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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Hi just wanted to share these 2 links, since others have already answered your question:
Links should help you decide what to use for other apps as well.
I personally use Mullvad since I don't need port fowarding, but it does come with full IPv6 support.
I love Mullvad but for some reason they refuse to add reverse split tunneling, so imo the only options are IVPN or Proton.
Reverse split tunneling gives you the ability of using the VPN only in the apps/programs you select.
You can set up split tunneling yourself if you run the wireguard/OpenVPN daemon manually and move the "mouth" of the tunnel to a separate Linux network namespace.
If you can live without port forwarding, mullvad is another great option.
OVPN is a 1-to-1 feature clone of mullvad (wireguard, multiple device keys, crypto payments/cash in the mail, no usernames/emails, etc.) AND has port forwarding. Switched to them when mullvad sadly closed their ports, no problems since. Can't live without port forwarding.
It's what I use and it works well for me. It seemed like the best option when I was researching this recently. Plus the icon is cute.
It's all around goat unless you torrent maniac... You can still torrent without port forwarding, just not at high speeds
IVPN, Mullvad, or Proton. Criminals aren't necessarily smart, I remember a ghost phone that criminals thought were secure and it was a honeypot. Shoulda used Graphene for free.
Two these are the goats. Figure out your use case and pick one.
Mullvad.
Mullvad, and if you need port forwarding like @ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com said protonvpn is decent too. Proton executives have had some controversial statements supporting trump though making me wary of them
airvpn seemed nice but i havent tried it.
It's very good. I download a lot of obscure torrents so I wanted port forwarding, and it's very simple to set up. The user experience is great. The only part they could work on is the desktop client, but I needed split tunneling so I use a third party one anyways. But I've never had any noticeable slowdown and it's very stable.
FWIW I am not enjoying the Proton app experience. I can’t favorite servers so I have to manually search and connect to the location I want each time.
mullvad but you cant seed while torrenting with it due to no port forwarding
You can seed, it's just slow. It'll only connect to other users that have closed ports. With ports open, it'll connect to both, but as said not possible with Mullvad with port forwarding disabled. That's at least as far as I know
I enjoyed mozilla vpn until a few months ago - seemed like every site in the world had their ips blocked; ended up rolling my own on a cheap vps.
How does the price of a vps compare to any other vpn. Surely this isnt as private?
I purchased a lowend vps for $15 USD a year. Correct, it is not as private - due to the singular ip; however, for my needs it works quite well.
Would you be willing to share which one can be had for that cheap?
Sure! https://softshellweb.com/shared-hosting looks like it's $20 USD a year without a promotion/coupon. I bought a holiday special if memory serves me correct.
Windscribe or Mullvad. I personally use Windscribe and it has some really good features and so far they have a really good reputation in privacy circles.
Ive never had an issue with PIA, CHEAP as hell on a 3 year plan with an affiliate link and they run their servers on RAM Disk so no logging