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A New Year approaches, and it’s traditionally a time for reflection even in the world of cybersecurity.

Today, I’ll shine a light on three of the most promising VPNs out there.

A VPN running on a mobile device

Together, they’re bound to create waves in 2025.

Nym VPN

This ambitious project aims to combine decentralized privacy with blockchain technology.

Instead, ituses a Mixnetto route traffic through distributed nodes to obfuscate its origin.

NymVPN running on a laptop, tablet, and mobile device

At the moment, NymVPN is an interesting experiment in crypto-driven anonymity.

Looking for the quickest provider on the block?

Head on over to our roundup of thefastest VPNsof 2025.

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As a result, Windscribe says customers should immediately see faster connection times that are more reliable.

Where could it improve, then?

Then, there’s the transparency aspect Surshark underwent an audit in January 2023.

Surfshark app open on an Andoid phone and a Windows ARM laptop