What VPN do you use?

[Flux Azreal]

I've been really wanting to get a VPN, but with so many options I've been overwhelmed. Reddit seems to praise PIA but after looking deeper it seems the community is upset since they got acquired by Kape (or something like that) and it's a breach of trust, but I don't know if that's even a concern. I'm scared to ask reddit as I feel there's a lot of ad bots that will immediately recommend nord vpn or some random one, I just want a safe one that doesn't sell your logs, has a kill switch and is pretty reliable.

[TheLANguy]

53 minutes ago, Flux Azreal said:

I've been really wanting to get a VPN, but with so many options I've been overwhelmed. Reddit seems to praise PIA but after looking deeper it seems the community is upset since they got acquired by Kape (or something like that) and it's a breach of trust, but I don't know if that's even a concern. I'm scared to ask reddit as I feel there's a lot of ad bots that will immediately recommend nord vpn or some random one, I just want a safe one that doesn't sell your logs, has a kill switch and is pretty reliable.

Do you plan on streaming high quality video?

[Flux Azreal]

5 minutes ago, TheLANguy said:

Do you plan on streaming high quality video?

Nah, I don't care so much for the speed as long as it's usable (20 mbps+)

[TheLANguy]

19 minutes ago, Flux Azreal said:

Nah, I don't care so much for the speed as long as it's usable (20 mbps+)

Well I used to use Express VPN but I found out they might be acquired by Kape Technologies which once was a malware provider.

I switched over to Mullvad since they have a rather clean record. I have also heard good things about windscribe and safing.io's SFN.

 

Hope this somewhat helps!

[Flux Azreal]

3 minutes ago, TheLANguy said:

Well I used to use Express VPN but I found out they might be acquired by Kape Technologies which once was a malware provider.

I switched over to Mullvad since they have a rather clean record. I have also heard good things about windscribe and safing.io's SFN.

 

Hope this somewhat helps!

Oh god Kape is taking over all these vpn companies, I'll look into Mullvad, thank you for your input I appreciate it!

[TheLANguy]

Just now, Flux Azreal said:

Oh god Kape is taking over all these vpn companies, I'll look into Mullvad, thank you for your input I appreciate it!

I know right!

Happy to help!

[Dukesilver27-]

I use Proton VPN because it is very cheap compared to others, $5/month for 2 devices, I only use it for torrenting and so I'm not sure what the max speed is, highest I've seen is 8 mbps.

From my research prior to subbing, it's quiet trustworthy.

[Flux Azreal]

9 hours ago, Dukesilver27- said:

I use Proton VPN because it is very cheap compared to others, $5/month for 2 devices, I only use it for torrenting and so I'm not sure what the max speed is, highest I've seen is 8 mbps.

From my research prior to subbing, it's quiet trustworthy.

Oh really that cheap? I'll look into it too, thanks for your input!

[Tan3l6]

When using Opera then inbuilt VPN, very comfortable and since last version it works actually as advertised.

[Flux Azreal]

2 minutes ago, Tan3l6 said:

When using Opera then inbuilt VPN, very comfortable and since last version it works actually as advertised.

Oh a free vpn? I'm a little concerned, companies need to make money from you to keep these services up, so I'm a bit sketpical on how they keep their service up. I'll look into it, thanks for adding this to the list!

[Tan3l6]

13 minutes ago, Flux Azreal said:

Oh a free vpn? I'm a little concerned, companies need to make money from you to keep these services up, so I'm a bit sketpical on how they keep their service up. I'll look into it, thanks for adding this to the list!

I'm about 99% sure it's not the safest VPN, but serves my needs very well.

[dalekphalm]

18 hours ago, Flux Azreal said:

I've been really wanting to get a VPN, but with so many options I've been overwhelmed. Reddit seems to praise PIA but after looking deeper it seems the community is upset since they got acquired by Kape (or something like that) and it's a breach of trust, but I don't know if that's even a concern. I'm scared to ask reddit as I feel there's a lot of ad bots that will immediately recommend nord vpn or some random one, I just want a safe one that doesn't sell your logs, has a kill switch and is pretty reliable.

What specific purpose do you want to use the VPN for?

 

A lot of people tend to over-embellish the benefits of consumer VPN services. Are you using it for security? Privacy? circumventing geo restrictions?

[Flux Azreal]

6 minutes ago, dalekphalm said:

What specific purpose do you want to use the VPN for?

 

A lot of people tend to over-embellish the benefits of consumer VPN services. Are you using it for security? Privacy? circumventing geo restrictions?

Hello! I'll mainly be using the VPN for torrenting

[dalekphalm]

59 minutes ago, Flux Azreal said:

Hello! I'll mainly be using the VPN for torrenting

So this would be for privacy then, to mask your IP and personal information?

 

Yes a VPN in this case would accomplish the job, ASSUMING you can trust them to actually not store logs, etc.