Why does Nord VPN have half a dozen trackers (6) for their android app. I know this is only part of the privacy but still (ads and trackers go togeather like flies and shit).
ProtonVPN has none and most vpn’s yave have 1, maybe 2 (crashlytics for instence). Nord Vpn’'s trackers are completely unecessary and it sows distrust in an otherwise trustworthy service.
I am hearing these concerns. I might approach NordVPN and ask them for explanation since I promote their service with an affiliate link in most of my videos.
If you could save me some time researching this, could you please send some more information on those mobile apps? I also don’t like the fact that NordVPN has tons of trackers on their website. Mullvad doesn’t have that.
14 eyes isn’t necessarily the bright line to determine your VPN of choice. Many countries aren’t in the 14 eyes but the US has special relationships with them, mainly through establishing military bases with NSA outposts.
So just because NordVPN is outside of the known 14 eyes alliance, that doesn’t necessarily make its jurisdiction any more secure than Sweden’s.
I fear NordVPN is too powerful with their affiliate marketing since they even got Pewdiepie to promote their service. They might not listen to my concerns. Wonder if I could try to form an alliance with Techlore and other YouTubers to push back.
OpenVPN for Android could be a solution. Although, I hear your concern, it makes you wonder if the company actually cares about privacy.
Personally I use MullvadVPN, which offers payment by cash, Bitcoin etc. No logs. It is based in Sweden though, which is a part of the fourteen eyes.
Either use OpenVPN.
Or get Proton, because IKeV2 is better than open anyways.
Last time (maybe week ago) when I’ve made my research on best VPN it came out that TorGuard is the best among. But as I am aware here we talk why we have some trackers on NordVPN.
In the steps of the research I am referring to, it came out to me that despite their 30 day money back guaranteed, they don’t have PayPal as a payment method where the clients have very strong policies against those companies. PayPal can squeeze milk from a chicken when it comes to clients right. NordVPN removed PayPal as a payment method most likely for that reason.
In these 30 days test period you get the best of speeds and server time, but when the period is out of the way the connection begins to get little by little a bit slow and slow… and… you get the point here. And if you are on the 3 year contract wagon you are pretty much screwed.
Typically as a recommendation when you buy VPN don’t get too long periods of contracts, as in this case your right to change your mind in short timeframe remains in play. Here again the VPN service with shortest cheap contract is TorGuard. The cheap prices comes from unpacking all the services in to additional purchases.
For $9.99 a month you get premium package but for $8 more you can get Add-ons like DDoS protected IP or Time Warner IP etc. Check their website if you are interested.
As for the best option we cant talk any further than TorProject. It’s the best. And free.
It’s not just the trackers issue, they have open ports that every site can see, which means browser fingerprinting:
https://www.reddit.com/r/thehatedone/comments/bfyyg0/why_nordvpn_has_open_ports/
You can check if there’s a leak here: whatleaks.net
Also, someone else raised this issue “Found this strange file in Nord VPN app data for Linux with latitudes & longitudes of my actual location”:
You are right. They have a wide range of people promoting there service, however if you partnered up with techlore, and got your combined subs to complain then it might work. If not then (depending on the contract you have with them) ditch them and promote another VPN service.
fourteen eyes
What’s that?
After doing a bit more intensive research, I found that it actually had 4 trackers:
The last 2 I’ve seen quite a bit on many Vpn’s and apps in general but the first 2 (Apps flyer, Google analytics) I have not and would be the most bothered by them. Why does a VPN provider need them?
I agree that some get too wrapped up in avoiding the 5 eyes, 9 eyes or 14 eyes, and overlook more important things with the VPN provider.
A company like Nord uses that to their advantage with its glossy marketing full of pictures of nice mountains.
Bloody hell I though they was only 4, in competition with bunny rabbits maybe?
How much more secure//better is IKev2 to open VPN? I never thought of that with android but you could configure and access the VPN server manually.
Android uses openVpn protocol but when setting up a profile you can choose: Ipsec IKEv2. I find this pretty confusing. I just want to to know is my VPN legit or shit.
Nicely explained and totally agree with you specially the point that “Typically as a recommendation when you buy VPN don’t get too long periods of contracts”. I aslo usually buy the trail version first like i did buying purevpn’s trail. I suggest to do so before buying the premium plan.
Well, this is the same line of reasoning google uses to track users…
I disagree. It’s better to ask questions than none just to be sure, researching is important as well. Because I want to trust the company before I can use their product.
My good sir. There are other ways in improving your product without trackers. Maybe if you did your research that would be great 
Ikev2 is better than openvpn yes