It isn’t even the only SuperVPN on the Google Play Store. SuperVPN FreeVPN Client is one of many free VPNs which look too good to be true. Its shady behaviour and vague, overreaching privacy policy are both huge red flags which should be absolute deal breakers when choosing a VPN. SuperVPN could excel in all our other criteria (it doesn’t) and we would still not recommend it. It is really important that you can trust your VPN, and SuperVPN has done absolutely nothing to earn our trust.
There is no reason for a VPN to request this kind of information coupled with the privacy policy’s reference to storing data it implies SuperVPN might be collecting personal data.Įven with the best encryption, when you use a VPN you entrust your service with your personal information and data. A proper privacy policy – like this one from Private Internet Access – could resolve it, but SuperVPN does not have a proper privacy policy.Įven more worrying, when you first install SuperVPN it asks for permission to access your phone and your stored files and media. You don’t need an email address or an account to use SuperVPN, so it is hard to imagine any amount of information about users being necessary to run the service. What data does SuperVPN collect? And why is it storing such data in the privacy-unfriendly US and UK? This is the kind of thing which sets off alarm bells. It feels like an excuse for recording IP addresses, rather than a necessary procedure.Īlso, and perhaps in an attempt to appear legitimate, the policy refers to the Data Protection Act 1998, an outdated UK law which was replaced in 2018.Īnother concerning detail is a reference to where SuperVPN stores user data: This isn’t standard practice, or a standard part of VPN logging policies. While the VPN doesn’t monitor traffic, it does monitor IP addresses against an IP blacklist. The most important section of the policy is the following: SuperVPN’s logging policy, which is set out within the service’s privacy policy, is far too sparse for our liking. It didn’t have a website, either.ĭespite a huge number of reviews on the Google Play Store, there is also almost no talk of the app elsewhere online. There is no SuperSoftTech, the app’s ‘developer’ on the Google Play Store, registered in Singapore, where the developer claimed to be located. On the Google Play Store it has fairly positive reviews, and a legitimate-looking publisher: at first glance it looks like a free VPN you could trust.īut if you dig a little further, things start to get worrying.
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