UPDATE: October 22, 2019, 12:41 p.m. EDT This story has been updated following news that a NordVPN server was breached.
UPDATE: Sept. 19, 2019, 2 p.m. EDT This post was originally published in 2018 but was updated to account for a shift in preferences according to Reddit users.
Slow WiFi and an exposed Google history are an avid internet user's worst nightmares, but the Obama-era rules that protect from these are under attack.
If you weren't curious about the benefits of a VPN before, you definitely are now.
Regular people and presidential candidates alike have been obsessing over online privacy (or lack thereof) since June 11, 2018: the date that the FCC officially burned Net Neutrality to the ground. In April 2019, the House voted to pass the Save the Net Act, which would reinstate the protections of Net Neutrality. It's an auspicious start, but without a VPN, your privacy is still at risk. Read more...
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BEST FREE VPN
ProtonVPNFree VPNs can be iffy, but people on Reddit are impressed with ProtonVPN's DNS leak protection and unlimited data.
- Free version: Yes
- Basic version: $4/month
- Plus version: $8/month
- Visionary version: $24/month
BEST FOR MEGA PRIVACY
MullvadReddit can't find a bad thing to say about Mullvad, a no-frills VPN that keeps things hella anonymous.
- Free version: No
- Standard subscription: $5.50/month
BEST VALUE
NordVPNPeople come to NordVPN for the low prices, but stay for the range of servers and intuitive user interface.
- Free version: No
- Monthly : $11.95/month
- One year: $6.99/month
- Two years: $4.99/month
- Three years: $3.49/month
BEST VPN FOR RAW SPEED
ExpressVPNThe steep prices will seem wack to beginners but worth it to gamers and streamers who need steady speed.
- Free version: No
- Monthly : $12.95/month
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- One year: $8.32/month
BEST VPN TO SHARE
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- Six months: $5.99/month
- One year: $3.33/month
BEST FOR CUSTOMIZED USAGE
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- Monthly: $12.99/month
- One year: $5.99/month
- Two years: $3.69/month
- Three years: $2.75/month