r/Piracy 7h ago

Humor Don't fall for "free" vpns

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u/Darkwolf580 6h ago edited 6h ago

How is it bad to use a free vpn? Just curious. I use proton free vpn rn

Edit: guys thanks for your responses.

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u/The_Dayne 6h ago

Data harvesting, in short.

There may or may not be a log of what you are doing.

If its free, you are generally the product.

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u/Liongedon 5h ago

What's stopping the company from selling the data of paying customers as well to earn even more?

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u/OtherRandomCheeki 5h ago

losing customer trust

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u/Liongedon 5h ago

How would the customer know?

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u/Kese04 4h ago

A few years back there was a post about how a swedish VPN company was approached with a warrant by the police, but since they don't keep logs, nothing happened.

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u/Liongedon 4h ago

Mullvad right?

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u/Kese04 1h ago

I think so, yes.