DotVPN: Fast & Private VPN

Name: DotVPN: Fast & Private VPN
Rating: 3.689393171917738 (9871 reviews)
Author: http://dotvpn.com/

By: http://dotvpn.com/

DotVPN improves your browsing, bringing VPN with privacy and lightning-fast access to any website.

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DotVPN is a powerful VPN extension for Chrome designed to provide fast, secure, and private internet access. It features advanced encryption to protect your identity, a strict no-logs policy ensuring your online activities remain confidential, and an easy one-click setup for instant protection. With DotVPN, users can bypass geo-restrictions to access global content, enjoy ad-free browsing thanks to integrated ad and tracker blocking, and stream high-quality video without ISP throttling. Ideal for business professionals, travelers, and everyday users, this VPN ensures safe browsing on public Wi-Fi networks and seamless integration across devices like Windows PCs, Macs, and Chromebooks. Join millions who trust DotVPN to unlock online freedom and maintain privacy effortlessly.

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Version:

2.7.13 Last updated: 2025-05-26

Creation date:

2020-02-14

Risk:

Permissions:

proxy
webRequest
management
background
alarms
storage

Host permissions:

http://*/*
https://*/*

Size:

8.02MB

Email:

vp*****@dotvpn.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Data ingested on:

2025-07-19

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Ranking

# 540 ▼ 1

Other rankings

#238 in Privacy & Security ▼ 122

#2 in fast vpn keyword 65 ▼ 1

#5 in best vpn keyword 64 ▲ 3

#12 in free vpn keyword 89 ▲ 1

#16 in vpn keyword 95 ▼ 7

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User reviews

Users initially appreciated DotVPN as a free option with several free servers and reasonable functionality. However, recent updates have drastically reduced free server options to a single server with poor speed and connectivity. The inability to select regions or servers and frequent failures to connect have frustrated many, leading to low ratings and calls to revert updates. While some still find it partially functional, the overall sentiment is that the extension has become unreliable and slow, limiting its usefulness.

Pros

Some users found it to be one of the few VPNs that worked for them.
Previously had multiple free servers allowing better connection choices.
Some users reported it was working or worked well before recent updates.
It's a free product, so users acknowledge limitations with cost.
Some users praised the extension before updates that degraded performance.

Cons

Recent updates reduced the available free servers to one, which often does not work properly.
Significant slowdown in speed, making the VPN almost unusable for streaming or browsing.
The update removed the ability to select servers or regions, causing connectivity issues with some services.
Some users report the VPN does not connect or work at all after updates.
Limited free usage time (e.g., 1 hour) which reduces usefulness.

Recent reviews

this so bad that country i need is premium and first says that all is free

ad*****, 2025-07-10

Было несколько бесплатных серверов, можно было выбрать что-то работающее. Сейчас сервер один и с никакой скоростью. Поставил две звезды, а не одну, в память о том, что когда-то сервисом можно было пользоваться :о)

nA*****, 2025-07-09

Nd me permet pas de me connecter aux site pour lesquels j'ai besoin d'un VPN.

fr*****, 2025-07-04

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

DotVPN: Fast & Private VPN requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Chrome extension may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Chrome extension reputation on Chrome Web Store, the amount of time the Chrome extension has been around, and other signals about the Chrome extension. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Chrome extension.

DotVPN: Fast & Private VPN is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

Risk likelihood analysis details

Medium This extension was updated in the past 3 months. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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