Are Free VPNs Good or Evil? Use or Avoid! - Techlore
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Date: 2022-04-15
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If your VPN service falls under the jurisdiction of one of the -five eyes- or -fourteen eyes-, then those VPN services must comply with court orders from their corresponding locations.
(the -eyes- are the countries that have jurisdiction to issue court orders, and cooperate with one-another, reciprocally)
So if a VPN service claims no logs, then they might really intend to keep no logs. But then they get a court order, compelling them to keep logs. Their hands are tied, so they start to keep logs.
But the VPN service would have to change their privacy policy if they start keeping logs -- right? No.
The court can also issue a gag order. The court orders the VPN service to not let their customers know that logs are being kept.
If you want the best shot at no logs, then you should choose a VPN service that:
1) Claims no logs (you cannot verify, but if they do not claim this, then they are keeping logs.
2) Has a good reputation.
3) Does not fall under any jurisdiction related to your location.
If you are doing this with the intention of breaking the law, then you will probably still get caught, and deservedly so. You should not be using a VPN service for illegal activities.
But if you need privacy or security, or to be a whistle blower, etc, then you want to use a service that offers a high level of anonymity.
And there is always the free, open-source Tor browser, which, when combined with the Tails distribution of the Linux operating system, will give you very good privacy and security. Albeit, you cannot choose your exit node (similar to the proxy that ultimately handles your request. So if you must choose a specific county, then Tails is not the best option.
Cheers!
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If your VPN service falls under the jurisdiction of one of the -five eyes- or -fourteen eyes-, then those VPN services must comply with court orders from their corresponding locations.
(the -eyes- are the countries that have jurisdiction to issue court orders, and cooperate with one-another, reciprocally)
So if a VPN service claims no logs, then they might really intend to keep no logs. But then they get a court order, compelling them to keep logs. Their hands are tied, so they start to keep logs.
But the VPN service would have to change their privacy policy if they start keeping logs -- right? No.
The court can also issue a gag order. The court orders the VPN service to not let their customers know that logs are being kept.
If you want the best shot at no logs, then you should choose a VPN service that:
1) Claims no logs (you cannot verify, but if they do not claim this, then they are keeping logs.
2) Has a good reputation.
3) Does not fall under any jurisdiction related to your location.
If you are doing this with the intention of breaking the law, then you will probably still get caught, and deservedly so. You should not be using a VPN service for illegal activities.
But if you need privacy or security, or to be a whistle blower, etc, then you want to use a service that offers a high level of anonymity.
And there is always the free, open-source Tor browser, which, when combined with the Tails distribution of the Linux operating system, will give you very good privacy and security. Albeit, you cannot choose your exit node (similar to the proxy that ultimately handles your request. So if you must choose a specific county, then Tails is not the best option.
Cheers!
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Marcin
Another great video. Used to use PIA vpn but now I am running pivpn on raspberry pi for security reasons when away, no payments and full control. I only see reason to use vpn for geo locked content or if You are in controlling state like China. Disabled couple of things in firefox for less fingerprinting and if I need more secure browsing just using tor browser or logging to tails. Greetings from UK.
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Another great video. Used to use PIA vpn but now I am running pivpn on raspberry pi for security reasons when away, no payments and full control. I only see reason to use vpn for geo locked content or if You are in controlling state like China. Disabled couple of things in firefox for less fingerprinting and if I need more secure browsing just using tor browser or logging to tails. Greetings from UK.
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Jim's
proton vpn, candyvpn is free and not bad at all for FREE that is, i use wind-scribe personally but those are always options also there is Leethan Vpn, which is free, and you get paid for sharing ur net as a vpn pretty neat but it does work
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proton vpn, candyvpn is free and not bad at all for FREE that is, i use wind-scribe personally but those are always options also there is Leethan Vpn, which is free, and you get paid for sharing ur net as a vpn pretty neat but it does work
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Maciej
What's that phrase you're using at the end of your videos? Have a? limericious) day? I'm not a native English speaker and I'm wondering if I'm just mishearing it or is it some weird word I don't know.
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What's that phrase you're using at the end of your videos? Have a? limericious) day? I'm not a native English speaker and I'm wondering if I'm just mishearing it or is it some weird word I don't know.
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Praf
I like this video. Gives a good warning for VPN customers who may think -free = good- or even how sometimes a paywall might not be as safe as people think. Great video!
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I like this video. Gives a good warning for VPN customers who may think -free = good- or even how sometimes a paywall might not be as safe as people think. Great video!
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Tetravoxium
Astrill has a free Android version and cloudflare warp is also free and decent and both are from more reputable companies but the latter probably sells your data
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Astrill has a free Android version and cloudflare warp is also free and decent and both are from more reputable companies but the latter probably sells your data
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DuffinThe
VPNs need to pay for physical server space whether owning a space themselves or renting it from a company and those obviously would create some distrust
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VPNs need to pay for physical server space whether owning a space themselves or renting it from a company and those obviously would create some distrust
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tubalcain
If you -go free- use RiseUp VPN, availble on the F-Droid store. These guys are all about Internet freedom and privacy, really weltrusted party -
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If you -go free- use RiseUp VPN, availble on the F-Droid store. These guys are all about Internet freedom and privacy, really weltrusted party -
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NorthMan
what if we making vpn from google, doest it still logging our data from vpn we've just made? since google already have our data.
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what if we making vpn from google, doest it still logging our data from vpn we've just made? since google already have our data.
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Brad
Private Internet Access allows you to pay with retail gift cards and advises you to use a throwaway e-mail address when registerng.
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Private Internet Access allows you to pay with retail gift cards and advises you to use a throwaway e-mail address when registerng.
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