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What VPN do you use when you cannot use Mullvad. (lemmy.ml)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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What VPN have you switched to after the Mullvad situation. I have looked at nym and ivpn. But don't know if they are any good.

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[–] 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Host one yourself on a cloud host that accepts cryptocurrency and asks no questions, if you want to do piracy. Otherwise if you're just trying to get your traffic cloaked for privacy reasons, a digital ocean droplet or a hetzner instance running OpenVPN is plenty.

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

    maybe a dumb question but isn't a hetzner instance directly connected to one's identity? I remember when setting up mine, they asked for ID verification. If so then the outgoing IP which is public is linked to my ID and would be a bigger risk of itself. Correct me if I'm wrong.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago*

    Yeah, but if you want privacy, it's a fine idea to prevent public networks and such from examining your traffic patterns. My personal main use case for a self-hosted VPN is for using public networks for private traffic, and I wouldn't suggest doing hardcore high volume piracy through such a thing.

    The idea of using one for piracy is more focused on finding a VPS provider that can accept cryptocurrency and doesn't require your personal details.

    Edit: whoops, realized I got the premises backwards in my earlier comment. Sorry about that.

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