hotspot shield alternatives?

[Evil Genius Jr.]

I'm looking for a vpn which will allow me to switch my location to say a UK IP. I know hot spot shield elite does this but are there any other alternatives want to consider other options instead of just going with hotspot shield because Linus recommends it. I still may end up with it though.

Thanks!

[_ASSASSIN_]

there are millions of other VPN's, just pick a big one which happens to have their hosting servers in the UK

[Ghost]

I personally use PureVPN. It's a flawless service. Much much better than HSS.

[Tyrone Chicken]

I use https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/. Fairly fast, no logs and it's got servers around the world.

[LividPanda]

I don't even understand why Hotspot Shield is popular. I would strongly recommend Private Internet Access with L2TP/IPSEC. They claim they don't keep any traffic logs or monitor users activities, except they are based in the US - NSA - make of that what you will. Either way any modern VPN deployment shouldn't use PPTP, stick with L2TP/IPSEC regardless of which service you go with. Hotspot Shield provides almost no information as to the type of VPN or encryption provided, it doesn't look like IPSEC. PPTP is strangely pervasive with MSCHAPv2 and very susceptible to offline dictionary attack. It also relies on the users password for the encryption - people don't pick strong passwords. The root of the problem with MSCHAPv2 is it uses DES 3 times...that is additive complexity not multiplicative complexity and is NOT the same as 3DES.

[Evil Genius Jr.]

Okay thanks guys! I'll check out those options, in the meantime I have setup vpnbook which is free and working good so far.

[Atlantisman]

Private Internet access is awesome. Best VPN i have ever used by far.

[Rekx]

I really like expressvpn. Great VPN with its own app