German The JackalJun 30, 2023

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.

Show threadgreatleyJun 30, 2023
What about Windscribe? They seem to have port forwarding available.
Show threadGerman The Jackal
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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