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He didn't review OpenVPN, or even mention it.
Unless you mean Private Tunnel VPN, their VPN subscription product? It's one of many, many products not reviewed here.
What's the intended audience for this? As a tech-savvy person, reading his commentary on TunnelBear completely discredited his site in my eyes. He talks about things that are completely irrelevant and are incredibly silly to even remotely care about from a VPN provider. Despite his listed criteria at the top, the star ratings and rank order seem to be based on how the provider made him feel , and has nothing to do wi…
PIA has a surprisingly broad reach, financially and in some cases structurally supporting Freenode, Snoonet, Fight For the Future, EFF, Software Freedom Conservancy and many more. Its actually unnerving how many of the same projects and groups they support, in some cases being the main benefactor. https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/companies-we-spo...
He mentions that 2 of the VPNs are 'uninspired'. Sorry, I didn't realize that tunneling traffic to protect privacy was an art project and not a technical one.
FWIW I've used PIA for 2 years now with no issues. A TON of torrenting has gone through them and they don't care in the least. In addition when their Russian servers were seized I received an email immediately letting me know their current situation and about their key changes due to the event. Plus they no longer do business in that location due to it. Pretty top notch company in my eyes even if their site does look 15 years old.
Founder of OVPN.com here. I’m happy to answer any questions regarding our infrastructure, policies or tech stack.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
PIA actually scores as one of the highest on the objective measures. The star count is just a subjective impression and experience with getting it set up. They connect over HTTP on startup instead of HTTPS (which is unacceptable for a privacy company). They then ping almost a hundred servers on startup (no other app does this, at least not to this extent).
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…
"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.
What? Extremely transactional? You're in and out? When using my VPN I want to click 'connect' to connect, choose US if I want my connection for the US, and 'disconnect' to disconnect... No fancy website or pretty colors needed.
What? Extremely transactional? You're in and out? When using my VPN I want to click 'connect' to connect, choose US if I want my connection for the US, and 'disconnect' to disconnect... No fancy website or pretty colors needed.
Again - how did this make the front page... Embarrassing for HN.