a new name.
I'd say any of them that you don't operate yourself. Or, are not ran by an organization you trust.
RiseUp is hands down the most trustable of any of them, and it's free for activists.
Really though, even the free ones are good for a purpose. None of them I've seen other than RiseUp are good for any semblance of privacy, though, really. You're just trading one ISP for another to spy on you.
Anybody has anything to say about UnblockUs? I still have a subscription but isn't using it after I moved.