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   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article , Char Jackson   
    wrote:   
      
   > I have no dog in the hunt but my question would be that when it comes to   
   > a free VPN server/service, what do we know about the folks who operate   
   > the server, since they get to see all of the traffic that flows through   
   > there?   
      
   very little, regardless of free or paid.   
      
   they can claim all sorts of things, such as not logging anything, but   
   how do you know if any of them are actually true?   
      
   > With a commercial service, there's presumably a reputation that   
   > needs to be upheld so that a steady stream of customers will continue to   
   > use the service, but there probably isn't much reputational pressure   
   > being felt by the operators of a free service. As a result, if I were to   
   > use a VPN service, it probably wouldn't be one of the free offerings.   
      
   wise choice.   
      
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