Take Affiliate Site Reviews With a Grain of Salt

Krebs on Security has a warning about reliability of reviews on sites funded by affiliates (i.e., receiving a commission on products sold through the site, like the Amazon Affiliate program)

For better or worse, there are hundreds of VPN providers out there today. Simply searching the Web for “VPN” and “review” is hardly the best vetting approach, as a great many VPN companies offer “affiliate” programs that pay people a commission for each new customer they help sign up. I say this not to categorically discount VPN providers that offer affiliate programs, but more as a warning that such programs can skew search engine results in favor of larger providers. That’s because affiliate programs oft

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