Does VPN Make You Anonymous? Facts You Should Know:

The answer to this question is no VPN does not make you anonymous. No doubt VPN providers Protect your privacy from ISP, government, and hackers but still they know who you are, and can see what are you doing on the internet. Why do most VPN services claim they are providing privacy, not anonymity.

Empty Promises:

The first notable thing is many VPS providers promise to protect the privacy of users, but this promise is not worth it because the digital ink is printed on the logs if they keep it. and they provide the Logs to the government, whenever they asked. No single staff of VPN providers will go to jail or ruin their business For protecting the privacy of their customers. If the data exist then it is accessible for VPN provider’s staff, They can handover two other person several times.

So if you think the promise made by VPN providers are not fulfilling their if statement if they are storing the log. so keep in mind before using the VPN Service.

Trust:

If you want to use VPN Service for protecting privacy then prefer a “no logs” provider, and they will do that. But if the provider claims to keep no logs, how can we trust him? We just have to take his words nothing else. why so the Edward Snowden refers to use TOR.

When the matter of choosing a VPN provider for the trust then how do you know a provider can be trusted? Well, many privacy-oriented VPN providers have built their business over-promising privacy, and they never want to lose their customers.

Real Time Tracking:

That’s good and exciting news, if you found VPN Service Provider with “no logs”, And it should be understood that the service provider protects your privacy if he doesn’t keep logs. But now my question is this “ don’t you have doubt about protecting privacy?”

I have, let me explain.

There is no doubt if the VPN providers do not keep logs your privacy is protected, but what about real-time tracking?

Yes, the VPN provider can monitor users’ internet activity in real-time, because all of your data is routed through a VPN server. This happens because it is essential for troubleshooting.

Still, many VPN providers have promised neither to monitor user’s activity in real-time nor to keep logs unless necessary for troubleshooting. That is good and pleasurable. What are the governments of most countries can legally demand that a service provider must keep user logs, and provide gov. whenever they asked.

Shared IPs:

Another interesting thing about keeping no logs, any VPN provider that cares about protecting user’s privacy but uses shared IPs. If the VPN service provider uses shared IPs, He will have to keep the detail about assigned IP addresses. Because assigning the Same IP address for multiple users will raise the problem on the internet. and it is difficult to manage these things without keeping logs. Even if a provider sold wish to do so.

What does “no logs” mean? Uses logs vs. connection logs:

When the many VPN providers claim to keep no logs, actually they mean is that they keep no “uses logs”. Still there keep connection logs.

• Usage Logs: Uses long is a details about what are you doing on the internet, such as what website are requesting etc.
• Connection Logs: Many “no logs” VPN providers keep data about user’s connection but not “usage logs”. “Connection logs” are vary and different from usage logs it includes the things like when you are connected, how long for, and how often etc. keeping connection logs are necessary for dealing with technical issues. These logs could be used for identifying with known internet behavior by an end to end timing attack.

However, as discussed above, one picture is clear, if the VPN provider claims not to keep logs at all we have to trust its ability to run VPN service.

Mandatory Data Retention:

Keep in mind before choosing a privacy-friendly, what location is based on. I mean what is the location of the VPN provider?. Because it is operated by the country’s government’s law. Many countries including European countries require communication companies to keep logs for a certain period of time. This law is also implemented for VPN providers. Some European country including Netherlands, Luxembourg, Romania, and Sweden are popular for VPN services because VPN providers are not required to keep logs in these countries.

“ If a VPN service provider is based on country which requires it to keep logs then it will have to do so, no matter what he promise.”

Paying for VPN Anonymously:

Oh My God!!, How can I forget about making a payment to a VPN service provider? If you make payment to VPN for its service by know methods like Credit cards, debit cards, then how possible is your privacy is protected.

Extra privacy-protected VPN service providers allow users to pay for their services anonymously. The most famous and common method is using Bitcoins (some safety tips are required). But some companies use extra security for privacy by accepting anonymous payment for example Private Internet Access will accept anonymously purchased store cards, and Mullvad will accept payment by post.

Anonymous payment is added an extra layer of privacy, the VPN company does not know your real name, address, email address, or other banking details.

WOW, our privacy is protected.

If you think this you are wrong because the VPN providers still know your real IP address.

We will discuss more it in the next fact. In addition, If companies allow users for using anonymous payment methods, then he is taking privacy seriously. But this is hardly a guarantee, but not accepting anonymous payment is definitely poor in privacy protection.

Know About Exception About Anonymity Rule:

I had told you sometime before that the service provider knows your real IP address, And your privacy is not protected anymore. or we can say we are not anonymous on the Internet after using VPN Service. but there is one exception that exists.

if you will access the VPN Service through the TOR, then you are completely anonymous, because in this case, the VPN Service Provider will get the IP address of the Tor network, not your real IP address.

“If you sign up on VPN by using tor and use an anonymous payment method then you may achieve a very high level of true anonymity with the setup” but this setup will make your internet speed slow because of two networks TOR and VPN

As I know Only AirVPN and BolehVPN support VPN through TOR.

So, Are you “safe” If you use VPN?

You will get a high level of privacy after using a good ‘no logs’ VPN. You will be protected from government surveillance, prevent your internet activity from your ISP, prevent from being tracked by copyright owners at the time of pirating stuff, little bit of protection from low-level criminal activity.

You are not protected from police, government, or NSA if they are investigating your internet activity. If they have an eye on you, they can investigate and catch you. Take care.