Editorial Policy

What we publish, and why

CyberCrunch covers security and privacy software the way people actually use it: installed on ordinary devices, on ordinary connections, doing ordinary things. Our aim is that a reader can act on a page in five minutes and be right.

How reviews are produced

We buy our own subscriptions. We do not use vendor-supplied test accounts, vendor benchmarks or vendor marketing copy as a source for a score. Every number in a comparison table traces to one of our own measurements or to a document we can cite — an independent audit, a published policy, or the provider's own price page.

Our bench covers seven areas: performance and speed, privacy and security practice, ease of use, pricing and overall value, app quality across platforms, server network relevance, and customer support responsiveness. The method behind each is published on the homepage so a reader can check our work.

Corrections

Software changes faster than articles do. When a product changes in a way that alters our verdict, we retest and update the page rather than quietly leaving it. When we get something wrong, we fix it and say what changed. Prices and feature counts are re-checked as part of that cycle.

Independence

Commercial relationships are disclosed on our affiliate disclosure page and never influence a score, a ranking or a criticism. Editorial decisions are made by the editorial team alone.

Limits of our advice

Nothing on this site is legal advice or a security guarantee. A VPN or a password manager reduces specific risks; it does not make you anonymous, and it does not protect you from every threat. Where a product's marketing overstates what it can do, we say so.

Contact

Corrections, questions and complaints about a page are welcome and are read by the people who wrote it.