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The best VPN services | Engadget
Submitted 1 year ago by 1984@lemmy.today to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.engadget.com/best-vpn-130004396.html
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CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
brcl@artemis.camp 1 year ago
I find I’m getting high ping with proton and relatively slow speeds. Does it get better with proton unlimited?
CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Definitely, you get thousands of servers in many countries, the free version is just the demo package.
glad_cat@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
Mullvad is not the first on the list?
ayaya@lemdro.id 1 year ago
Mullvad no longer supports port forwarding, making it completely useless for torrenting which is my main use case.
LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 1 year ago
I find this interesting because I use Mozilla VPN, which is just rebranded Mullvad, and qBittorrent works just fine on it.
Ado@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s engadget, so
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 1 year ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The once-niche way to protect your online activity took off, in part, due to massive marketing budgets and influencer collaborations convincing consumers that a VPN’s functionality or privacy features could solve all their security woes.
In other words, secure VPNs work by masking your IP address and the identity of your computer or mobile device on the network and creating an encrypted “tunnel” that prevents your internet service provider (ISP) from accessing data about your browsing history.
“If you’re just worried about somebody sitting there passively and looking at your data then a VPN is great,” Jed Crandall, an associate professor at Arizona State University, told Engadget.
If you travel a lot and rely on public WiFi or hotspots, are looking to browse outside of your home country or want to keep your traffic hidden from your ISP, then investing in a VPN will be useful.
We looked at price, usage limits, effects on internet speed, possible use cases, ease of use, general functionality and additional “extra” VPN features like multihop.
That said, it works on a bunch of devices from smart TVs to game consoles, unlike some other services that lack support beyond the usual suspects like smartphones and laptops.
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InvaderDJ@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Not seeing anyone mention Private Internet Access. Are they not good anymore?
jet@hackertalks.com 1 year ago
Compare their list vs www.privacyguides.org/en/vpn/
smolyeet@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I will have to suggest ovpn. Minus it being slightly more difficult to search issues because it’s too similar to openvpn , I’ve been super happy with it for my use case. I ended up choosing them over mullvad because of the port forwarding issue.
LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 1 year ago
Very telling that big sites are only promoting VPN services that heavily advertise… i.e. - give commissions on signups.
The list of providers they “tested” aren’t even that complete, they didn’t even bother to pretend to check out ones that won’t give a kickback for promotion.
They don’t give specific recommendations, but the EFF has a good list of things to look for in a provider. ssd.eff.org/module/choosing-vpn-thats-right-you
1chemistdown@kbin.social 1 year ago
Totally agree but I’m fine with them choosing protonvpn as the best overall out of that list. I like proton and have used them for years. But, the fact that Mullvad wasn’t in their list at all is suspect.
Lord_Boffum@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Agreed with your last point, though Mullvad axing port forwarding means for torrenters they’ve become drastically less useful.
I wonder why they don’t employ Nat-pmp like Proton does.
HidingCat@kbin.social 1 year ago
Shocker: All these "Best of" lists are nothing but affiliate marketing pages. They're popular because people do seek them out, since good lists are genuinely useful, so sites capitalise on them as a revenue source.
1984@lemmy.today 1 year ago
I’ve noticed this too.