silikonfrance.blogg.se - Purevpn logs

#PUREVPN LOGS FREE#

That criminals need to pay for their crimes is a given.

I wrote about this in a nit more depth in our PureVPN review.īut in a nutshell, PureVPN collected and handed over the originating IP addresses, as well as the IP addresses of the VPN servers that users connected to, to law enforcement. But it just so happens that in 2017, as was reported by The Register, PureVPN logged and handed over the details of one of its users to law enforcement.

So this is their “reviewed” logging policy, which dates back to 2018. Get familiar with a provider’s logging policy before handing over your cash. They log your activities and may even inject ads in your traffic.

#PUREVPN LOGS FREE#

Name the feature, it gets undercut if your VPN provider logs.Īnd while on the subject, stay away from free VPN services (except perhaps ProtonVPN – which is a notable exception to this hard rule). The logging policy supports and enables all of the other safeguards typically associated with VPNs.Ī VPN provider can use the latest protocols and ciphers and provide you with internal DNS servers and a kill switch, but if they log your activities, what have you gained, really? These are all important questions you should have answered before signing-up for any VPN service.īut my point here is that even if all the above boxes are ticked, but that your VPN provider logs your traffic, the benefits reaped from all of the above points evaporate.

Support for Anonymous Payments: Are cash or Bitcoin payments accepted?.

Jurisdiction: Are they based outside a 14 Eyes jurisdiction and is it legal for them to run a no-logging service in that jurisdiction?.

Tor Over VPN: Do they support bouncing your VPN traffic over the Tor network?.

WebRTC Protection: Do they mitigate WebRTC leaks?.

Ads & Tracker Blocking: Does their subscription come with an ad and tracker blocker?.

DNS Leak Protection: Do they run their own in-tunnel no-logging DNS servers?.

VPN Kill Switch: Do their apps include a network kill switch that blocks your traffic in the event of a disconnect?.

Encryption Strength: Which protocols and ciphers do the provider support? Are they weak and obsolete? Are they free of known vulnerabilities?.

Security Considerations In Assessing VPNs Providers: So what does a “trustworthy” VPN provider mean? It means you should be able to answer the following questions: A VPN provider that doesn’t log your traffic but that uses obsolete protocols, for example, wouldn’t be considered trustworthy. It’s not just the logging policy that makes a VPN provider trustworthy.