People fundamentally misunderstand VPNs. A VPN doesn't make you anonymous in any way whatsoever. Here's why: All a VPN service does is hide your traffic from your Internet Service Provider (ISP). For example, from Vodafone. Using a VPN makes your internet traffic go through the VPN provider instead. For example: #Mullvad. If you browse the internet while being logged into any account (Amazon, Google, Netflix, etc.) or you fetch your emails, the web of course still knows who you are. From your account that tells them your name. You don't become anonymous by using a VPN. You would use a VPN only if you don't trust your ISP and would rather trust someone else. For example: If your ISP is a surveillance capitalist (like Google Fiber) or part of a repressive regime, or if you intend to do something illegal. Like pirating movies. Again: A VPN doesn't make you anonymous. If you intend to do something illegal, you're just hoping that the VPN provider won't rat you out to authorities when your ISP would. The VPN provider very much knows that you pirated that movie. Unlike your ISP, they just won't give out that information to the cops though. That's their entire selling point … they help you evade prosecution. But the VPN provider still very much knows who you are and what you did. And you can trust them only so long as they keep their promise to not rat you out. Many people fundamentally misunderstand VPNs. In large part due to the outrageously wrong/misleading marketing by VPN providers. There is no anonymity while browsing the internet unless you use Tor. Especially if you don't also drastically change your habits. Browsing the web while being logged into any of your usual accounts still allows them to track you across multiple sites due to using the same IP address and providing them an identity they can link your traffic to. The IP address is just a different one now. Just paying a company 5 EUR a month while not understanding or changing any of what I described, does absolutely nothing to protect you on the internet. Unless you want to do piracy and fear your ISP would rat you out but hope the VPN provider won't. If it becomes too risky for the VPN provider to cover for you, they will start to rat you out as well.