is Proton VPN free?
They have free and paid versions. Based in Switzerland. Very strict privacy laws and no logging. Requires zero personal information to sign up. Servers all around the world, including USA. I use the free version. Just can’t use my account on my phone and computer at the same time, that’s a limitation of a free account. I suppose I could signup for two different accounts to get around that, but it hasn’t been an issue. I also use ProtonMail. Come to think of it, the VPN may require a email account to signup, but ProtonMail doesn’t require any personal info to get an account. Same Swiss rules apply, with encrypted emails to/from other ProtonMail users or you can provide a key to non-proton mail users if you want to send an encrypted email to them. Obviously you can send clear text email as well.