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Re: Ask HN: What VPN service are you currently using?

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Post by lunchables »

HenryBemis wrote: post #178
phillc73 wrote: post #171

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, but.... The above error was from my office. When connecting to ProtonVPN's website via a VPN, there is no error. Seems like it could be a certificate configuration error with the network I'm using, which is odd because it's a University and I've not seen that error anywhere else I regularly visit.

>No, but.... The above error was from my office So.. IT that manages the certs and the gateway, use a MIMT 'attack' to decrypt all your traffic, scan/read it, and then encrypt it again to send it out to the wilderness of the Internet. This is what the browser is messaging. Notifying you that "something is wrong with the connection. Browser is not sure what exactly, thus pointing the finger on the certificate. Perhaps…

>So.. IT that manages the certs and the gateway, use a MIMT 'attack' to decrypt all your traffic, scan/read it, and then encrypt it again to send it out to the wilderness of the Internet.

Yup, typically referred to as "SSL Inspection" by the companies that produce products to monitor SSL traffic. Normally this is accompanied by controlling the clients and pushing a cert into their browser to avoid the warning messages.

Re: Ask HN: What VPN service are you currently using?

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Post by sramsay »

mirimir wrote: post #21

My favorite is IVPN. It's true that I've written stuff for them. But that's in part because I've known the CEO, Nick Pestel, for several years. And to the extent that I trust anyone, I trust him. But also, they're one of the older VPN services, and one of the first to accept Bitcoin. And their apps are well designed. I also like AirVPN, Mullvad and PIA a lot. I don't know anyone there personally, but they're all stro…

I recently switched to IVPN from Nord (a month or so ago), and I'm very glad I did. Great interface, and it never goes down.

NordVPN is always advertising their massive server network, but I was always getting booted off and having connection problems. I rarely have these problems with IVPN.

Re: Ask HN: What VPN service are you currently using?

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Post by kabacha »

I've been using NordVPN mostly because I know the few guys who work on it (some of the best engineers in Lithuania IMHO), but even more so because they have some great arch community packages etc. I've been mostly using this easy cli: https://github.com/nstinus/nordvpn

Managing openvpn can get really awkward especially if you're not keen on learning everything about it.

Though my input might not be very valuable because I only care about geoblocked content and torrents.

Re: Ask HN: What VPN service are you currently using?

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Post by Pigo »

bigiain wrote: post #100
muppetman wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So to me this filters down to: You care about your privacy and not have your (meta) data gathered up, but you don't care enough about it ensure that you're really protected, you just hope you are by piping your data off somewhere else, even though the place you're piping it to might also be doing the dirty you. I do understand your point, which is (correct me if i'm wrong) that you trust FSecure/Freedome to be taking…

I'd say you are "appropriately grumpy and pedantic". From my perspective, my ISP is untrustworthy because it's legally required to be where I live. At least FSecure are not subject to that law, and are business-wise and give me a choice of endpoints that are outside of the jurisdiction of that law. They _might_ be collecting and on-selling that metadata, but I believe they are not. I 100% _know_ my ISP (and all my al…

>all my alternative choices for an ISP

seething with jealousy, I am

Re: Ask HN: What VPN service are you currently using?

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Post by rasengan »

kabacha wrote: post #253

I've been using NordVPN mostly because I know the few guys who work on it (some of the best engineers in Lithuania IMHO), but even more so because they have some great arch community packages etc. I've been mostly using this easy cli: https://github.com/nstinus/nordvpn Managing openvpn can get really awkward especially if you're not keen on learning everything about it. Though my input might not be very valuable beca…

> I've been using NordVPN mostly because I know the few guys who work on it (some of the best engineers in Lithuania ...

Saving this comment as NordVPN claims they are not in Lithuania very much so and on multiple occasions.

Re: Ask HN: What VPN service are you currently using?

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Post by kabacha »

SCdF wrote: post #223
dastx wrote: post #220

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What country do you live in?

I have lived in the UK and NZ.

LMAO - Probably the worst two countries to trust your ISP.

Both are five eyes countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes#Domestic_espionage_s...

Re: Ask HN: What VPN service are you currently using?

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Post by pault »

whocares123 wrote: post #158
kinkora wrote: post #145

PIA (Private Internet Access) and am a happy customer for 3rd year running. Why do I choose them? Besides the ease of use over multiple platforms, they are the only VPN (I am aware of) that has held up in court that they do not store any logs when asked to handover personal information. Sources: [1] https://torrentfreak.com/private-internet-access-no-logging-... [2] https://www.scribd.com/doc/303226103/Fake-bomb-thre…

I have 1GB fiber, do they offer 1GB speeds? How badly would using them as my VPN affect my speed?

I've been using PIA with gigabit fiber for two years, and anecdotally I've not noticed a difference.

Re: Ask HN: What VPN service are you currently using?

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Post by apocalyptic0n3 »

kabacha wrote: post #253

I've been using NordVPN mostly because I know the few guys who work on it (some of the best engineers in Lithuania IMHO), but even more so because they have some great arch community packages etc. I've been mostly using this easy cli: https://github.com/nstinus/nordvpn Managing openvpn can get really awkward especially if you're not keen on learning everything about it. Though my input might not be very valuable beca…

> I only care about geoblocked content and torrents.

I thought Nord blocked (at least some) P2P? I always hear great things about Nord, but their P2P support always gets some bad reviews when I go looking on sites like Reddit, Ars, LTT, and TorrentFreak (at least in the comments).

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