German The Jackal

Any VPNs comparable to IVPN and Mullvad by privacy?

https://pawb.social/post/895534

Any VPNs comparable to IVPN and Mullvad by privacy, but also have port forwarding? - Pawb.Social

Since IVPN and Mullvad are both phasing out port forwarding, are there any alternatives? I am not looking for something like NordVPN which is a privacy nightmare. AirVPN is also not private enough considering I’ve seen reports online of ISPs sending out DMCA letters of gold to its users.

Jun 30, 2023 at 10:40amWeb
Show threadCayenne05dingosJun 30, 2023
ProtonVPN
Show threadGerman The JackalJun 30, 2023
Personally I don’t trust Proton
ProtonMail case tarnishes Swiss privacy reputation

The arrest of a French activist who used the Swiss ProtonMail e-mail service confirms that there is no anonymity on the Web.

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Show threadYote.zipJun 30, 2023
I suspect ProtonVPN will remove port forwarding soon enough. Mullvad had valid concerns with removing port forwarding, and I expect the industry to agree. I’m not sure what the answer to this problem is.
Show threadDarkTidesJun 30, 2023
Some people here are saying i2p may be the future lemmy.fmhy.ml/post/421534 Sounds like Qbittorrent is planning to provide i2p support too. So hopefully port forwarding won’t matter as much for future releases.
Gradual removal of port forwarding from the IVPN service - FMHY

So IVPN is also removing port forward. Who’s next?

Show threadtoxictenementJun 30, 2023
The main issue with I have with how the current i2p implementation works is that it essentially creates a walled garden in the torrent network, as i2p users can’t seed out to non-i2p users, they can only leech from them. I feel like that would needlessly split the network, which relies on having as many people as possible seeding. Frankly I don’t know if its even possible to work around that, but I’ll need to see how it plays out. Also, there needs to be at least one person with a port forwarded on any given torrent. utp only peers cannot seed independently, from my understanding.
Show threadCabowskiJul 1, 2023
They literally just launched portforwarding on proton vpn this year
Show threadYote.zipJul 1, 2023
Hi, check this comment. It seems like it will be able to work without the concerns that Mullvad has had. I suppose in theory the bad actors can use a synchronized scheme like this as well - if they realize that, ProtonVPN may still end up with the same amount of problems and need to shut it down.
Any VPNs comparable to IVPN and Mullvad by privacy, but also have port forwarding? - Divisions by zero

Since IVPN and Mullvad are both phasing out port forwarding, are there any alternatives? I am not looking for something like NordVPN which is a privacy nightmare. AirVPN is also not private enough considering I’ve seen reports online of ISPs sending out DMCA letters of gold to its users.

Show threadeximoJun 30, 2023

I moved from mullvad to ivpn and now again on the lookout. I guess i2p is “the future” but right now I’m not sure how that works with private trackers.

Whilst you can still torrent without port forwarding I don’t think seeding works right?

Show threadDestroyMegacorpsJun 30, 2023
Seeding still works without port forwarding but uploading your owns torrents is not possible
Show threadeximoJun 30, 2023
Good to know. I am on a private tracker that requires it so will test proton vpn. If they remove it then I guess I just leave the tracker. 🙁
Show threadtoxictenementJun 30, 2023
You also can’t be the only seeder on a torrent for the same reason.
Show threadSpaceman SpiffJul 12, 2023
That’s not entirely true- you can upload your own, but you can only seed to users that do have port forwarding. On many trackers, that initial seed is all going to seed boxes with an autograb script enabled anyway, and those do have port forwarding.
Show threadgreatleyJun 30, 2023
What about Windscribe? They seem to have port forwarding available.
Show threadGerman The JackalJun 30, 2023
Privacy is so atrocious that their damn private key was compromised
Windscribe VPN Security Breach: Servers and Private Key Seized

Windscribe, a popular VPN based in Canada, has suffered a major security breach. Ukrainian authorities seized Windscribe servers and also obtained Windscribe’s private key, which allows them to decrypt traffic from Windscribe users. Windscribe staff has admitted they failed to properly encrypt their servers and are in the process of updating VPN infrastructure to “follow …

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Show threadpalebluedotJul 1, 2023
But they fixed the issue, and documented on why it happened on how it got fixed on the blog. Pretty transparent to me.
Show threadstonemilkerJul 1, 2023
Yeah, they fixed things and owned up to it, best you can do when you fuck things up: blog.windscribe.com/ukrainian-server-seizure-a-co…. I feel like people give them too much shit for this, just like with that Proton climate activist case
Ukrainian server seizure — a commentary and state of the industry

This article is a follow up to the OpenVPN CA sunset article, which outlined a double server seizure incident that occurred in Ukraine…

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Show threadRetroAvengerJun 30, 2023
Is AirVPN out of the question? They’ve still got port forwarding
Show threadGerman The JackalJun 30, 2023
No public audits - I don’t trust. Italy is also not exactly a privacy (and personal rights) haven.
Show threadZebrazillaJun 30, 2023
OVPN still seems to support port forwarding, though it's worth pointing out they were recently acquired by Pango.
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Show threadGerman The JackalJun 30, 2023
US-based is really a no-go for me privacy and piracy-wise. Paranoid, prejudiced, but true more often than it should be.
Show threadContend6248Jul 2, 2023
They are swedish
Show threadYendorJul 1, 2023

PIA have port forwarding.

I know they’ve been one of the top recommendations from TF for years.

Show threadmietzenJul 1, 2023
AzireVPN added port forwarding, it’s also sweden based but lags the audits
Show threadArrogantAnalystJul 1, 2023
AirVPN! Been a customer for 7-8 years.
Show threadSixTrickyBiscuitsJul 2, 2023
Big fan of Air. The owner is a cool guy, they support privacy orgs, and the VPN itself is great.
Show threadSupermariofan67Jul 2, 2023
It’s refreshing being on Lemmy and being able to see a good discussion on vps with (unlike reddit) no bot comment spam and no users engaging in paid shilling.
Show threadmonerobullJul 2, 2023
IVPN, takes Monero and still has port forwarding.
Show threadLemmchenJul 3, 2023
I have bad news for tou: https://www.ivpn.net/blog/gradual-removal-of-port-forwarding/
Show thread🏳️‍⚧️Reepus🏳️‍⚧️Jul 6, 2023
Honestly i don’t really use port forwarding at all but it sucks its being removed, we need more privacy in this day and age.