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[–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

while I do not know anything about torrenting. "mullvad" is a highly recommended vpn providers with a strong emphasis on privacy.

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[–] Princeofspace@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This will be an unpopular answer but I use Nordvpn mainly because during Black Friday sales you can get it essentially for free using a cash back portal. The start of the sale last year, which I missed, was offering over 100% cash back. They’d pay you to use it!

Others are better but if the level of protection you’re looking for is “Comcast stop sending me piracy warnings” this’ll work.

[–] LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm also a Nord user since it's super simple and effective. Paid less than $100 CAD for 2 years which I think is decent. I'm open to alternatives for a noob though.

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[–] JCPhoenix@beehaw.org 5 points 9 months ago

I have a lifetime subscription for Windscribe, so I've just been using that with no issues for years. I've recommended it to some other friends and they've been fine.

I also pay for Proton services, so I have ProtonVPN, but I've yet to try it for torrenting.

[–] kylie_kraft@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

RealDebrid and/or Proton VPN

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Google Fiber.

They don't give a fuck.

[–] DivisionResult@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

This is a thing that story rpeats :

"Until they do.".

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[–] viking@infosec.pub 3 points 9 months ago

Astrill. It's not cheap, but it's excellent. And works in China and other countries with strong internet blocking capabilities.

[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Private Internet Access. Been using it for probably 10 years at this point, never had a single issue. Their "no logging" claim has been tested successfully in court.

[–] Rayston@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

Just FYI, they got acquired a few years back and the new parent company is a bit shady.

[–] r1veRRR@feddit.de 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is a VPN even worth it for that use case? A seedbox won't cost that much more, esp. if you factor in electricity costs from keeping your machine running. And getting to 1.0 seed ratio is also much easier.

[–] paws@cyberpaws.lol 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Do you have an off prem seed box then? Mine is in my home lab but still needs to be routed through a vpn

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