Hot take: That 'free' VPN cost me $200 in fraudulent charges

I grabbed a popular free VPN app last month for some public Wi-Fi, and my card got skimmed. They must have been logging everything. Anyone know a trustworthy paid service that's actually secure?

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baker.christopher3d ago

Man, that's brutal. Free VPNs are a total minefield. They gotta make money somehow, and selling your data is usually how. Had a buddy get his PayPal drained after using one of those sketchy browser extensions. For a paid service, ProtonVPN has a solid free tier too, but their paid version is what I use now.

ruby_wright3d ago

Windscribe's free plan gives you 10GB a month without selling your data, which is pretty decent.

nina_taylor3d ago

But what if they're just not telling you how they make money?