What're your opinions on these services? Personally, I don't trust them and think it's smart not to.

For example, the free VPN "Betternet" has been widely used in my school for the past few weeks to bypass the school's filters and play games/visit sites otherwise blocked. I tried it out, it worked to connect to multiple online games' servers and browse reddit, but I deleted it shortly after out of paranoia over privacy.  

Those free VPNs are fine if you're just going to use it to bypass a schools filter on a schools PC

But if you're planning on using VPNs for personal use I highly recommend paid ones as they are most trusted and have the most support

If you use those free VPNs on your personal device then its safer to use itand then delete them so they don't use your traffic as a botnet  

Posted by Ash Ketchum

If you use those free VPNs on your personal device then its safer to use them and then delete them so they don't use your traffic as a botnet

Yeah, Betternet is an iOS/Android app, so everyone that uses it is using it on their personal device (phone, tablet, etc). I used it on my iPad, deleted it for the exact reason of not wanting to be used in a botnet.  

I personally use a VPN as well, but mine is setup at home. I recommend you do the same thing, because it's free, and you're more secure. My raspberry Pi is running the VPN software. Also, if you don't have one of those, consider buying a VPS and installing a VPN on there. You should be fine.  

I personally used cyberghost to go on blocked websites at school since I have a subscription on it anyways  

lol i downloaded betternet 3 days ago just to gain an access to blocked websites in school. i just deleted it after reading this lol.