VPNs are becoming more common, especially with governments, ISPs and other organizations greatly increasing user monitoring. With the need for VPNs on the rise, is it really worth paying for a VPN service while there are so many free ones?
Are there really free VPNs?
Je comprends que les VPN gratuits soient assez tentants. Après tout, vous n'avez rien à payer, n'est-ce pas ? Eh bien, ce n'est pas vraiment le cas. Les VPN gratuits sont loin d'être gratuits en fin de compte.
Ever heard of the term TANSTAAFL? If you are familiar with Heinlen, you know that ‘There Aint No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.’ The adage was obtained from the 1930’s Old West Saloons that offered a free lunch when you bought a drink. But of course, there’s always a catch. The food was usually so salty that you would end up buying more and more drinks to slate your thirst.
Il en va de même pour les VPN gratuits. Si vous ne payez pas pour le produit, c'est que vous êtes le produit. Après tout, l'exploitation d'un VPN est assez coûteuse, et personne ne le ferait par charité. Alors où trouvent-ils l'argent pour faire fonctionner les serveurs ? Eh bien, chez vous !
Comment les VPN gratuits traitent vos données
L'une des principales raisons d'acquérir un VPN est de garantir la confidentialité et la sécurité de vos données. Après tout, c'est ce que signifie le "P" du nom. Pour ce faire, ils cryptent vos données et les acheminent vers leurs propres serveurs. Vous n'accédez plus à l'internet via votre fournisseur d'accès, mais via votre serveur VPN. De cette manière, votre FAI ne peut plus suivre vos activités en ligne.
However, what you have done is that you have merely just swapped between two parties who can track your data. Paid VPNs try as much as possible to keep your data private, and even some like IPBurger don’t monitor your online activities at all. This is clearly stated in our privacy policy, and other paid VPNs also do the same. After all, they all want to attract users with their promise of no-logs.
However, free VPNs do log your data. Actually, they take full advantage of the data, sometimes even more than your ISP would. To get the money to run their service and also make a profit, free VPNs tend to sell this data to third parties for advertising purposes. A recent CSIRO study that investigated 283 VPNs found that 75% of ‘free’ VPN apps contained some form of tracking. As such, is it really a private network?
Autres raisons pour lesquelles vous devriez éviter les VPN gratuits
Ce n'est qu'une des raisons, et en voici quelques autres :
Logiciels malveillants
In a study conducted by Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, out of the 234 ‘Free’ VPN apps they tested, 38% of them contained some form of additional malware.
Vous utiliser comme point final
Hola was once the king of ‘free’ VPNs, but in 2015 it was found to be using a user’s internet connection to power the service for others.
Fuites d'IP
Most ‘free’ VPNs can’t implement IP and DNS leak protection features. The result? Leaking IPs. As such, you are not as private as you were promised.
Assez lent
La plupart des VPN gratuits ont normalement un petit réseau, et c'est compréhensible. Comme ils sont "gratuits", beaucoup de gens ont tendance à les utiliser, et les serveurs sont donc souvent surchargés. Le résultat est un réseau qui vous donne des vitesses incroyablement lentes.
Que pouvez-vous faire ?
First, what should you not do? Never run to a VPN just because they tell you its free. Actually, you steer away from free VPNs as much as possible. Luckily, there are premium VPNs that don’t charge you overboard to use their VPN service. IPburger is one of the most reliable and affordable VPNs, and we provide various packages to fit various users. With a premium VPN, you can be sure that they will do anything possible to protect your data and keep you secure. You will however still need to choose yours carefully, as not all VPNs are made equal.