Tools we refuse to affiliate with. And why.
Would I use this tool myself in a situation where my security actually depended on it?
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A VPN won’t save you if this already happened.
A VPN creates an encrypted tunnel between your device and a server operated by the VPN provider.
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Free VPNs sell your data. Exactly what they collect.
Operating a VPN requires servers, bandwidth, and engineering.
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These VPNs still work in China, Iran, and Russia. These ones got people arrested.
China, Iran, Russia, and a growing number of other states use deep packet inspection to identify and block VPN traffic at the infrastructure level.
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Proton VPN review 2026. Tested under real conditions.
Proton VPN is part of the Proton ecosystem: a Swiss-based suite of privacy tools built by a team that started at CERN and launched Proton Mail after the Snowden revelations.
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Mullvad VPN review 2026. The most anonymous VPN tested.
To create a Mullvad account, you need nothing.
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Proton vs Mullvad. Which is actually anonymous in 2026?
Proton requires an account with an email address.
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How to build your threat model in 20 minutes.
Every functional threat model answers five questions.
