Definitely.
The problem is, many sites don't work with Tor, or only after tweeking with the exit nodes.
Do you have any source where vpn providers have been caught?
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https://au.pcmag.com/encryption/67746/7-vpn-services-found-recording-user-logs-despite-no-log-pledge
That's why should never use those random "free" VPN services. There's about a million of them in the app stores. There's only 3 VPN services I'd even consider using, and they're all well-established, and have a consistently good reputation within security and privacy circles. If you use some RandoVPN that literally nobody has ever heard of, I have a hard time feeling bad when some shit like this happens.
No reputable provider has been caught doing that. It's all these random shit VPNs that you've never heard of.
Actually I did not hear about them 🤣
but I mean, what do you expect from noname companies? DYOR.
Also I find Tor a bit better but slower solution. But anyway, you will have a party to trust. Your entry node, your VPN provider. So nothing comes from free.
Then maybe reputation, and security audits by 3rd party is something that can help.
Tor is good for max privacy, but it's not good for performance. You can use a regular VPN on your devices all day for system-wide protection, and never know it's running. You can listen to music, stream video, do whatever, and it just works. You can't do that with Tor. It simply doesn't have the bandwidth. And lots of websites and services won't work with it unless you play all sorts of games with your exit nodes. So, they each have their uses. And you can use them in tandem so that most of your system runs through the VPN while select apps and a dedicated browser run through Tor.