Why a free VPN is a poor trade

A VPN provider has to pay for servers and bandwidth. If you are not paying a subscription, the service is being funded some other way.

What that usually means

• The app may log browsing and sell or share that data.
• The app may show ads, or include ad software.
• Speeds are often capped, and the server list is small.
• Encryption and leak protection are inconsistent. Some apps leak your real IP or DNS queries.
• A few apps have been used to proxy other people's traffic through the device that installed them.

Those are product choices, not a guarantee about every free app. Read the privacy policy and check who operates the service before you install one.

What to look for instead

A paid VPN should say what it logs, which protocol it uses, and how to cancel. Oak VPN publishes its prices, device limits, and logs policy on the pricing and privacy pages.

Oak VPN uses WireGuard. It does not log the sites you visit, the addresses you connect to, or the contents of your traffic.