The best options are REPUTABLE VPN’s. I use the Norton VPN. Free VPN’s are not reputable. Investigations by independent tech investigators have proven them to be frauds.
I’m using Nord vpn, I’ve got Lifelock and will probably switch to Norton but I’ve got about 14 months left on my Nord subscription. DDG is my search engine and I’m running Mac’s. I try not to use WiFi either. I pay for the data a little more but it’s called old and untrusting. Some could say paranoid. WGAF.