Some personal opinion about totally free VPN that many people use to try to get anonymous, to mask their identity, to access geographical restrictions.
These VPN seem to be an easy way to encrypt what you do on the internet.
But the reality is not always gold and I would like to explain the reasons why you should not use these types of VPN.
The first problem is that the VPN servers have a big cost.
Despite this fact is hidden for the user, to manage a VPN means that you have to set the servers (always power-on and connected), hire employees to keep them working and write a software that allows you to route the connection and you must also consider a great cost for the connection band.
So the price of a free VPN is the loss of your privacy.
Let's say some problems are relatively negligible, as the limited bandwidth or slow connection but there are also more serious problems including a bad encryption, targeted ads and privacy invasion, like I said.
You're not paying with your money but you're paying with your private information. And this is ironic because many people use VPN services because worried of protecting their privacy on the internet.
But a clarification: some VPN companies offer their services for free to get lots of users, and then try to monetize later. They offer a limited free plan and a paid one more complete, with which they hope to cover the costs for free users, for example Windscribe, Avira Phantom VPN, etc.
If a company does NOT use these options, but still it offers a totally free service, then there is something suspicious.
When you use a free VPN service, it gets all your personal information. This is the problem because VPN services can do whatever they want to earn the money that you do not pay.
They can sell your personal data or worse, put your computer into a botnet.
For instance, Hola a popular free VPN service used by million users around the world, was discovered to use the users PC as a proxy server.
Beware Botnet: Why You Should Avoid Using Hola VPN
Think about it, someone of which you have absolutely no idea surf on the internet doing various things, and what info are tracked? Yours.
PS: these are just general and personal considerations, I don't want to specify case-by-case, but simply keep your eyes open if you want to use a free VPN service.
Nobody gives anything for nothing and a free VPN service is not an exception. As with any other free service, in one way or another you will pay for it.
These VPN seem to be an easy way to encrypt what you do on the internet.
But the reality is not always gold and I would like to explain the reasons why you should not use these types of VPN.
The first problem is that the VPN servers have a big cost.
Despite this fact is hidden for the user, to manage a VPN means that you have to set the servers (always power-on and connected), hire employees to keep them working and write a software that allows you to route the connection and you must also consider a great cost for the connection band.
So the price of a free VPN is the loss of your privacy.
Let's say some problems are relatively negligible, as the limited bandwidth or slow connection but there are also more serious problems including a bad encryption, targeted ads and privacy invasion, like I said.
You're not paying with your money but you're paying with your private information. And this is ironic because many people use VPN services because worried of protecting their privacy on the internet.
But a clarification: some VPN companies offer their services for free to get lots of users, and then try to monetize later. They offer a limited free plan and a paid one more complete, with which they hope to cover the costs for free users, for example Windscribe, Avira Phantom VPN, etc.
If a company does NOT use these options, but still it offers a totally free service, then there is something suspicious.
When you use a free VPN service, it gets all your personal information. This is the problem because VPN services can do whatever they want to earn the money that you do not pay.
They can sell your personal data or worse, put your computer into a botnet.
For instance, Hola a popular free VPN service used by million users around the world, was discovered to use the users PC as a proxy server.
Beware Botnet: Why You Should Avoid Using Hola VPN
Think about it, someone of which you have absolutely no idea surf on the internet doing various things, and what info are tracked? Yours.
PS: these are just general and personal considerations, I don't want to specify case-by-case, but simply keep your eyes open if you want to use a free VPN service.
Nobody gives anything for nothing and a free VPN service is not an exception. As with any other free service, in one way or another you will pay for it.
