# hide.me privacy rating

VPN service from eVenture Ltd. in Malaysia with a free plan that needs no sign-up and paid plans. Apps support WireGuard, OpenVPN, IKEv2 and SoftEther.

## Summary

hide.me scores 67 out of 100 (grade C) on the VPN providers criteria. It meets 6 of 12 criteria: no ads or data sales, independent audit, transparency report, TLS configuration, audited no-logs policy and modern protocols. It partly meets open source, security headers, anonymous payment and open-source apps. It does not meet no trackers or telemetry and tells users about requests. It is based in Malaysia: Not in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+ and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B.

- Website: https://hide.me
- Source code: https://github.com/eventure/hide.client.linux
- License: GPL-2.0
- Jurisdiction: Malaysia. Not in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes.
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
- Home page trackers: none found
- Category: [VPN providers](https://privacyratings.com/vpns/)
- Grade: C (67/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | Partial | Only the Linux command-line client is open source, under GPL-2.0. The other apps and the servers are closed source. | https://github.com/eventure/hide.client.linux/blob/master/LICENSE.md |
| No trackers or telemetry | No | The privacy policy allows third-party analytics cookies, and the Android app includes Sentry. | https://hide.me/en/privacy |
| No ads or data sales | Yes | Funded by paid plans. The free plan has no ads. | https://hide.me/en/free-vpn |
| Independent audit | Yes | Securitum's no-logs audit report is public. | https://hide.me/downloads/Securitum_Hide.me_no-log-policy_20240607.pdf |
| Transparency report | Yes | Yearly report with counts of legal requests and DMCA complaints. | https://hide.me/downloads/hide.me-transparency-report-2025.pdf |
| Tells users about requests | No | No published policy on notifying users about data requests. |  |
| TLS configuration | Yes | Grade A+ | https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=hide.me&hideResults=on |
| Security headers | Partial | Grade B (70/100+) | https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=hide.me |
| Modern web standards | Not tested yet | Not tested yet. |  |
| Audited no-logs policy | Yes | Securitum verified that no user activity or DNS logs are stored on the VPN servers. | https://hide.me/downloads/Securitum_Hide.me_no-log-policy_20240607.pdf |
| Anonymous payment | Partial | Monero and other cryptocurrencies are accepted, but an email address is needed for paid plans. | https://hide.me/en/pricing |
| Open-source apps | Partial | Only the Linux command-line client is open source. | https://github.com/eventure/hide.client.linux |
| Modern protocols | Yes | WireGuard is supported. | https://hide.me/en/wireguard-vpn |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/vpns/hide-me/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/vpns/hide-me.md