The best VPN services | Engadget
The best VPN services | Engadget
Very telling that big sites are only promoting VPN services that heavily advertise… i.e. - give commissions on signups.
The list of providers they “tested” aren’t even that complete, they didn’t even bother to pretend to check out ones that won’t give a kickback for promotion.
They don’t give specific recommendations, but the EFF has a good list of things to look for in a provider. ssd.eff.org/module/choosing-vpn-thats-right-you
VPN stands for “Virtual Private Network.” When you connect to a VPN, all data that you send (such as the requests to servers when browsing the web) appears to originate from the VPN itself, rather than your internet service provider (ISP). This masks your IP address, which can be an...
Agreed with your last point, though Mullvad axing port forwarding means for torrenters they’ve become drastically less useful.
I wonder why they don’t employ Nat-pmp like Proton does.
I think Mullvad was being used for a lot of CSAM torrenting, and they didn’t like that. They got tired of regular users complaining of being blocked everywhere, and Interpol knocking on their door.