Further, let's say the government subpoenas them for a traffic log. If they have a log to turn over and they comply, they are out of business. If, per their EULA, they claim no log and the government is unable to prove otherwise then you are likely good.
I've heard others claim that "it might be a front for the CIA." The CIA has certainly run front companies in the past. The trouble is they can only expose that info once and then their cover is blown. They got to make it count. Nothing is bulletproof but there's no point in making it easy.
"Nothing is bulletproof but there's no point in making it easy." Words to live by, right there. 👍
One final note, our government isn't the only one interested in VPN user logs if they in fact existed. Foreign govs and Hollywood's DRM Nazis would also love to get their hands on VPN logs if the existed as well. To the best of my knowledge they have never been able to subpoena any for use in court.
VPNs are widely used in China and the government has had little ability to limit their use or access logs to find dissidents. Same with the UK government. www.tomsguide.com/computing/vp...