The BEST VPN For the TikTok Ban DOESN'T EXIST 😲 + My Favorite Tool To Research VPNs

your quest to find a vpn so you can

still access

tick-tock if when it gets banned might

not be as

easy as just googling the best vpn of

2020.

hey s'mores i'm shannon morris welcome

to morse code i do tech reviews and

tutorials so if you are looking for

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privacy you have come to the right place

we are having a bit of a discussion

today with a little bit of tea on the

side

or in this case a pumpkin spice

frappuccino listen sometimes you gotta

get some tea

in on your channel especially when it

has to do with

you know drama around apps getting

banned that's a thing but first i do

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okay so back to my pumpkin spice

frappuccino so here's the thing

i'm 34 years old i'm a bit older than

most tick tock users but i have used the

application

to test it out and i have found some

hilarious elders

that make me cry laughing every time i

watch their videos it's a really funny

app i get it

i know why people just sit on there for

hours and watch videos and just like cry

laughing

it's funny it's no wonder that people

love this platform so much

it's kind of like what vine used to be

but i think it's funnier but there is a

problem

since tick tock's parent company is bite

dance

and that's a chinese-based company the

us government or in this case trump

is looking to ban the app in the u.s so

there's a few things that i want to

cover in today's video what i think of

this impending ban

why people are going the vpn route and

also why i've never accepted a vpn

sponsorship even though i get those

emails

almost every damn day so let's talk

about the band first

well the us wants to ban tick tock and

my friend roberto blake had asked me

during live stream on

viper's channel what i thought about

that and talk about opening a can of

worms

roberto has a really good series of

videos made for creators

talking about the tick tock band and how

this affects creators

so i wanted to cover it for the users

out there as well so first off why is it

getting banned well here's the thing

tiktok has had some vulnerabilities but

that's not

why the government wants to ban the app

every single large social media platform

has had some kind of vulnerabilities so

this is not the problem

they want to ban it because it's

chinese-based now while there is

absolutely

zero evidence currently at time of

recording

showing that tiktok has ever given data

to the chinese government same with

huawei if

asked they would have to and since the

government currently has

this whole political thing going on with

china they are basically throwing

punches

now without going into the whole drama

and the whole details about

the political stuff that's going on on

this whole topic what i will say is this

at time of recording this executive

order does appear to be allowed and

that's a big concern

for any applications made by

international companies

especially if our government is using it

as a way to create political discord

and that should be a big concern for us

as consumers too

because it's a big deal if the

government wants to put their hands

all over the applications that are on

your smartphones and also

other than tick tock being made by a

chinese company how can we look at their

data collection and think

this is wrong when google microsoft and

facebook

do literally the exact same things what

about when pokemon go on ios was

found requesting permissions for google

account data

isn't it kind of hypocritical to be like

tick-tock is doing this and that's bad

when others do it too and we just kind

of turn a blind eye because they're

us-based companies

so tldr i think that banning an

application

a consumer application on consumer

devices just because its parent company

is chinese

is very monopolistic especially when

there is no evidence of them

maliciously using that data and using it

with the country

government but it still looks like it's

going to get banned which means that

users of tick tock really want to find

and use a vpn so that they can continue

to access it

and people are specifically looking for

a vpn that can make it seem like they

are not located in the us

so they can access applications that are

banned in the us

even when they are sitting at home here

in the states so

let's go ahead and get into discussing

vpns

now there is a reason why i have never

taken a sponsorship with a vpn and

that's because i

just don't trust them mostly see here's

the thing vpns are marketed as this

end-all be-all for privacy and while

they could

hide your web browsing from your isp

like comcast or centurylink or

whoever your isp might be many have also

been found to have their own data leaks

they have found to be collecting data

that de-anonymizes users

they have never had third-party audits

or they just plain don't do what they

promised that they would do

vpns pop up every single day there are

thousands of them and they will pay

very good money to be on those best vpn

of 2020 lists which if you google there

are so many of those kind of lists but

it's

incredibly hard for regular users and

consumers to know if they are buying

into an actual

best product my cat is in here do you

agree with my vpn

thoughts starbuck she said yes so here's

a pro tip for you

if you find a list of best anything read

the article to find out if it's a

sponsored post or if there is sponsored

information or if the link

ends up being an affiliate link whenever

you go to click on one of those vpns and

sign up for it because

oftentimes you will find that to be the

case

the post very well could have some bias

if there is money involved and side note

that is why i don't do paid reviews so

tldr for this topic

vpns can often be pretty scammy

especially when marketed towards users

and that's why i have never had

a video on this channel sponsored by a

vpn because

everyone that's contacted me i

personally just don't trust with my own

data

so people often ask me what's your

favorite vpn and the most direct answer

is

you would need to build your own but

most consumers if i said that to them

would look at me like i'm nuts

if i say that so i have to dig a little

bit deeper now if you are just looking

for a vpn to bypass a local ban

that makes your search a little bit

easier but there is a lot to consider

when thinking about a vpn

so for starters free ones are generally

going to give you

worse privacy options than ones that

cost money

how do free sites and applications

including vpns make money there's an

answer to that

it's called ads advertisements likely

with cookies or that are targeted or

they sell or share your data

so if you care about your security and

privacy which you should

then you will likely be spending a

little bit of money for a good vpn you

are in luck though because they are

generally really cheap

now i use this website to find my

favorite vpns it's called that

oneprivacysite.net

this site has gone through literally

thousands of vpns to find their data

retention policies

their data transfer rates to find out

what kind of speeds you would get

whenever you're logged into a vpn

find out where they are based what kind

of anonymity options they give you and a

lot more

so for example if i look up pia vpn or

private internet access vpn which is one

that i use

then i could immediately find out oh

this one isn't perfect either because

guess what it's based in one of those

five eyes countries or maybe it's 11

eyes now i don't know here's the

definition

so i think by looking at this chart it's

easy to see why i can never straight out

say

yes this vpn will be perfect for you

because none of them

are actually perfect and they all give

you different outcomes

now while i personally use an ovpn or

openvpn setup whenever i go to

hackercons and i use

pia vpn for more consumer oriented usage

like

if i just want to buy something from

japan real quick and i can't access a

site from the us

which has definitely happened then you

may find that those don't work for you

or maybe they are too convoluted for

day-to-day usage

so that's why i haven't accepted any

sponsorships from any vpn providers

all the ones that i have been contacted

by have not been the best at security so

i feel like they're

kind of scammy at best and while i may

do some vpn reviews

none of them will be a magic bullet for

security and privacy

they have to be an add-on to your own

online security and privacy hygiene

and your own uses so my answer to this

popular question

about the best vpn for tick tock is what

options and preferences work best for

you

do research and find a vpn that features

most

or all of the perks that you are looking

for and you should be good to go

the best vpn to access ticktalk does not

actually really

exist because many could be the best and

it really depends on what you are

looking for personally

it also depends on where their servers

are located

and it depends on how much it costs and

what your own personal budget might be

it might depend on data transfer rates

now you might look at this video and

think well why did i sit through this if

you're just going to tell me that

nothing is perfect and there isn't an

answer well i did give you kind of an

answer a way to research using that

website that i linked

down below in the description that

oneprivacysite.net

that is one of my favorite places to go

whenever i am researching different vpns

and you also have to look at

things like terms of service on their

websites and find out if they do

have security audits i really think that

this is extremely important

so i can never say like this vpn is

going to be perfect for you now if you

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already use a vpn and which one do you

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i'm shannon morris and i will see you

soon bye y'all