The aim of this VPN is to avoid internet censorship in countries like China. I’ll update the article to make clear that this is not for personal privacy. Shadowsocks (which Outline VPN uses) is made to bypass censorship in countries that lock down their internet.

However, it should be noted that even when using commercial VPN provider — you have to trust that they are not tracking your VPN activities. You can monitor a VPN’s track record with court cases, as see that historically they did not turn have records to turn over when requested by law enforcement. These are the VPN providers that generally recommend.