… In 2021 , 77% of apps were flagged as potentially unsafe in the Top10VPN VPN Ownership Investigation -- and 90% of those flagged as potentially unsafe in the Free VPN Risk Index -- still posed a risk. …
… Additionally, Surfshark publishes a quarterly transparency report, which details the number of legal requests the company receives each quarter and states that Surfshark has no useful information to disclose to authorities, in line with its no-logs policy. …
… Pros Slick, user-friendly app for Windows and other platforms Excellent for streaming Strong commitment to privacy and transparency Forward-thinking security enhancements Cons Expensive ExpressVPN is the best Windows VPN overall because of its class-leading privacy and transparency, coupled with fa… …
… While it reaffirms the company’s no-logs policy, there are no third-party audits to back it up or transparency reports to show how many legal requests the company received and were complied with, so I can’t recommend it for even modest privacy needs. …
… That can be creepy at best, and an illegal abuse of power at worst. …
… Still, I’d like to see Bitdefender publish the results of its no-logs audit to give peace of mind for users and publish transparency reports to show how many legal requests were issued, and how many it complied with. …
… McAfee is headquartered in the US, so it has a legal obligation to reveal your data to government agencies on request. …
… Additionally, how antivirus companies cooperate with legal requests from government agencies should be stated clearly in the privacy policy. …