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Nice while it lasted. Any alternative recommendations for less tech-oriented folks? TunnelBear has been what I pointed friends and relations towards historically.
Private Internet Access is my suggestion given their support of EFF, FFTF, Creative Commons, as well as the greater FOSS community. Full disclosure: I work at Private Internet Access.
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To add insult to injury, they collected tens of thousands of dollars in Q3 and Q4 of 2017 from the National Research Council of Canada: $45,000 : https://nrc-cnrc.explorecatena.com/en/details/LOakjNa8v3uKlv... $20,000 : https://nrc-cnrc.explorecatena.com/en/details/gk2Mb423DZh69n... $20,000 : https://nrc-cnrc.explorecatena.com/en/details/wkBxj3BzKrhwr6...
I don't know why exactly, but that really pisses me off. I'd love to see the Feds go after them for that money, but I doubt Mr. Dress-up or his government would ever do such a thing.
Public scrutiny is precisely why the NRC is publishing immutable records of funding and grant allocations. The NRC claims to take their integrity in their work very seriously. Having been (co)founded by John Fields, they certainly have a reputation to maintain.
Nice while it lasted. Any alternative recommendations for less tech-oriented folks? TunnelBear has been what I pointed friends and relations towards historically.
Private Internet Access is my suggestion given their support of EFF, FFTF, Creative Commons, as well as the greater FOSS community. Full disclosure: I work at Private Internet Access.
Stop using commercial VPN providers.
Honestly, at least now they have the McAfee security team working for them. There are better teams, but anything is better than getting a single point-in-time audit and slapped "independently audited" on your front page.
Nice while it lasted. Any alternative recommendations for less tech-oriented folks? TunnelBear has been what I pointed friends and relations towards historically.
Private Internet Access is my suggestion given their support of EFF, FFTF, Creative Commons, as well as the greater FOSS community. Full disclosure: I work at Private Internet Access.
Nice while it lasted. Any alternative recommendations for less tech-oriented folks? TunnelBear has been what I pointed friends and relations towards historically.
I don't know what all you Tunnelbear users were thinking. Do you believe other commercial VPN services are doing a better job of protecting your privacy? Spoiler: they are not. Commercial VPN services offer the safety of coffee shop open wi-fi, in The Cloud, from the convenience of your own couch. Stop using commercial VPN providers. Honestly, at least now they have the McAfee security team working for them. There ar…
What would you recommend, BYO?
I don't know what all you Tunnelbear users were thinking. Do you believe other commercial VPN services are doing a better job of protecting your privacy? Spoiler: they are not. Commercial VPN services offer the safety of coffee shop open wi-fi, in The Cloud, from the convenience of your own couch. Stop using commercial VPN providers. Honestly, at least now they have the McAfee security team working for them. There ar…
> Stop using commercial VPN providers. What would you recommend, BYO?
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I've found NordVPN very good and easy to use: https://nordvpn.com/
For what it's worth, I regret switching to NordVPN. It's unstable for me (it can drop out during peak times and I regularly have to switch server), their Mac software isn't great (struggles to reconnect on wake, poor UI, Electron app), I get random European endpoints despite always choosing the UK (meaning I can't use iPlayer which is region locked to the UK), and it's very slow compared to my previous provider (I ha…