So which VPN are we switching to?

[avatastic@avatastic.uk]

@gildilinie AirVPN's website looking like something out of the late 90s is hella sus to me.

[jiub@not.an.evilcyberhacker.net]

@catraxx@tech.lgbt @gildilinie@beige.party i'm on airvpn now because it's one of the few that offers port forwarding

servers are sometimes really slow but they have a decent number of them. their apps are kind of bad and they make it annoying to download multiple configs but it works ok overall

i haven't looked into their business practices much tho

[gildilinie@beige.party]

@avatastic someone vaguely remembered they tweeted transphobia but that's not enough for me bc it could be misremembering

[avatastic@avatastic.uk]

@gildilinie I'm also drawing a parallel between something TIL, that hackaday (which looks a little dated and janky) is owned by Siemens (although a recent acquisition as I understand it).

Still a professional service looking like it's running phpBB ... the flags ain't green over here.

[gildilinie@beige.party]

@Guillotine_Jones I do this kind of research on a lot of my purchases...

[catraxx@tech.lgbt]

@jiub @gildilinie Ohhh, i see! Thank you!

[queermatters@mstdn.social]

@gildilinie Unfortunately looks like hide.me shill for crypto and NFT too.

[glitterbean@wehavecookies.social]

@gildilinie I find this all disconcerting. I would trust Mullvad. I used to use there service and pay with cash and they always added the allotted time and then some.

[glitterbean@wehavecookies.social]

@gildilinie But, getting your own VPS and running your own wireguard or tailscale vpn may be more of what you are looking for.

[glitterbean@wehavecookies.social]

@gildilinie personally I use one on my router, one on my desktop and one in a vm plus tor if I am concerned about it.