Latest Mozilla VPN features

Post by hendersoon » Thu, Apr 01, 2021, 1:12 PM UTC

cyberlab wrote: post #26

maeln wrote: post #21

I feel like most of those VPN services are using very borderline marketing and like to keep a lot of information blurry. As far as I know, in a lot of country (like France) it is a legal obligation to keep logs and be able to identify one of your customer if the police demands it. Therefore, if you have server in France or any country with similar rules, you can't operate a "0 log" service. And since those kinds of s…

I agree. A VPN should only ever be used for the following: - Shifting traffic over a VPN when using untrusted/sketchy wifi hotspots - Spoofing your geo-location to use geo-specific content And that's it. If privacy is your goal, Tor is much more suitable since it's not a single-hop proxy like a VPN and compartments all your traffic. (But of course Tor is not a silver bullet and there are caveats).

Post by kyawzazaw » Mon, Apr 05, 2021, 3:12 AM UTC

CharlesW wrote: post #147

ev1 wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No one educated should be using NordVPN, more or less. At best it might be acceptable to throw a ton of torrents on as long as you don't use their terrible proprietary client. Even the front page is already freely giving away tons of data to multiple analytics providers. Basically any VPN with an affiliate scheme you should stay away from. NordVPN, Ivacy, VPN Unlimited, FastestVPN, etc explicitly, run like fuck. The…

Thanks, I appreciate the thoughtful reply! Do you use Mullvad? ( kyawzazaw , I'm interested in what you use as well.)