how's it going everybody welcome back and today we're going to be talking about the seven things
you need to know before using free vpns now before begin if you guys are interested in any of the
vpns mentioned today well any of these three vpns you'll find links to special deals and discounts
in the description down below as well as full reviews if you'd like to learn more about these
vpns these are my top three vpns generally it's what i would like to recommend to most people they
cover really ninety percent if not more of most of the user bases needs so feel free to take a look
at the reviews below now let's get straight to it you know if you didn't know a vpn is a key way to
help protect your privacy when online especially when you're logging on from a public space such
as a hotel lobby coffee shop library or airport when you sign up with a vpn provider you first
log on to that service before you connect to the internet when you do this government
agencies businesses hackers and others don't see your ip address when you're searching the web
vpn providers also encrypt your data scrambling it so that snoops can't see what sites you visit
files you download games you play or videos you stream online privacy though isn't absolute even
with a vpn that's because your vpn provider will know your ip address and what sites you visit
the key then is to work with a vpn that you trust you want a vpn that doesn't track your data when
you're online which is why of course i have these three recommended right here in front of you
uh now these aren't exactly free but they do have a 30-day money-back guarantee
uh also you'll be able to get yourself a full seven-day free trial with expressvpn
and surf sharks so if that's something you're interested in you can definitely still claim
a seven day free trial uh and if you'd like to try out nord for 30 days or express and
surf shark for that matter you can definitely do that thanks to their 30-day money-back guarantee
now if you're considering a free vpn it's smart to be aware of issues that could be related to
free offerings including the following before i get to them by the way if you wanted to get a
free vpn i would recommend atlas vpn now a lot of free vpns don't really
offer you know they limit your bandwidth you can't really use it much and they limit your servers of
course most vpns are like that but with atlas vpn you'll secure as many devices as you would like
and you're still getting a kill switch so that you're not at risk of leaking any information
so yeah a great vpn overall if you're looking for just a you know a good free vpn that secures
your data with a solid no locks policy uh definitely go with atlas vpn so yeah if
that's what you're looking for out of this video just a recommendation for a free vpn there's your
recommendation so let's get straight to the seven things number one the provider could be infected
with malware according to a 2016 study of the 10 vpns most likely to be infected with malware
six were free ones most of the malware was related to advertising this isn't surprising considering
that free vpns often rely on advertising to make money vpns that charge are less likely to need to
rely on ads for their profits and this is why uh free vpns tend to be very sensorious number
two vpns can use embedded tracking for various purposes that same study by the way from csiro
which here as you can tell the study found that only 28 of free vpn providers didn't use embedded
third-party trackers for analytics uh tracking or advertising purposes so that 78 of free vpns
do use third-party trackers for analytics tracking and advertising according to the
study ten percent of free services had one tracker another ten percent had two and 25 percent relied
on three the study found that eight percent had four trackers while 18 percent of free vpns had
third-party trackers number three vpns can often fail at unblocking content especially of course
free vpns so let's go ahead and try unblocking this the us library using atlas vpn of course i'm
trying to look up get on up and it's not really showing up so no matter how many times i refresh
i'm not going to get that movie because it's only available in these states let's go ahead and try
connecting to a us server and try to unblock the movie and see what happens here okay so now
that we're connected all i need to do of course to unblock the us netflix library is refresh the page
and it didn't show up now let's go ahead and try it with of course a premium vpn that is meant to
do that exact job which is unblocked your restrictions
we're going to connect to the atlanta server because uh that is one of the best servers really
for unblocking streaming services especially us streaming services so let's go ahead and connect
usually all the servers work with expressvpn but thanks to the netflix crackdown on uh vpn
traffic uh expressvpn are still trying to figure it out to make it all work on all the servers so
for now it's just a few dedicated servers so there we go get on up it really is as simple as that
when it comes to unblocking streaming services with premium vpns you might find that your
online connection is sluggish when you log onto the internet through a free vpn service because
many free vpn services have very clogged up servers and of course that's because they're free
so most of their free servers are going to be densely populated
so that results in rather slow connections number five vpns may allow delivery of online ads
free vpn providers need to make money and many do this by hitting users with a steady stream of
pop-up ads this is not only annoying but can also slow down your connection speed some free
vpn providers rely on ad serving trackers which track your online activity hotspot shield vpn was
an example in 2017 the federal trade commission filed a complaint against the company charging
it with several privacy violations related to its online ads hotspot shield was an example in 2017
the federal trade commission filed a complaint against the company charging
it with several privacy violations related to its online ads according to the complaint
hotspot shield vpn used five tracking libraries and sold user data to third-party advertising
networks hotspot's parent company denied the allegations and has since offered annual
transparency reports number six some free vpns can hijack your browser and redirect you to other
websites without your permission according to the cyro study hotspot shield did this to its users
for example redirecting them to alibaba and ebay.com and finally number seven vpns may allow
governments to collect user data a 2019 study from vpn pro found that the top 97 vpns are operated by
a total of 23 parent companies with many of these companies in countries with weak privacy laws
what's alarming about these findings is that china has strict vpn bans these companies then might
be approved by the government in which the parent company is based to collect the data of its users
now the key takeaway of this video is that it's probably a better idea to invest in a paid vpn
these services do more to help protect your data avoid slowing down your internet connection speed
and unblock restricted content and they offer evidence of their no log policies
of course if you're looking to learn more about these vpns you'll find links to full reviews
in the description that'll give you more in-depth look into the privacy policy speed streaming and
taunting capabilities as well as security and features you'll also find links to special deals
and discounts if you're interested in learning more about these vpns besides that they also do
offer 30-day money-back guarantees on all of their plans and they offer a 24-7 live chat support
so all you need to do is just go to any of the websites be it express nord or surf shark hover
over the bottom right and uh you'll be able to get access to the live chat support and answer them
for whatever you're looking for or your refund for that matter if you're interested besides
that thank you very much for watching i'll see you in the next one have a wonderful day