Ever since the government started blocking the sites there was a rise in the need for the VPN (Virtual Private Network). Now, we have many VPN service providers, and choosing the best VPN has become hard. We tried many free VPN services and figured out the best FREE VPN service provider for you.
What is a VPN?
A Virtual Private Network or VPN is a set of technologies that are used to link computers to create a private network. A VPN routes your data through its servers and encrypts it before sending it to the website you are visiting. A VPN also hides your identity by changing the IP address.
For example, when a VPN user from India connected to the Singapore VPN server opens a Google site – To the user of the VPN, it will look like the computers were directly connected to the Google website but for Google, the location of you will be Singapore.
Benefits of using VPNs
VPN has several benefits
- Security – A VPN gives you complete anonymity by hiding your IP address and browsing history.
- Access to blocked sites – Yes, with a VPN connection you could surf the websites which are blocked by your ISP or the Government.
- Explore region-blocked services – With the VPN connection, you could change your location for the connecting site. For example, Some YouTube videos will be blocked from viewing in your country in that case you can get access to watch by connecting via VPN.
- Keeps you safe on Free Public Networks – Free Public Networks are mostly insecure. Visiting an insecure HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) site could give full access to the hacker. VPN in most cases keeps you secured.
- VPNs Can Bypass Firewalls – VPN would even let you bypass government-enforced firewalls so you won’t have to deal with any government censorship while browsing the Internet.
Also read: Indian Government bans 43 more Chinese apps
Disadvantages of VPN
Some of the disadvantages of using VPN
- VPNs can sometimes slow down your online speeds
- Using the wrong VPN can put your privacy in danger
- Click-bait VPN Providers
- Free VPNs: sometimes worse than none at all
- The VPN Service Might Monitor Your Activity And Use Your Data
- Not Possible to Bypass All the Restrictions
Best FREE VPN for Android
Here is the list of some best free VPN to use in 2020
1. NordVPN
NordVPN is the Number 1 VPN for unlimited data and bandwidth with 30+ servers available in India.
- Super-fast connection speeds
- 30+ Indian servers
- you can connect up to 6 devices with one account
- Available free for a trial period of 30 days
2. TunnelBear
The TunnelBear free VPN for Android, which is owned by McAfee. It’s super simple to use and doesn’t require a credit card to sign up.
- Limits you to 500MB free data per month but you can get an additional, one-time-only, 1GB of data when tweeting via the TunnelBear app.
- You can connect up to 5 devices
- There is no Built-in ADblocker
3. Hotspot Shield
Unrestricted access to the internet, but you can’t unblock streaming sites with the free plan, and Indian servers are not available.
- 500 MB of free data per day
- Strong 256-bit encryption to hide your online activities
- Server selection: Automatic
4. Windscribe
Windscribe is a free VPN that offers only 10GB per month. Access servers in 10 countries.
- 10 GB of free data per month
- AD and Malware blocker
5. ProtonVPN
Unlike others ProtonVPN doesn’t have a data limit. But you can only access 3 server locations, none of which are in India or even close by, making them slow.
- Unlimited data limit
- Only 3 Manual server locations
- Strict no-logging policy for total anonymity
6. Hide.me VPN
In Hide.me VPN there is no speed throttling, and you can unblock streaming sites (inconsistently), but limited to 5 countries, none of which are in India.
- 10 GB of free data per month
- Unlimited bandwidth and decent speeds
- 5 Manual server locations
Good quality comes with a high price tag. We’ve discussed the best freely available VPNs for Android. However, we recommend you to subscribe to the paid services to stay secure. Because “We are on the Internet and Nothing is safe here”.
We have an additional suggestion just for you. You may have heard about The TOR Project. The TOR project is a non-profit organization that conducts research and development into online privacy and anonymity. The TOR Project has developed an android app called Orbot.
Orbot is a free software Proxy server project to provide anonymity on the Internet for users of the Android operating system. It also offers free VPN connectivity from 25 different server locations. And also has an auto server selection. We have been using the Orbot VPN service for quite some time, It offers good VPN connectivity with stability and security. We recommend you give it a try.
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