I trust my ISP more than a random VPN provider. I use HTTPS for everything anyways.
this post was submitted on 06 Aug 2023
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Why do you trust some random VPN provider in a different country more than your local ISP?
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Got Express right before they sold. Going to swap very soon! Mainly looking at proton for the swap
Proton doesn't have a good privacy record a few reasons including this
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I don’t see nord on this list. Can someone tell me why the others listed are better?
I also use Nord. I think it's fine, but self-hosted and open would be better (since you for SURE know what data is passing through and what is happening with it). With Nord it's like a "trust me bro" black box.
That said, I trust Nord enough for my needs. I don't do anything too secretive on the VPN and frankly I think the 80/20 is in favor of just using Nord over self-hosting (I don't really have time for that).
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Astrill, only VPN with a good track record in China where I happen to live.
Most others crap out after a few weeks or months, and never bother to fix their protocols.
Huh, interesting that VPNs work in China. I thought the GFW aggressively throttled encrypted connections?
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I used to have Mullvad but it recently disabled portforwarding-support. Now I ditched it in favor of Proton since I already had a Proton subscription running. I am still looking out for a VPN that supports portforwarding though, in a way that a non-tech-savvy person like myself can run it on Linux. No idea where and how to do that now.
Can you tell me why someone would need port forwarding with a VPN? Genuinely don't know.
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ProtonVPN, but I've been thinking of switching to Mullvad or maybe PIA(because of price).
I use adguard VPN. I got 5 years for really cheap and it integrates well with adguard DNS blocking on my phone.
I've been trying running a VPN on my phone as a matter of course lately (Proton). I'm assuming it not only keeps your ISP from knowing where you're going but, more importantly, advertisers and trackers as well.
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....or do I have that last bit wrong?
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