FarLine99What VPN do you use to hide traffic from your ISP?
DominusOfMegadeusPrivate Internet Access
Why? Prices? Convenience? Trust?
The price is good, I’ve used them for many years and I’ve never had a problem.
dreklysame same
Reasonable 🙂
Lexi SneptaurPersonally for me all three. They offer OVPN profiles to connect even without using their software and their privacy policy includes a “no logs” clause
It’s a solid point, but VPN companies have violated “no logs” policies in the past.
Cyberstalking Suspect Arrested After VPN Providers Shared Logs With the FBI
VPN providers often advertise their products as a method of surfing the web anonymously, claiming they never store logs of user activity, but a recent criminal case shows that at least some, do store user activity logs.
That’s concerning, but so far so good with PIA
torrentfreak.com/private-internet-access-to-be-ac…
Some have pointed at Kape’s history. The company had previously operated under the name Crossrider and was active in the advertising space. Among other things, it installed toolbars with ‘potentially unwanted software.’ While the company has since switched to a focus on cybersecurity, this past has made some people suspicious.
Private Internet Access to Be Acquired by Kape * TorrentFreak
Popular VPN provider Private Internet Access (PIA) is set to be acquired by Kape Technologies. This will transform the company into a major player in the VPN industry. The deal has sparked a lively debate about Kape’s intentions and PIA’s future, but the company stresses that it remains committed to protecting the privacy of its users.
I use PIA in spite of this because their excellent privacy policy has not changed since this purchase. If their policy changes I will drop them like a bad habit.
vvvvanI also use PIA, for many years now. The performance for price has always been fantastic, along with their policies. However, I’m becoming worried about the company now, noticing signs of bad health. Software development and updates have stopped (I’ve now switched to OpenVPN). Help and documentation has stopped (and blog/news). Customer service seems extremely understaffed as well.
Thanks for sharing this. I might cancel my subscription if things don’t improve then.
o_oliIVPN initially because it is very privacy focused but now I swapped to Nord because it’s basically free if you get cashback offers and it seems to bypass more region restrictions for video streaming etc.
But privacy?))
Oh its not like Nord is bad in fact it ranks very well also on that front too but its not why I swapped I guess. I would highly recommend Nord.
thatoneprivacysite.xyz/#detailed-vpn-comparison
For example it ranks better there than PIA does which is very popular.
Not open source? Meh. But it is your choice, nothing against 🙂
Their Linux app is and hopefully they are moving more that way but yeah not as good as others perhaps there.
I would note that this list hasn’t been updated in 4 years. How did they gather these rankings exactly? The green/yellow/red categorizations could use some context as well.
Way better source for information about VPNs.
www.techlore.tech/vpn
This is another great resource, although keep in mind some of the rankings are somewhat flawed, as Tom Spark uses a data-driven approach to ranking. For instance, ExpressVPN is ranked above Mullvad largely because it performs a lot better and is much more polished, but I would always recommend Mullvad over Express.
However, in terms of finding out how VPN’s compare in functionality and performance, there is no better resource.
I cant speak for what nord actually offers but i will never use them cause the marketing they did was very agressive and very missleading.
Also leaks.
The answers are always going to be Mullvad, IVPN or Proton VPN. Windscribe is also a possibility.
Such a based answer. 😍😘
+1 for windscribe
Riseup VPN
Kinda low speeds but private and free. Good option!
MSugarhillLong time Mullvad, now AirVPN
Why switched? Prices? Regional restrictions?)
Mullvad stopped port forwarding. AirVPN gave me more ports than I’d ever need. New accounts get 5 ports.
Ivacy VPN
Got a lifetime deal for 30 bucks.
Fantastic. Lifetime VPN? Too good to be true. But privacy will be bad I assume.
Yes, correct.
I’ve done a lot of digging, and the only concern I’ve found is that the company is somehow connected to PureVPN.
I’m not paranoid, so for me this is fine. Take your own threat model into consideration.
Funnily enough, Ivacy knows basically nothing about me, since I bought the offer through a 3rd party site. I have nothing registered on my Ivacy account, aside from my email and password.
Good approach. Basically, if you are anonymous for provider, then you are good to go. Congratulations 🤌
Thanks? lol
You are very active in your own topic. Feels like you genuinely care.
Now let’s switch the table, shall we? Which VPN do you use?
Sabre363Mullvad. Cheap, simple, good, and everyone here seems to be infatuated with it.
One of the best options. On par with IVPN and Proton.
I tried Proton (the free version), but it didn’t seem as reliable and it just had too much going on. Mullvad is as simple as choosing a location and connecting.
Solid. Very solid option 🙂
Vpn unlimited and adguard vpn
What reasons drove you to that decision?)
What about nord vpn? Is it still good?
For privacy - mehmehmeh. For Geo restrictions - yup, very good.
Really? Can I ask why? I’ve been using them for both and had no issues that I’ve seen, but if they have some flaws in privacy I would like to know what they are.
Go here to understand why it sucks for privacy.
AirVPN
What reasons drove you to land there?
Port forwarding, got a good deal, reviewed well. It exports Wireguard and OpenVPN files easily, so you are not tied to their Eddie client. I’m happy with it so far.
Good reasons 👍🙂
Personally, I switched from Mullvad after they dropped support for port forwarding. I’ve found AirVPN is easier to use on that front as well.
DogsAreEverywhereVery good option!
BlackEcoExcuse me for my lack of understanding, but why are there so many people looking to hide their traffic from their ISP with a VPN? Isn’t HTTPS enough? Are you afraid of ISPs resorting to DPI or MiM to spy on their users? Is customer protection so weak in the US that ISPs are free to spy on their customers using aforementioned techniques?
Because HTTPS protects only things you do on the site. ISP still knows which sites you connect to. Which YouTube video you are watching to. etc. F.E. in Russia ISP’s have to keep logs of users interactions for half of year and give it to government when they need them.
ISP still knows which sites you connect to. Yes, because they know the IPs your packets go to, but if there are multiple website behind a single IP they won’t know which one (unless you use your ISP DNS server, which you should probably not) Which YouTube video you are watching to. etc. No, because the URL is contained within the HTTP packets which are encrypted with SSL (the S in HTTPS), so unless the ISP does MiM, they cannot know which URL you are visiting.
Hmm… You have way better knowledge than I am. It seems so 😁
It’s ok I only read the articles on pornhub
squibletTo me, the problem is you are instead giving over all of your info to the VPN company, and still be tracked by other means such as fingerprinting of devices, cookies/site data or browsing patterns. Is some random VPN company more trustworthy than my ISP and who’s to say they aren’t sharing the information? Plus, the could also be subpoenaed/NSLed if that’s the concern.
I’d be more willing to trust a VPN company with this data than an ISP. The former’s entire business hinges on providing privacy to their customers while the latter can just sell your data to whoever they want and most people wouldn’t bat an eye.
I'd have plenty of questions about the VPN company though. Some of these would be the same as ISPs, some worse for VPN companies.
- do we know if they're compromised by our government or a foreign government?
- Are their systems actually secure?
- do they explicitly share data with a government, like they may be forced to?
- do they sell data and just lie about it?
- do they actually log data and lie about not logging or deleting it?
- what if they do something like an exit scam where it turns out they did collect all your info, and then sell it before they close up shop?