So which VPN are we switching to?

[gildilinie@beige.party]

So which VPN are we switching to?

mullvad: fash
Mozilla: resells mullvad
nym: fash
ExpressVPN/PIA: israeli military guys
Windscribe: openly transphobic on Twitter (someone here linked it), also sent out a newsletter with homophobic rape jokes like just the other day
ivpn: freeze peach https://mastodon.art/@jase/116830652868816205
proton: turned over logs on someone, one of the c-suite donated to Trump
surfshark/nordvpn: same company, owned by an SEO/marketing outfit
purevpn: sketchy af floods play store with different vpn brands, security problem
tortorguard.net: Cloudflare (the nazi proxi)
obscura: partnered with mullvad

riseup: runs on donations
njalla: only one connection / no selection of exits / seems like a vps basically. Probably great if you want one fixed ip, won't work if you want to hop servers/regions
airvpn: ?
hide.me: ? did an NFT in 2022
xeoveo: says trans rights, oppose facism

#boost4reach #vpn #vpns

[catraxx@tech.lgbt]

@gildilinie I am confused about AirVPN, which looks good but i get confusing opinions about them and ivpn, which does not seem to have a lot of servers. So ... i dunno, tbh.

[gildilinie@beige.party]

@catraxx what opinions?

[catraxx@tech.lgbt]

@gildilinie Well one problem with them is that they have no audits, which i admit is kinda bad because we can really only take their word for it. And also someone said something vague about the quality not being being great, but then others said it's nice.

[robinsyl@meow.social]

@gildilinie The Proton thing really shows that just being in Switzerland isn't a security model

[catraxx@tech.lgbt]

@gildilinie Like i said, i dunno, this is not good advice except for the audits.

[dvshkn@social.treehouse.systems]

@gildilinie I'm thinking I'll try ivpn in a couple weeks when my current credits run out. Good luck me I guess.

[gildilinie@beige.party]

@dvshkn someone here said ivpn was doing some terrible shit i just can't find the post again

[dvshkn@social.treehouse.systems]

@gildilinie ok I'll look around, I'm prepared to be disappointed at this point

[gildilinie@beige.party]

@dvshkn if you find it please link me to it

[keirfox@tiggi.es]

@gildilinie We're going to come full circle back to the late 1990s when you happened to have a trusted friend somewhere remote and they gave you a shell account on a PC they were running under their desk at their university job.

[lunadragofelis@void.lgbt]

@gildilinie I've heard of Riseup VPN which is ran by a leftist nonprofit

[guillotine_jones@beige.party]

@gildilinie
I'm currently using Surfshark VPN.
What terrible things have they done that I don't yet know about?
Asking for my insecurity.
#VPN #VPNComparison

[duxsco@fedifreu.de]

@Guillotine_Jones @gildilinie fyi https://kumu.io/Windscribe/vpn-relationships#vpn-company-relationships/surfshark

[gildilinie@beige.party]

@Guillotine_Jones they merged with nordvpn, owned by a SEO/marketing company https://embed.kumu.io/9ced55e897e74fd807be51990b26b415#vpn-company-relationships/surfshark

[patterfloof@meow.social]

@gildilinie sticking openvpn on a cheap disposable VPS is starting to sound like a good idea

[gildilinie@beige.party]

@Guillotine_Jones let me update my op

[gildilinie@beige.party]

@patterfloof that seems to be basically what njalla provides as well. However, it's not what I'm looking for as I'd like to be able to country hop

[gildilinie@beige.party]

@dvshkn found it: https://mastodon.art/@jase/116830652868816205

[gildilinie@beige.party]

@sharpcheddargoblin under a "sonic the hedgehog framework" proton seems the best