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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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Mullvad is the best
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Mullvad is the only one I trust now.
Their entire infra is in ram and they don’t require emails or phone numbers from you.
I used to use Nord but between the controversy and how much of a pain it is to get a .ovpn config now I just cancelled the rest of my 2year subscription and moved to Mullvad.
I’ll never look back it’s x10 the experience of any provider I’ve used before.
Absolutely to mullvad
The securest VPN is the one that you can control. I’ve been using OpenClash on my router, and if anything ever happen, I can just destroy the droplet on my VPS server.
Proton or mullvad.
One strike against nordvpn is they will give you a deal on a three year purchase then put you on an expensive annual plan and charge you a couple months before the three year purchase lapses. I had to threaten a charge back on my credit card for them to refund their annual subscription charge.
Airvpn all the way.
The comments here are clear. Mullvad is the champion. Mullvad, what is best in life? “To evade your enemies’ servers, see their tracking wilt before you, and to hear the lamentation of the blocked ads.”
Been using proton vpn for a few years now, works great. They made a better Linux client recently too, so it’s just been smooth sailing from the get go for me.
Their new Linux client was a massive upgrade
+1
does the new Linux client support forwarding? I’d love to use that via CLI for my little seedbox
There is a port forwarding toggle, I haven’t tested it out though
How about Mozilla’s VPN? Is it not just Mullvad under the hood? I ask because I use Mullvad, but I would also like to support Mozilla.
Yes they are a reseller/rebranded Mullvad, literally no difference. Servers and performance are identical.
I am currently writing my master thesis on this topic. The three beat choices out there are, Mullvad, ProtonVPN, IVPN. Plus Windscribe for an honorable mention (they have by far the funniest marketing team).
Neither one of them works in China, so I hope your thesis explains as to why they are “best” if a malevolent government can simply instruct local ISPs to block the client-server handshake nationwide and thus expose all customers relying on encrypted communication to crackdowns by local authorities.
I was not aware, but thanks!
Can i have access to your thesis? Is be very interested to give it a read
Appreciate it, but I am sadly still just in the planning and researching stage. I will start writing it in January and will be finished in June. If I can publish it without my name, then I will do so here on Lemmy 👍
You could give read access to the final draft and redact your name from the paper. Thanks for considering!
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Not done with my thesis yet… But, ExpressVPN is owned by Kape Technologies, who also own PIA and Cyberghost. To me that’s already sketchy as I wouldn’t trust a company that owns three of the same services, feels like they are all the same but layered with different UIs, although I cannot prove that.
Furthermore, Kape Technologies used to be Crossrider, a company that were connected to malware distribution.
Although not a peer reviewed source, I hope to dive deeper into this:
https://restoreprivacy.com/kape-technologies-owns-expressvpn-cyberghost-pia-zenmate-vpn-review-sites/
https://restoreprivacy.com/kape-technologies-crossrider-malware/
I’m using Mullvad through Tailscale now. Works OK. I think Proton has a free plan
Proton does have a free plan but it’s very limited
So partly proprietary, lol ;D
Which part?
Tailscale, isnt it?
I believe, if you use Headscale (https://github.com/juanfont/headscale) as your server, and just the CLI, it’s all open source.
Thanks!
Nice!
That literally is what happened with Mullvad.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/mullvad-vpn-hit-with-search-warrant-in-attempted-police-raid
Mullvad has had some awesome projects recently.
Proton have been trying to drive a privacy orientated ecosystem and an alternative to the big three.
Both deserve your money. Great companies
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AirVPN
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ProtonVPN…
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