How private is your VPN?

VPN privacy hinges on more than flashy marketing wording, and the article argues that true privacy comes from how a provider designs and operates its service. It explains that a privacy-first VPN should collect as little data as possible, enforce a real no-logs policy through design, and back these claims with transparency, audits, and open‑source components.

WireGuard is highlighted as the open‑source protocol powering many modern VPNs, including Malwarebytes Privacy VPN, praised for its lean codebase and faster, safer cryptography. The piece also stresses RAM‑only (diskless) servers as the gold standard because they don’t write logs to disk, reducing the risk of data remnants. It notes that owning infrastructure matters, since fewer third parties in the chain tighten privacy guarantees.

Finally, it describes warrants canaries as a way for providers to signal government data requests, while reminding readers that such signals should be regularly published for trust.