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Ask HN: Which VPN do you use and why?
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Re: Ask HN: Which VPN do you use and why?
#2The old recommendation here used to be privateinternetaccess.com
I cancelled my subscription months ago. They stopped circumventing georestrictions a while ago even though it used to be marketed as having that feature. Support even fixed it a few times for me.
Nowadays I just use one of the vpn scripts on GitHub and a small vps somewhere.
Re: Ask HN: Which VPN do you use and why?
#3TorGuard because they provide nodes in countries where I want to have my endpoint and they allow torrenting. Their technical support actually knows what OpenVPN and Linux/BSD is and they were able to help me with issues I had (unlike other VPN providers).
Re: Ask HN: Which VPN do you use and why?
#4https://www.getcloak.com - works on my Mac and various iOS devices. Well designed, have been with them since the beginning with no issues.
Re: Ask HN: Which VPN do you use and why?
#5For general browsing from different devices I use Freedome by F-Secure. Just because it was convenient to get, works on different platforms (Windows, iOS, Android) and it's cheap. Also their bandwidth has proven enough for my needs on different exit points. The only downside is that now Netflix identifies it as a VPN, so I can't keep watching my series while I'm abroad.
For connecting my servers between them (and my laptop) as some sort of secure virtual network I use my own product https://wormhole.network - The servers are all in an overlay private network completely transparent to any application, so I can move servers to different providers, locations, etc and not have to change a single configuration line (nor configure any firewalls).
Re: Ask HN: Which VPN do you use and why?
#6I used to use privateinternetaccess.com, but various issues with them led me to look for a new VPN provider. I eventually settled on ivpn.net as they have a good selection of exit points, their software is easy to use and I can use it across devices too. Their network speeds have been really good too.
Re: Ask HN: Which VPN do you use and why?
#7Streisand (https://github.com/jlund/streisand) and a cheap Europe-based Digital Ocean box.
Re: Ask HN: Which VPN do you use and why?
#8For internet browsing, TunnelBear (via the Chrome plugin - technically a proxy rather than VPN), because it's free and I don't use it often (usually just for testing sites from a different IP address).
For my own network, OpenVPN because it's open source.
Re: Ask HN: Which VPN do you use and why?
#9Witopia - https://www.witopia.net
It has a large set of exit points, which is what I use it for (at least until geoblocks die, which it will happen at some point). Being based in Virginia, they're probably an NSA front but I have nothing to hide ;) and at least you know it will work...
Re: Ask HN: Which VPN do you use and why?
#10I run my own setup with OpenVPN. I have looked at Pritunl[0] for easier management of OpenVPN.