Urban VPN Review (2026): The Free VPN That Sold AI Conversations
Every free VPN pays for itself somehow. This one added a silent update that captured what its users typed into ChatGPT and sent it to the data broker that owns it.
VPN Reviews
In-depth VPN reviews built on audit records, independent test data, and the fine print providers hope you’ll skip. Every verdict weighs security, speed, streaming, and real renewal pricing — including the flaws.
TorGuard Review (2026): The Torrent VPN That Blocks Torrents
Twenty-five studios sued. The settlement cost no money and no customer records — only the function the company is named after, on the servers where it was sued.
PrivadoVPN Review (2026): It Left Switzerland, and Its Own Page Has Not Noticed
A provider that relocated its legal home over a proposed surveillance law deserves credit for it. It also deserves to be described accurately, which almost nobody currently does.
IVPN Review (2026): The Provider That Refuses to Pay Reviewers
It runs no affiliate programme and no tracking on its own website. That decision costs it visibility in exactly the places people look for VPNs, including this one.
AirVPN Review (2026): The Provider That Gave Up a Country
An Italian provider closed its own market rather than execute a blocking list. It also has no independent audit, which makes it the most principled unproven service we cover.
Norton VPN Review (2026): The Parent Company Was Fined for Selling Browsing Data
Half the reviews of this service never mention who owns it. The other half mention it and stop thinking. The accurate version is narrower than either, and it still matters.
TunnelBear Review (2026): The Company That Invented the VPN Audit
TunnelBear commissioned the first published third-party VPN audit and has repeated it annually ever since. It also has no standard refund window, which almost no review mentions.
Hotspot Shield Review (2026): Its Owner Also Owns a VPN Review Site
Hotspot Shield is fast, and its parent company Point Wild also owns Comparitech, a VPN review site. There is still no independent audit of its no-logs policy.
Mullvad Review (2026): The Price Hasn’t Changed Since 2009
Mullvad has charged the same €5 a month since 2009, asks for no email address, and survived a police raid with nothing to hand over. It also covers five devices and ignores streaming entirely.