I’ve been using iVPN for the past few months and the connection is total dogshit. I find myself turning it off every now and again to get things to load and that defeats the purpose of having a VPN.
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.
In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.
much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)
NymVPN
I recommend Mullvad: https://mullvad.net/en
They even take cash.
Got a cheap deal on SurfShark, so moved to them from ExpressVPN. Both worked great, got good reviews etc. Happy to be re-assess if anyone has information to the contrary, or tells me they’re affiliated with the clan or something, but so far so good.
clans omgawd 🤣
Kape Technologies plc is a British-Israeli information security company owned by businessman Teddy Sagi. Kape owns the VPN service and cybersecurity companies CyberGhost, Private Internet Access, ZenMate, ExpressVPN, and Intego.
So I was right to move to Surfshark?
You were right to stop using ExpressVPN :p.
I’ve been happy with Windscribe
Have you considered that the issue is on your end?
A few percent packet loss is hardly noticeable when you have 1 Gbps bandwidth, but once you bounce around to proxies all over the world, it becomes magnitudes worse.
Do some international network testing. Ignore speed. Pay attention to packet loss, jitter, and buffer bloat
If you have anything more than 1% packet loss, call your ISP tech to fix it. You may need to pay them for a business line to get priority on their network. Tell them you have a lot of IP phones.
VPN RELATIONSHIP MAP
https://kumu.io/Windscribe/vpn-relationships#vpn-company-relationships
I would also like https://nym.com/ not to suck but it does. Seems like cool ideas. mixnet and shit
I also would like to try if I knew more https://obscura.com/ and it won’t work on my system
Obscura research I did awhile ago
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nmcli d status nmcli c delete YourConnectionName
If that don’t work power cycle your router.
If that don’t work
I change to my second internet (cell router) it resets and works fine.
It is strange when I set it V2Ray or try to sometimes it freaks out.
The issues are less frequent now but can’t be perfect always.
I still recomend IVPN but I think it is being targeted.
It is owned by ukrainians but they are friendly to russians since you know they have family on bothsides.
I think the owner is in the UK
mullvad and ivpn have been solid for me.
You are asking in the privacy comm so the answer is mullvad.
You are asking for someone to say nord though.
If you need to pirate use air. Do not rely on them for privacy.
proton has good connection that barely cuts out even on the free tier. moreso a problem when websites block you or get cloudflare challenge often, but that’s a problem with all commercial VPNs. i just switch the node then, usually works.
port forwarding on the commercial plan is neat too for me, because i am behind CGNAT.
We are on a privacy forum so i feel the need to say that VPNs are only good for privacy if your ISP is spying on you (or they’re forced to by law enforcement), not much else. IP is a very fragile fingerprinting metric, most people get dynamic IPs as the “default” option. You’re basically trusting a VPN company instead, they have access to the same info as your ISP would without one; Proton has been audited multiple times at least, so there’s more backing to that no log policy than [[insert ISP here]]
I am very happy with the stability of Mullvad.
I have been happy with windscribe. They have a unique sense of humor too…
Wish they accepted monero
They actually do now
I want to try https://kumu.io/Windscribe/vpn-relationships#vpn-company-relationships/windscribe
Same feeling here
On Linux and Android, for servers in north and south america, ivpn is by far the worst compared to mullvad and proton. After 2 months using it, I’m not trying it again for another year because I’m better off with either alternative.
I like private Internet access
do you know it’s owned by an Israeli company?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kape_Technologies
Thanks for the info! I thought they only did business in Israel. Looks like that Kape technologies own a bunch of them.
Yep, I remember that was what caused me to stop watching LTT after they decided to keep promoting them due to trust is such a big part of VPNs. Convinced me none if their opinions are worth listening to and they are modern day infomercials.
IVPN is a good VPN
We are in a war even Professor Mohammad Marandi is having issues with VPNs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eou-MKbL5sc
Power cycle the router I have it hooked up to a wireless non wifi connected switch to aid in turning on/off
https://blog.corenexis.com/how-to-fix-internet-vpn-connetion-issue-in-linux