PSA: My free VPN trial logged my traffic for 2 weeks before I noticed

I downloaded a free VPN from a random ad in June to watch a show on a work trip. The fine print said it kept usage logs for 'service improvement' and I almost missed it. After 2 weeks I checked my router's DNS settings and saw requests going to a server I didn't set up. Switched to a paid one that costs 5 bucks a month and ran a leak test the same day. Has anyone else caught their VPN rerouting stuff without telling them?

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jessicac281mo ago

Used to think free VPNs were fine for casual stuff like streaming shows when traveling. Then mine did the exact same thing, routing my phone's traffic through a third party I never picked. Checked after a weird battery drain and found requests going to some server in another country. That flipped my whole view on them. Now I read every privacy policy line by line before installing anything. Better to spend a few bucks than hand over your browsing history to strangers.

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