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What's the go-to VPN provider today (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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I used Mullvad for a long time, but hearing about one of the two CEOs actively supporting and financing swedish Nazis, I'm looking to put my money elsewhere. That's the second one after Private Internet Access (who supported Gab).

I had AirVPN and Surfshark being recomnended, how do people here feel? What do you use?

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[–] 32 points 4 months ago (14 children)

I use Proton but I'm also in their ecosystem (ie, I also pay for ProtonMail and get the rest of their suite alongside it)

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  • [–] 34 points 4 months ago (10 children)

    Wasn’t Proton’s CEO in some hot water a year or so ago, or was that a bunch of hooey? I know it’s impossible to find an ethical CEO, but just curious.

    …sure I could look it up, but my phone battery sucks and it helps boost activity.

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  • [–] 15 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    They made a very naive comment suggesting a authoritarian regime supports privacy

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago

    Technically it is true, it makes easier to spread their propaganda in other countries by using bots.

    So some of anti-age verification agenda is generated by russia and china etc. to make easier to create bot accounts.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    Same boat, really don't want to keep supporting them, because of the reasons others have mentioned. But I have something like four or five emails, not to mentioned hundreds of relays, it would be really hard to lose if I ditched them as my provider.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Same here, the cost is just way more worth it if you already pay for other Proton services.

    Does seem like IVPN is closer to Mullvad in how it works though for people who just want to pay for a VPN separately. No email needed for an account, similar price, open-source clients. Also debubks misinformation used by VPN peddlers to convince people to buy VPNs who don't need one.

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