&gt;&gt; Trusting by default and requiring evidence to distrust is a poor way to protect your privacy.<p>Which is pretty much the default for <i>anything</i> you use on your computer.<p>- You ever install a software program?<p>- You ever click on a link in your email?<p>- You ever go to a site that contains malware that installs itself covertly on your PC?<p>- You ever open a JPG file?<p>- Use a cloud service?<p>- Save your pictures to Flickr?<p>- Ever use social media of any kind?<p>- Use <i>any</i> Google product or service?<p>- Use <i>any</i> Microsoft product or service.<p>The world is FILLED with UNVERIFIABLE information, the fact that people seem to put so much mistrust in a VPN provider when there&#x27;s thousands of other ways and means to get to your data is well. . .absurd. Talking like you suddenly need some high level of verification that a VPN doesn&#x27;t log your information when there&#x27;s literally thousands of other ways to get at that information is completely myopic.<p>Just like your example with TOR, which recently has been shown to be not only insecure, but readily hackable, yet you seem to trust that far more blindly.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;theintercept.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;07&#x2F;16&#x2F;hackingteam-attacked-tor-browser&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;theintercept.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;07&#x2F;16&#x2F;hackingteam-attacked-tor...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pando.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;12&#x2F;26&#x2F;if-you-still-trust-tor-to-keep-you-safe-youre-out-of-your-damn-mind&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pando.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;12&#x2F;26&#x2F;if-you-still-trust-tor-to-keep-...</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;siliconangle.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2013&#x2F;09&#x2F;09&#x2F;not-even-tor-is-safe-from-the-nsas-prying-eyes&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;siliconangle.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2013&#x2F;09&#x2F;09&#x2F;not-even-tor-is-safe...</a><p>If you&#x27;re concerned about having &quot;verifiable information&quot; to protect you, you&#x27;re living in a dreamland.