Commercial VPNs route traffic through centralized servers, allowing VPN companies to have full visibility into user data.Examples like the Safe-Inet VPN service and IPVanish have shown that privacy claims of VPN providers can be compromised.Data retention laws, intelligence alliances, and covert partnerships pose risks to VPN users' privacy.Private solutions like Tailscale, with its decentralized architecture, offer key anti-surveillance features and better security.