Lost $60 on a VPN that promised too much

Saw an ad for a $60 yearly VPN that claimed to block all trackers and ads. Figured why not, gave it a shot last month. First week was fine, but then my banking apps started failing and my speed dropped to like 5 Mbps. Turns out their kill switch was basically fake - my IP leaked in a test. Anyone else get burned by a cheap VPN that oversold itself?

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drew9062d ago

Real quick, kill switches in cheap VPNs usually don't work like they claim.

aaron7082d ago

Man, tell me about it... I remember back in the day I tried one of those free VPNs from some random site, figured I was being smart for a trip. Kill switch was supposed to drop the connection if the VPN went down... but it just let my IP leak out for like five minutes straight while I was checking my email at a coffee shop. Didn't even notice until I got home and saw my location was bouncing all over the place. Makes you wonder what other "features" they're just slapping a label on without actually testing.