This article is a comparison of virtual private network services.
In computer magazines, VPN services are typically judged on connection speeds; privacy protection, including privacy at signup and grade of encryption; server count and locations, interface usability, and cost. In order to determine the degree of privacy and anonymity, various computer magazines, such as PC World and PC Magazine, also take the provider's own guarantees and its reputation among news items into consideration.
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Definitions
The following definitions clarify the meaning of the column headers in the comparison tables below.
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Privacy
PC Magazine recommends that users consider choosing a provider based in a country with no data retention laws, since that makes it easier for the service to keep a promise of no logging. PC Magazine and TechRadar also suggest that users read the provider's logging policy before signing up for the service, since some providers collect information about their customers' VPN usage. PC World recommends that users avoid free services as a rule of thumb, and asserts that free services either sell their users' browsing data in aggregated form to researchers and marketers, or only offer a minimal amount of data transfer per month.
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Technical features
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Availability
Website
The rating of the services' websites according to SSL server certificate and HTTP cookie test tools. Also listed is whether the websites maintain a warrant canary.
See also
- UKUSA Agreement -- multilateral agreement for cooperation in signals intelligence between the Five Eyes countries.
- Internet censorship circumvention -- VPNs can be used as a method to bypass Internet censorship.
References
Source of article : Wikipedia
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