01-02-2016, 10:19 AM
How much do we trust the free VPNs?
You might take the view it is better than nothing because it obscures the traffic from your ISP. But, if you aren't paying anything then who is the customer? Some are "freemium" (free for a while, then pay for more), that sort of makes sense as a business model (although tends not to work long term). The question is whether some are logging so they can sell advertising data? If they go bankrupt, and have logged data, is that now an asset to be sold?
I can't imagine 99% of people here have anything to fear, but wondered what you guys think?
You might take the view it is better than nothing because it obscures the traffic from your ISP. But, if you aren't paying anything then who is the customer? Some are "freemium" (free for a while, then pay for more), that sort of makes sense as a business model (although tends not to work long term). The question is whether some are logging so they can sell advertising data? If they go bankrupt, and have logged data, is that now an asset to be sold?
I can't imagine 99% of people here have anything to fear, but wondered what you guys think?