Testing the VPN using its Mac OS app also proved to be similarly complicated. However, it’s worth noting, the company revised its privacy policy in 2018, and in August 2019 it was certified as log-free by a third-party auditor. Federal officials said “PureVPN was able to determine that their service was accessed by the same customer from two originating IP addresses,” which makes it unlikely that no data was collected at that time. PureVPN has long stated that it does not keep logs of its users' activity, but the 2017 arrest of a Massachusetts man who used the service to allegedly stalk a person raises eyebrows on that claim. A major selling point for PureVPN (like some of its competitors) is that it’s based in Hong Kong, so therefore out of the jurisdiction of the “five eyes.” This should, in theory, provide cover if you were to use this service for nefarious reasons, but China’s recent announcement of it exerting more control over the territory throws that benefit into question.
Giving users the ability to connect up to 10 devices simultaneously, PureVPN supports Windows, Mac OS, Android, and iOS through various apps, as well as Chrome and Firefox through extensions, and hardware including routers, Android TV, and Amazon Fire TV devices. So, if PureVPN is not 2020’s best VPN, what is it? It would be a solid choice for people who don’t want to dig into the guts of protocols and ports to keep their internet connection private, if only it worked as advertised.ĭesign and FeaturesBoasting more than 2,000 servers across over 140 countries, PureVPN can help you connect to tunnels through the internet on six out of the seven continents. But slogans, experiences, and specs are three radically different things, and this low-frill virtual private network did not perform as expected, and when it did, it did not exactly set the internet ablaze. Click and go – that could easily be the slogan for PureVPN, with its simple, one-button interface and user-friendly customization modes.
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