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3 minutes ago, Midevil Chaos said:

You remember when Linus used to promote Tunnel Bear? What is the reason he gave again? I forgot, and I am looking for a VPN (NordVPN is awesome, but expensive as all hell).

I personally use ProtonVPN. Their free-tier is pretty amazing too! 

 

Don't take my word, but I think Tunnel Bear was acquired by McAfee. That is why Linus stopped promoting it. (Not 100% sure) 

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I will look at both. I also saw one based in Sweden called Mullvad VPN. I will compare all three. I had forgotten about ProtonVPN. Thanks both of you :)

 

EDIT: Mullvad is expensive, but you don't need an email. Interesting concept theirs to say the least.

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20 minutes ago, BlueScope819 said:

How is ProtonVPN? I've seen it before but I've never really considered using it, I just use Tor.

ProtonVPN to my experience is very good! I primarily use to it to watch my country shows that are blocked in the US. Their free tier has unlimited everything. 

 

Also, they are based in Switzerland. It is also very good for torrenting. 

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Just now, Nano Adam said:

ProtonVPN to my experience is very good! I primarily use to it to watch my country shows that are blocked in the US. Their free tier has unlimited everything. 

 

Also, they are based in Switzerland. It is also very good for torrenting. 

I saw that.. First thing you see on their website XD

"Swiss based

We are headquartered in Switzerland which has some of the world's strongest privacy laws. Switzerland is also outside of EU and US jurisdiction and is not a member of the fourteen eyes surveillance network."

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1 hour ago, BlueScope819 said:

I don't do that myself, but is the free tier actually unlimited? Like no caps on anything?

It is! Includes United States, Japan and Netherlands severs. Unlimited data. Each country has 3 servers. No data caps. Just speed caps. But, I was able to watch 1080p YouTube while connected to Japan or Netherlands. (probably even more if the video wasn't capped at 1080p). The free tier speeds are just slower than paid tiers, but I don't think it makes a difference, depends on your use!

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6 minutes ago, Nano Adam said:

It is! Includes United States, Japan and Netherlands severs. Unlimited data. Each country has 3 servers. No data caps. Just speed caps. But, I was able to watch 1080p YouTube while connected to Japan or Netherlands. (probably even more if the video wasn't capped at 1080p). The free tier speeds are just slower than paid tiers, but I don't think it makes a difference, depends on your use!

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I tried ProtonVPN. Of course, the only drawbacks are for those using P2P servers or apparently even streaming. I got this by email, as I had questions about the different tiers:

 

 


"However, even though the ProtonVPN Free plan does not have a duration limit, access is limited to Free servers in 3 countries: the Netherlands, Japan, and the US. A complete ProtonVPN server-list can be found here: https://protonvpn.com/vpn-servers

Please note that we allow P2P traffic only on our P2P optimized servers. The P2P optimized servers are available in Iceland, Netherlands, Singapore, Sweden, and Switzerland. If you are using any P2P meant applications such as Torrenting, messaging, Skype, Viber, Popcorn Time, or games, then we suggest you use one of the P2P servers.

You can also find more information on our support guide which you can check through the following link: https://protonvpn.com/support/p2p-vpn-redirection/

The Plus servers are available for ProtonVPN Plus and Visionary users and offer the highest speeds since we have many Plus servers available for connections in multiple different countries. We do not limit the bandwidth of your connection, so the speed that you would get from the VPN server is mostly influenced by the server distance, server load, your native ISP speed, etc.

The Secure Core feature is a feature that improves user privacy by first routing your connection through our Secure Core servers which are located in countries with strong privacy laws before exiting into the Internet. For more information on this feature, please make sure to navigate to the following link: https://protonvpn.com/support/secure-core-vpn/

We have Tor servers available with which you can access the Tor network without having to install any additional software on your device and instead use these servers. With Tor over VPN, you can access onion sites, like ProtonMail’s Tor website, using your favorite browser. By connecting to a VPN service first, you prevent your Internet service provider from knowing that you are using Tor. More information regarding this can be found here: https://protonvpn.com/support/tor-vpn/

The Secure Streaming feature is a feature supported on multiple different ProtonVPN Plus servers that have been optimized for streaming purposes. With these services, you can securely stream Netflix, Amazon Prime, BBC, Disney+, etc. You can find the list of the streaming services currently supported by ProtonVPN with instructions on which servers to use here: https://protonvpn.com/support/streaming-guide/

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