Ethical Guidelines

We actively weigh the broader impact of every technical and business choice we make. Our architecture adheres strictly to a privacy-first standard that goes far beyond industry baselines.

Every operational choice matters: how we articulate our guarantees to new users, what data we refrain from collecting, and which infrastructure tools we rely on. We believe in leading by example, and commit to the following principles:

No personal information

We architect our systems for zero user information as outlined in our strict privacy policy. We never require an email address or any identifying personal records.

No trackers

Third-party tracking scripts monitor user behavior and assemble digital dossiers. You will never encounter tracking libraries or profiling telemetry on our websites: we operate entirely tracker-free.

No third-party tools

Commercial analytics suites harvest intrusive personal data. We utilize self-hosted diagnostic services managed exclusively on our own bare-metal servers to safeguard your rights.

No secrets

VPN for Android's ownership, organizational structure, and core engineering staff are openly published so you know exactly who is responsible for protecting your traffic.

No false promises

Commercial VPN services often advertise total invulnerability or absolute anonymity. We refuse to advertise speculative claims or promise protections beyond what cryptographic tunnels can realistically provide.

Openness and accountability

All client software is open source and hosted transparently for external peer review on GitHub. We perform recurring third-party cryptographic audits to continually substantiate our claims.

How we don’t do marketing

We are dedicated to championing transparent network sovereignty and digital privacy rights. In an industry saturated with deceptive commercial practices, maintaining our principles requires strict discipline.

We find aggressive marketing practices harmful and unethical, and categorically refuse to engage in them. The following practices represent tactics we reject and strictly prohibit across our operations:

Paid reviews

We eliminated affiliate commission systems to resist the pervasive industry problem of paid placement reviews and bought rankings on comparative VPN review portals.

Surveillance ads

Behavioral advertising networks rely on bulk tracking and invasive profiling. We decline commercial partnerships with invasive platforms and all algorithmic surveillance advertising networks.

Dark patterns

We actively reject fabricated consumer reviews, artificial social proof popups, artificial countdown timers, fake urgent discounts, and obfuscated cancellation loops.

Fear, uncertainty and doubt

Manufactured urgency and fearmongering are endemic in consumer security marketing. We will never fabricate apocalyptic threats or claim that unencrypted browsing guarantees catastrophe.

Buying endorsements

We believe influencers without verifiable cybersecurity backgrounds should not endorse cryptographic tools in exchange for sponsorship revenue.

Spam

We reject bulk unsolicited social media outreach and purchasing prospective subscriber email databases—deceptive tactics common throughout the consumer software industry.

How we attract new customers

Our commitment to user security takes precedence over maximizing short-term margins, and we reinvest revenue into expanding cryptographic capabilities and security research. While operating as a sustainable enterprise, our customer outreach remains tethered to our core ethical commitments:

Method	Examples
Improving our service Continuous technical optimizations ensure organic peer recommendations through word-of-mouth.	Quantum-resistant connections V2Ray obfuscation protocols Production WireGuard implementation
Educational projects We invest dedicated development hours into authoring comprehensive research and privacy education.	Privacy & Security Guides Technical blog publications Threat modeling resources
Community and social channels We publish technical disclosures and update milestones transparently within open privacy communities.	Mastodon Reddit Twitter
Journalists and reviewer cooperation We provide technical documentation and verification access to independent journalists without financial compensation.	The Wirecutter Techlore Privacy Guides
Sponsorships We provide financial support to non-profit digital civil liberties foundations and privacy-focused open source initiatives.	EFF BTCPay Server WireGuard
Supporting privacy educators We offer non-restrictive grants to independent researchers with verified technical backgrounds who educate the public on privacy.	Seth For Privacy The New Oil Monero Talk

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