Would be moving from Mullvad, would appreciate opinions on the current landscape of VPN’s from those who keep a better eye out. TIA.
MullvadVPN, it doesn’t share info and you give it the least amount possible
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Some time ago I would have recommended Mullvad and Proton, but after Proton’s CEO publicly mentioned Trump favorably in some way I’d say just use Mullvad.
I use Nord. No one here has mentioned Nord. Is it shit?
if they put so much money into influencers, youtubers etc I am already turned off. shouldn’t they lower prices, pay better wages or expand infrastructure instead of giving money to pewdiepie?
They have a pretty bad rep in terms of privacy from what I have seen
Dang, I wasn’t aware of that. Well, I’ll ditch them once my subscription expires for sure.
I highly suggest Windscribe. They’re independent, tested safe, good prices, and good speeds. Been a paying customer for years and had few issues
MullvadVPN.
I would use Mullvad
Nobody is mentioning PIA… Am I missing something that makes them a non-ideal option?
Bought by an Israeli firm:
https://hackread.com/private-internet-access-pia-vpn-sold-israel-privacy-concerns/
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I was recommended Proton a couple years ago (pre-Lemmy) by some reddit tech/piracy forum. I’ve continued to subscribe it without scrutiny or vigilance. and uhh it’s fine? works great? it’s a VPN. i can download star trek without prison time. I never game on it though
I was going to recommend the one your moving from. Ha
What are your requirements?
Haha Open to staying, just looking since it’s time to check the landscape out if anything’s changed. My friend has Proton VPN, but so many options these days.
But what is wrong with Mullvad that your leaving it?
https://www.privacyguides.org/en/vpn/
A comparison from a group who matches my style of crazy.
Well some less than impressive news about the Proton CEO came out pretty recently. I’m a current user and thinking hard about switching to something else.
Lemme go find a link. Here we go, I went down this thread last night:
Bingo. When I heard about it, figured I would rather ask here.
Meh. Who cares about the political leanings of some CEO. Separate the art from the artist.
This reminds me of “Why do people always have to bring politics into this?” Hate to break it to you, but politics is relevant to every facet of life in a civilization. From the food you eat, to the ways you’re able to make a living, to everything else in your life.
When the product is “trust” there is no separation. I do no longer trust the CEO so I will not use the product that relies on that trust.
Proton is and always was sketchy.
A company claiming “Swiss privacy laws” as their base while de facto operating out of the US is highly problematic. Switzerland has the weakest privacy laws of all European countries, has laws in place for extensive intelligence agency placement within their tech companies and has a history of intelligence agency overreach. The USA can easily make companies and executives do what they want due to the whole Homeland security act clusterfuck.
I wouldn’t touch then with a ten foot pole if data privacy was ones goal.
AirVPN is great and has port forwarding.
I like airvpn. Ran 24/7 for over a year without issue.
How are the speeds?
I can only tell by how my torrents run, I’d say pretty good but not great. That could also be because I’m running 1,600 torrents
