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What VPN are you using? (feddit.nl)

submitted 1 year ago by helenslunch@feddit.nl to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I use Proton. But I continue to run into more and more websites and services that detect my VPN and refuse my connection, or just run literally 40 captchas in a row until I just give up.

I use Proton because it has a "suite" of products under a single subscription, but that benefit is losing it's allure as some of their products are pretty shitty from a user experience perspective, their customer support is atrocious, and they don't seem to pay any attention to what their users actually want.

Does anyone track known VPN servers? Is there a specific provider that causes less problems? Does anyone test different VPNs for detection?

Thinking about cancelling my subscription and moving to Mullvad.

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[–] Salix@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

If you don't need port forwarding, Mullvad is my pick. Since they got rid of port forwarding, I've moved to AirVPN and am happy with them. I just dislike AirVPNs' GUI app, Eddie. I mainly use Wireguard directly for their servers.

[–] RecursiveParadox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Not OP but can I just comment that there are some high-quality answers here, good discussion. Thanks!

[–] mypasswordis1234@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

WireGuard

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[–] anton2492@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Please don't downvote this [too much] but...

I'm not seeing ExpressVPN get mentioned here or elsewhere anymore except for the odd YouTube ad (perhaps this is already a tell-tale sign).

Their website states that they run it off RAM and they don't keep logs.

Is there something wrong with it / did something happen to it that I'm not aware of? (I've been a customer of theirs for some time now)

My aim with using VPN is to maintain data privacy across my Windows, iOS and Android devices, and be able to access geofenced media (e.g. a different country's Netflix library), with minimal to no access issues during browsing or streaming. What's the go-to these days?

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[–] LostAndSmelly@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm using SurfShark. I have not seen it once in the discussion so far. Is there something I don't know that I should?

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (18 children)

There’s always the option of renting a low cost VM in the cloud and running your own VPN. They will probably monitor your traffic though.

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