GnuVPN and the Rise of Alternative VPNs Focused on Privacy and Flexibility

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Digital privacy is an increasingly complex subject, but some tools exist to support user protections at home and abroad. Among the most prominent services in this space is the virtual private network (VPN), which reroutes internet connection to a private server that encrypts data before it is sent to the internet service provider (ISP). However, not every VPN is going to meet a user’s needs.

Most of the biggest names in the VPN space are going to do a solid job, but they also tend to feel similar. They include the same feature lists and marketing language, as well as “no logs” promises that tend to come with fine print. However, services like GnuVPN out of Portugal claim not to collect anything. No internet protocols (IPs), timestamps, domain name system (DNS) queries, or even metadata.

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