About
K1VPN
Privacy should not be a luxury.
We didn't build just another VPN - we built the one we'd want to use ourselves.
Today, much of the digital economy is built on collecting data, building profiles and analysing behaviour. A VPN that follows the same model is not a solution - it is part of the problem.
K1VPN was built on one principle: collect as little data as possible and be honest about what we do.
The roots
The story of K1VPN did not begin with a VPN.
1984
Sinclair ZX Spectrum+
First contact with programming - at a time when the internet did not exist in homes and a personal computer was something almost exotic. The ZX Spectrum+ was an 8-bit machine with a Z80 processor. Countless hours in BASIC and Z80 assembly. An era when users were not just software consumers - they were creators.
1987
Commodore Amiga 500
The Amiga 500 changed everything. With its Motorola 68000 (16/32-bit) and custom chips, it did things that were impossible on PCs of the era. It was not just a computer - it was a community of people who loved programming, graphics, music and creativity. That is where the demo scene began.
1992
Commodore Amiga 1200 & demo scene
The Amiga 1200 with its 32-bit 68EC020 was the pinnacle of the era. Demos that pushed hardware to do things its own engineers had never imagined. In the demo scene we never used real names - we had handles. Nobody asked your surname. They knew you by what you built. The handle was marshal.
1995
x86, University & Assembly
University studies brought a deep engagement with x86 computers - the era of the 486 and early Pentium, when PCs were now dominant. Programming in assembly and machine language: code that spoke directly to the processor, with no layers of abstraction in between.
1997
Linux & Debian
Debian first appeared in 1993, but full adoption came in 1997 - from that point on it became the primary operating system for everything. Open source, full control of the system, a community that builds rather than consumes. From there, decades of work in networking, infrastructure and security. A straight line from the Z80 of '84 to K1VPN.
K1VPN was born from this philosophy:
technology should give people more freedom, not less.
Our principles
These are not marketing slogans. They are design decisions.
No Logs
We do not record browsing history, DNS queries, bandwidth usage, connection logs, session duration or user activity. If we don't collect it, we can't store it. If we don't store it, we can't share it.
Transparency
We explain clearly what we collect, what we don't collect, how the service works and what your rights are. Trust is built with honesty, not fine print.
Security
Security is not a feature added at the end. It is considered from day one - from the choice of technologies to infrastructure management. Secure by Default.
Simplicity
You don't need dozens of complex settings to protect your privacy. Technology should work for the user - not confuse them.
What we never do
This is just as important as what we do.
WE DO NOT use Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel or advertising trackers
WE DO NOT use behavioral tracking or user profiling tools
WE DO NOT sell user data to third parties
WE DO NOT build user profiles
WE DO NOT display ads of any kind
WE DO NOT belong to a larger group with different interests
Our business model is simple: you pay for the service, the service works for you. Nothing else.
How to evaluate a VPN
We are not asking you to trust us because we say so. We are giving you the tools to judge any VPN - including K1VPN.
Business model
Where does the money come from? If the service is free or ad-supported, the product is your data. A VPN funded by subscriptions has interests aligned with the user.
Ownership
Who owns it? Dozens of "independent" VPNs belong to the same conglomerate. A VPN acquired by a company with a different business model rarely preserves its original values.
Jurisdiction
Where is it incorporated? The country of registration determines which laws apply, whether it participates in joint surveillance agreements (Five Eyes etc.) and what it is legally required to disclose.
Transparency Report
Does it periodically publish a transparency report with government requests, legal decisions and actions affecting user data? Regular public reporting signals that the company takes transparency seriously.
Track record
Has it ever handed user data to authorities? Has there been a breach? If so, how did it respond? Companies are not judged only by what they say - they are judged by what they did when tested.
Trust is built with actions
Many companies put founders front and centre. We prefer to put policies, technical decisions and transparency front and centre. Trust is not earned with founder photos - it is earned through consistency in how you operate and honesty about what you do and do not do.
In the demo scene we never used real names - we had handles. Nobody asked your surname. They knew you by what you built. The founder's handle was marshal.
Privacy is a value that applies to everyone - including those who build the service. That is not a contradiction. It is consistency.
K1VPN LLC · Sheridan, Wyoming, USA
Built by people who have worked with computers
for more than four decades
Not by an investment fund. Not by an advertising company. Not to collect data.
And we still believe that privacy on the internet has value.
Perhaps more today than ever.
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