Betternet is a hugely popular Canadian VPN which claims to have more than 38 million users around the world.
The service is best known for its largely unrestricted free plan. This has no limits on bandwidth, no need to register or hand over your email address, you can just download a client – Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, Firefox or Chrome extension – and get started right away. There’s support for OpenVPN encryption, and you’re even able to use P2P.
Too good to be true? Well, maybe. The free version provides US servers only. The clients have no significant features beyond the Connect button, and there’s very little support to help out if you run into problems.
- Want to try Betternet? Download it here
The free plan inserts ads into websites, too, perhaps allowing advertisers to find out more about what you’re doing.
Lots of free VPNs use similar ad-related tricks, but a 2016 Australian report on the privacy and security risks of Android VPN apps found that Betternet stood out in particular. The report authors checked each app for embedded tracking libraries and found Betternet had more than anybody else.
The report also notes that 13 of around 50 …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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