Why We Came Back: The VPN Industry 2015–2026

We watched from the sidelines as the privacy tools people trusted got acquired by the companies they were hiding from. Here's what we saw — and why it brought us back.

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"Zero logs" from a US VPN is almost always a legal fiction

What US law actually requires VPN operators to retain, why "offshore" doesn't mean what you think, and what honest logging looks like.

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WireGuard vs OpenVPN: What actually changed and why it matters

We ran OpenVPN for 13 years. Here's an honest assessment of what WireGuard does better, what the tradeoffs are, and why we switched.

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What your ISP can see — and what they do with it

DNS queries, connection metadata, timing data. A plain English breakdown of what's visible at the network level and what a VPN does and doesn't protect.

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The affiliate review problem: Why "Best VPN" lists can't be trusted

Affiliate commissions, undisclosed paid placements, and the economics of VPN review sites. Who's actually writing these lists and what's driving the recommendations.

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Kill switch, DNS leak, WebRTC leak: A practical guide to what they actually mean

Three of the most misunderstood concepts in VPN security, explained without jargon — what they are, what they protect against, and how to verify yours is working.

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