<![CDATA[So which VPN are we switching to?]]>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

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/07f9dd1f-faed-48dc-abc0-aa1b86f59ccc/so-which-vpn-are-we-switching-toRSS for NodeMon, 27 Jul 2026 12:43:48 GMTMon, 29 Jun 2026 17:45:32 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to So which VPN are we switching to? on Wed, 22 Jul 2026 02:31:16 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wehavecookies.social/users/glitterbean/statuses/116961278438163369https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wehavecookies.social/users/glitterbean/statuses/116961278438163369Wed, 22 Jul 2026 02:31:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So which VPN are we switching to? on Wed, 22 Jul 2026 02:27:44 GMT]]>@gildilinie But, getting your own VPS and running your own wireguard or tailscale vpn may be more of what you are looking for.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wehavecookies.social/users/glitterbean/statuses/116961264580057992https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wehavecookies.social/users/glitterbean/statuses/116961264580057992Wed, 22 Jul 2026 02:27:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So which VPN are we switching to? on Wed, 22 Jul 2026 02:26:28 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wehavecookies.social/users/glitterbean/statuses/116961259574764643https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wehavecookies.social/users/glitterbean/statuses/116961259574764643Wed, 22 Jul 2026 02:26:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So which VPN are we switching to? on Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:40:02 GMT]]>@gildilinie Unfortunately looks like hide.me shill for crypto and NFT too.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/QueerMatters/statuses/116960369218534877https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/QueerMatters/statuses/116960369218534877Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:40:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So which VPN are we switching to? on Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:40:27 GMT]]>@jiub @gildilinie Ohhh, i see! Thank you!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/catraxx/statuses/116860100739743535https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/catraxx/statuses/116860100739743535Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:40:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So which VPN are we switching to? on Sat, 04 Jul 2026 03:40:58 GMT]]>@Guillotine_Jones I do this kind of research on a lot of my purchases...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/gildilinie/statuses/116859630924829571https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/gildilinie/statuses/116859630924829571Sat, 04 Jul 2026 03:40:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So which VPN are we switching to? on Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:01:56 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://avatastic.uk/users/avatastic/statuses/116858769644159068https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://avatastic.uk/users/avatastic/statuses/116858769644159068Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:01:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So which VPN are we switching to? on Fri, 03 Jul 2026 23:59:55 GMT]]>@avatastic someone vaguely remembered they tweeted transphobia but that's not enough for me bc it could be misremembering

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/gildilinie/statuses/116858761766822392https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/gildilinie/statuses/116858761766822392Fri, 03 Jul 2026 23:59:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So which VPN are we switching to? on Fri, 03 Jul 2026 23:58:44 GMT]]>@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

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://not.an.evilcyberhacker.net/notes/ao95s63ypve802hthttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://not.an.evilcyberhacker.net/notes/ao95s63ypve802htFri, 03 Jul 2026 23:58:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So which VPN are we switching to? on Fri, 03 Jul 2026 23:58:30 GMT]]>@gildilinie AirVPN's website looking like something out of the late 90s is hella sus to me.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://avatastic.uk/users/avatastic/statuses/116858756188937796https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://avatastic.uk/users/avatastic/statuses/116858756188937796Fri, 03 Jul 2026 23:58:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So which VPN are we switching to? on Fri, 03 Jul 2026 21:28:47 GMT]]>@gildilinie
Just want to express my thanks to you again for doing all this research on VPNs, Gildlinie!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/Guillotine_Jones/statuses/116858167447894680https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/Guillotine_Jones/statuses/116858167447894680Fri, 03 Jul 2026 21:28:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So which VPN are we switching to? on Fri, 03 Jul 2026 19:47:45 GMT]]>@gildilinie thanks for tracking down all this info

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://code4lib.social/users/djfiander/statuses/116857770196614662https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://code4lib.social/users/djfiander/statuses/116857770196614662Fri, 03 Jul 2026 19:47:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So which VPN are we switching to? on Fri, 03 Jul 2026 19:01:30 GMT]]>i am currently trialing hide.me

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/gildilinie/statuses/116857588327771802https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/gildilinie/statuses/116857588327771802Fri, 03 Jul 2026 19:01:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So which VPN are we switching to? on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 22:21:36 GMT]]>@gildilinie Very curious what people settle on here, I'd love to know what to recommend.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://retrogaming.social/users/reflex/statuses/116852712858935471https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://retrogaming.social/users/reflex/statuses/116852712858935471Thu, 02 Jul 2026 22:21:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So which VPN are we switching to? on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:29:52 GMT]]>@gildilinie yiiiikes

I wonder if we've run into that or not, Not sure how easy it is to tell.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.brightfur.net/users/IceWolf/statuses/116852509394154650https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.brightfur.net/users/IceWolf/statuses/116852509394154650Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:29:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So which VPN are we switching to? on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:28:22 GMT]]>@IceWolf don't worry, the chatbot makers also realized this, so they started leaning on reddit to feed data to chatbots super hard, then the scammers realized this, and the new field if AEO (ai experience optimization) was born... reddit is now full of spam meant to manipulate chatbots

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/gildilinie/statuses/116852503495556175https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/gildilinie/statuses/116852503495556175Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:28:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So which VPN are we switching to? on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:23:56 GMT]]>@gildilinie wow huh! nice :V

also reddit straight-up blocks you if you use VPNs

when we used a VPN on Ikea's wifi to get around their ridiculous "you can't use anything that's not HTTPS, like say SSH" restrictions (another reason!), we couldn't load reddit pages at all

which kinda sucks for researching anything. reddit is hell but it's really hard to find actual people anywhere else from a web search these days...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.brightfur.net/users/IceWolf/statuses/116852486070918066https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.brightfur.net/users/IceWolf/statuses/116852486070918066Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:23:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So which VPN are we switching to? on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:22:08 GMT]]>@IceWolf ya its really funny if you're coming from a VPN IP instead of residential, with adblocking and cookie hygiene google won't serve you AI overviews. you're not worth the compute

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/gildilinie/statuses/116852478983362763https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/gildilinie/statuses/116852478983362763Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:22:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So which VPN are we switching to? on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:20:30 GMT]]>@gildilinie I didn't even think about facebook tracking and stuff!

We should probably start paying for a VPN again (we were on AirVPN for a while, switched from Mullvad because port forwarding, had no issues with AirVPN just didn't bother renewing).

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.brightfur.net/users/IceWolf/statuses/116852472596043043https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.brightfur.net/users/IceWolf/statuses/116852472596043043Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:20:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So which VPN are we switching to? on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:18:56 GMT]]>@IceWolf but vpns are pretty useful for a lot of mundane shit like, preventing facebook from tracking you (when combined with proper cookie hygene), torrenting bits, getting around age verification if that's happening your jurisdiction, blah blah

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/gildilinie/statuses/116852466437218089https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/gildilinie/statuses/116852466437218089Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:18:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So which VPN are we switching to? on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:18:47 GMT]]>@gildilinie Nice.

Yeah, it's not that bad in Canada right now fortunately... I really don't know about the US

most of the reason we're pseudonymous on here is pretty similar to yours, more about dirtspace people being weird/shitty about stuff than about oppression.

(well actually, the other big reason is that our legal name is not any of our actual names. hah. but y'know)

also the vore jokes/hornyposting :3

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.brightfur.net/users/IceWolf/statuses/116852465844908287https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.brightfur.net/users/IceWolf/statuses/116852465844908287Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:18:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So which VPN are we switching to? on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:17:05 GMT]]>@IceWolf ill criticize the government with my legal signature on it 🖕 the only reason i stay pseudoanonymous on here is because i dont want some xtian seeing me make a joke about transgender boobs or some shit and calling my boss

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/gildilinie/statuses/116852459151489465https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/gildilinie/statuses/116852459151489465Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:17:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So which VPN are we switching to? on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:14:53 GMT]]>@gildilinie Oh pff yeah, especially if you're just streaming (probably even torrenting) rather than Being Into EEEEVIL Stuff!! or criticizing the government or whatnot.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.brightfur.net/users/IceWolf/statuses/116852450469328421https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.brightfur.net/users/IceWolf/statuses/116852450469328421Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:14:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So which VPN are we switching to? on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:14:23 GMT]]>@IceWolf so its highly unlikely they'd burn a honeypot to bust me on getting around the soccer game streaming block

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/gildilinie/statuses/116852448549441473https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/gildilinie/statuses/116852448549441473Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:14:23 GMT