VPN providers
Azire privacy rating
WireGuard VPN service founded in Stockholm and owned by Malwarebytes, running on servers it owns and operates.
Summary
Azire scores 48 out of 100 (grade D) on the VPN providers criteria. It meets 5 of 12 criteria: no ads or data sales, independent audit, transparency report, audited no-logs policy and modern protocols. It partly meets TLS configuration and security headers. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, tells users about requests, anonymous payment and open-source apps. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A- and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B+.
Score 48 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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No
Open source Weight 3 of 3
Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
Closed source. Only a small WireGuard configuration script is published.
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No
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The Malwarebytes privacy policy that covers the service allows mobile analytics software and advertising cookies. The Android app has no known trackers on Exodus.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by paid plans. The FAQ states user data is not sold.
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Yes
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
Full public report from X41 D-Sec covering source code, infrastructure and server hardware.
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Yes
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
Yearly counts of data requests, valid requests and data provided, plus a warrant canary.
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No
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
No published policy on notifying users about data requests.
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Yes
Audited no-logs policy Weight 3 of 3
Has an independent audit confirmed that activity and connection logs are not kept?
The X41 D-Sec audit found production server images discard log messages. The FAQ states no logs are kept.
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No
Anonymous payment Weight 2 of 3
Can an account be created and paid for without an email address, name or card?
Email is optional, but payment is only by card, PayPal or SEPA debit. Cash and cryptocurrency are not accepted.
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No
Open-source apps Weight 2 of 3
Are the apps for every platform open source?
The Windows, macOS, iOS and Android apps are closed source.
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Yes
Modern protocols Weight 1 of 3
Is WireGuard (or another modern audited protocol) supported?
WireGuard is the supported protocol.
Automated tests
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Partial
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade A-
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Partial
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade B+ (80/100+)
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Not tested yet
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Not tested yet.