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Re: VPN Report – Reviews of the top VPNs

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Post by davepeck »

rand98765 wrote: post #72
davepeck wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I suspect that, for less savvy potential customers (read: the vast majority of them), "That One Privacy Site" can do more harm than good. I wrote a bit about choosing VPNs, and about my concerns with TOPS, here: https://davepeck.org/2017/04/16/why-its-hard-to-choose-a-vpn... PS: Since this is HN, I just want to say that if you can, you should run your own VPN. Use Algo, full stop -- it's put together by some of the b…

The problem I've found with running my own vpn is that I could not find affordable vps with anywhere near as affordable bandwidth and speed. The main vps providers all cap your download/upload. ovpn is what I settled on and am quite happy.

Yes, this is definitely an issue - I should really put an asterisk on my “roll your own” proclamations. Better VPN providers offer numerous POPs and generally good network perf that can be hard to replicate on one’s own. (That said, these are necessary but not sufficient conditions for a given VPN provider to be “better”.)

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Post by Accacin »

revanx_ wrote: post #129

"The following VPNs were not reviewed due to their website experience being poorly designed. This can mean heavy use of stock photos, utter disregard for detail, difficult navigation, excessive and hard to follow text, non-defaulting to HTTPS, and overall poor usability. " And apparently that applies to AirVPN? Lol, this guy lost all credibility, this is just another "honest and totally not payed for online review",…

That's what it feels like to me too. No mention of Mullvad either? One of the most recommended VPN providers and highly regarded.

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Post by Izmaki »

Has the world forgotten about iPredator? The VPN service spawning from the legal issues with The Pirate Bay. One would assume that a VPN "by crime riders, for crime riders" would fulfil all the requirements and many more.

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Post by gambiting »

rasengan wrote: post #74
rasengan wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi mobitar. Thanks for the highest score in regard to the objective measures. Regarding the subjective impression and experience, I'd like to let you know what's going on. If you feel that this changes your impression, it would be great to update accordingly! The HTTP connection upon startup is for the region data request which is signed and verified upon receipt. It's tamper proof, but you can read it. It's somethin…

Sorry mobitar, I forgot to address the pings. This is to find the best (closest by network latency) path to you. We're really focused on providing the best possible experience, and that experience is simply providing what we do best, in the most unobtrusive way possible. And to that extent, when it comes to your privacy and fighting for your internet civil liberties, we'll be second to none. Cheers, Andrew

Hi,

Can you please fix the mac client so that when I wake up my macbook after couple days of sleep I don't have HUNDREDS of "disconnected" messages from PIA to dismiss? I understand it connects and then disconnects every time the computer wakes up briefly during sleep, but the onslaught of notifications is.....A lot.

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Post by pelasaco »

jiggunjer wrote: post #120

How do you not get IP vanish to work? it's literally just a windows installer & reboot. You can manually add a server on Android too using their guides (they have step-by-step pictures!). O.m.g. I chose IPVanish over NordVPN because the later required me to upload a photo of my passport (to a third party) when paying! Who does that?!

true! i was thinking exactly like that. ipvanish is so easy to configure, that makes me doubt of author's technical skills... said that: ipvanish sucks because it doesn't work with netflix :(

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Post by gog »

MBCook wrote: post #37

Both iOS and macOS (I don't know about windows, I havent used it recently) have built-in VPN clients so what would be the advantage to using a client from the VPN provider?

There are a couple of reasons:

* If you need to change your location (country) often, the apps usually have a dropdown where you select the country you wish to connect to

* It's easier to setup, especially for novice users

* They can have additional features, like a kill switch that makes sure that if the VPN connection drops you don't send any traffic over your non-VPN connection

Re: VPN Report – Reviews of the top VPNs

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Post by chairmanwow »

rahimnathwani wrote: post #65
chairmanwow wrote: post #61

As someone living in China, a VPN provider that doesn't provide direct download links to their Android client is completely useless. The only way for me to install an app from Google Play store is to flash a custom ROM and install the Google Play Store, install another VPN (?!!) to access the Play Store, and then download the app in question. Furthermore, the fact that Apple has just pulled VPN apps from its App Stor…

> ... Apple has just pulled VPN apps from its App Store and > ...you can't sideload apps makes iOS an untenable OS choice. I'm pretty sure you can still install VPN apps (e.g. Potatso 2) from the iOS App Store, although perhaps they're not available if you're logged in with a China iTunes account. iOS allows you to install apps from multiple iTunes accounts on the same device, though, so this doesn't seem like much o…

Yeah. I was referring to installing the applications from China. I was unaware of the ability to add a non-Chinese iTunes account to circumvent the issue. Thanks for correcting me!
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