I’ll go into more detail about these below. Good examples of this would be ExpressVPN, Surfshark VPN or NordVPN, each of which guarantee a full refund, no questions asked, within 30 days. What this means is that you have to pay up front for the service, but you have 30 days to get a full refund if you’re not satisfied. Today, most VPN services have traded this freemium model for the money-back guarantee model. It’s advertised for “testing” and obviously geared toward getting you to buy the full VPN service. A free VPN doesn’t do that.Īn example of this that still exists is the Tunnelbear free version that limits users to only 500MB of secured browsing (they don’t advertise this on the homepage…you have to search for “Free” under their Plans tab). The reason you’re getting a VPN is to strengthen your online security. Most of them are get-rich-quick scams (read more about Fake VPNs here). This is the antithesis of what a good VPN is supposed to do. In a study covering 283 free VPN apps on Android, it was found that nearly 40% of free VPNs injected malware onto user devices for “malvertising”.Īd-funded VPNs sell your data to big firms, advertising agencies, and corporate marketing departments.
The problem isn’t just limited to Hotspot Shield. Of course, Hotspot Shield denied the charges and claimed that users’ online privacy has always been their “absolute priority”. In 2017, Hotspot Shield was accused of intercepting and redirecting traffic to partner websites like online advertising firms according to the Center for Democracy & Technology. Hotspot is a highly-rated consumer VPN with a free version that allows up to 750MB a day in usage.
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