<i>The only real evidence they give about not using VPN&#x27;s is when hidemyass proxy gave up some Anon&#x27;s in 2011.</i><p>Yeah, and you have no evidence that I don&#x27;t have a nice bridge to sell you, so will you buy it?<p>Trusting by default and requiring evidence to distrust is a poor way to protect your privacy. VPNs - unlike Tor, for example - have no protection against logging by the operators, so why <i>would</i> one trust them? Because they pinky swear they won&#x27;t log?