Ask HN: Had you used any dVPN?

#1

Post by chompomonim » Sat, May 02, 2020, 1:35 PM UTC

I see that there are at least a couple of decentralized VPNs out there (Orchid, Sentinel, Mysterium...). How one could choose which to use?

I like the idea that they can't store logs, they require buying own tokens. So I don't want to buy a bit of each of them just to test. So any suggestions from which to start?

Re: Ask HN: Had you used any dVPN?

#2

Post by foob4r » Sat, May 02, 2020, 1:37 PM UTC

Yes, tor.

Re: Ask HN: Had you used any dVPN?

#3

Post by chompomonim » Sat, May 02, 2020, 1:43 PM UTC

foob4r wrote: post #2

Yes, tor.

Tor is cool, but I'm tired of using their browser and all the captchas. Also would like to protect anything is going out of my phone (all the apps I use).

Re: Ask HN: Had you used any dVPN?

#4

Post by foob4r » Sat, May 02, 2020, 1:48 PM UTC

chompomonim wrote: post #3

foob4r wrote: post #2

Yes, tor.

Tor is cool, but I'm tired of using their browser and all the captchas. Also would like to protect anything is going out of my phone (all the apps I use).

On Android, you can use orbot.

Re: Ask HN: Had you used any dVPN?

#5

Post by xadam » Sat, May 02, 2020, 2:14 PM UTC

Most of VPNs have no logs policy and are quite secure IMHO. Why you wanna go for this blockchain something?