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VyprDNS avoids this by putting a DNS server in the same country as each VPN server.

No DNS location errors: DNS servers located in different countries to your VPN server can cause issues when accessing geo-locked content.

No DNS censorship: DNS servers can be used to censor access to specific websites at the request of governments or ISPs, but VyprDNS tunnels your data to prevent this from happening.

No DNS logs: VyprDNS is “zero-knowledge”: it doesn’t retain logs of hostnames, IP addresses, geolocation data or anything else.

VyprDNS, Golden Frog’s DNS network, is an important element of what makes VyprVPN so secure.Īccording to VyprVPN, its in-house DNS service holds these benefits: We’ve broken down all the features by app later in this review.

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For instance, the PC client has a “public wifi protection” option not available on Mac, and the Mac software has split tunneling and a malware blocker, which the Windows app doesn’t have. Not all VyprVPN’s apps have the same advanced security features, though. On top of this, it features the all-important kill switch, which stops your IP address leaking if your VPN connection drops momentarily. VyprVPN also offers a NAT firewall to block any unrequested traffic coming into your device when connected to VyprVPN. Recently, VyprVPN also added WireGuard, an emergent VPN protocol with impressive speeds. The VPN service uses OpenVPN, which is widely considered the most reliable and rigorously tested connection protocol. Crucially, Golden Frog doesn’t log user web data in the first place. In Switzerland, there is no law compelling VPN services to keep traffic logs, and sharing of data can’t be done casually. It also has data retention laws, the BÜPF and, but they are comparatively lax compared to those of other countries. However, Switzerland does sometimes share information with other countries. This means it doesn’t have formal agreements for sharing surveillance data. Switzerland is often called a ‘privacy haven’ because it isn’t in the EU, or in a major data sharing alliance like the Five Eyes or SIGINT.

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This is a plus for user privacy, although not as big as some believe. While it’s operated from Texas, US, Golden Frog is incorporated in Switzerland. Powerhouse Management and its subsidiaries belong to Ron and Carolyn Yokubaitis, who have been working in internet access and networking since they started in 1994. VyprVPN belongs to Golden Frog GmbH, which is itself owned by Powerhouse Management. Ideally, we want to see VyprVPN undergo another external audit in 2022. The audit initially found some issues with how the service was handling personally identifiable information, but this was quickly rectified. It was even one of the first VPNs to commission an independent logging policy audit in 2018. Thankfully, Golden Frog has since updated its approach to user data. That data could completely deanonymize users, and there are examples of VyprVPN using it to hand over its users’ information to DMCA trolls. The old privacy policy used to state that Golden Frog retains “the user’s source IP address, the VyprVPN IP address used by the user, connection start and stop time and total number of bytes used” for 30 days.

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