What's a good VPN?

[AU_Gundam]

Topic title. Interested in which VPNs would be optimal for my usage. Needs to be compatible with multiple devices. And am willing to pay (For as long as it doesn't exceed 100$ a year).

[Nonco]

I use www.privateinternetaccess.com

 

Havent had any issues.

[pompom15]

Hide my ass

[AU_Gundam]

Should probably add. When I meant multiple devices, I was referring to a bunch of android stuff and a Windows (And potentially Linux) PC.

[Cutout]

Well, LTT advertises tunnel bear every once in a while, and it seems pretty good. I haven't tried it, but it seems like a good service.

 

https://www.tunnelbear.com/

[failblox]

I use PrivateInternetAccess and they've been really good so far. I chose their service over others because of how many servers they have around the world. It's a tad bit more expensive than some other options out there, but I still think it's worth every penny.

[Guest]

https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/

[Gofspar]

Hide my ass

trash

[Badazzz]

Almost any VPN ran by a corporation is good. Most VPNs ran by individuals (dissemble.me for example) promise "total anonymity" but 9/10 of them are scams. Go with any good PAID VPN because free ones are horrid.

[Shield1739]

Sooooo....

PIA is the best choice?

[CBojorges]

Sooooo....

PIA is the best choice?

PIA's android app drains my battery pretty fast. I don't know if it's the app or a general issue with vpns on Android. 

 

Also I've had twice a problem with them. When I connected to their vpn, video ads showed while browsing. They couldn't tell me what happened. 

 

Again, it only happened twice over a year but that made me feel unsecure about using credit card info and so on while connected. 

 

On the bright side, I have no problems with speed (I have 40/40). Windows and Osx apps works well. On linux you can't change the encryption settings so you'll have to use the defaults but otherwise it works also OK. 

[shibbs]

I'm very happy with Astrill. 

[simonindia]

cheap and best solution would be to get VPS from here http://www.lowendspirit.com and support will be from here http://forum.lowendspirit.com

 

you will get a email after you paid the invoice there will details like external IP,Assigned ports, control panel URL

 

Example IP's for the simplicity sake your external IP 4.4.4.4 Ports from 4000-4020

 

Then install Debian or Ubuntu server minimal from VPS control panel (url will be in the welcome email)

use putty to login get putty from here http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty.exe

 

 

then run these commands

apt-get update -y && apt-get upgrade -y && apt-get install nano ufw fail2ban wget && ufw allow ssh && ufw enable

Use this script from github https://github.com/Nyr/openvpn-install to install Openvpn

 

then run these commands

wget git.io/vpn --no-check-certificate -O openvpn-install.sh && bash openvpn-install.sh

just press enter for everything other than the port (you will find the port in the welcome email) use that (we will use the example port) 4020

 

add this command to open the firewall

ufw allow 4020/udp

then click enter and type a name for config file (i will name it as LA)

 

now type this in your ssh terminal

cat LA.ovpn

then copy the contents by selecting and pressing right click then select copy

 

Now open Notepad in your computer and paste the client config

 

and save it like this

 

 

Note:watch the Save as type in above step and save them in desktop we will need it later

 

now get & install them on your computer (select according to your operating system if the os is leagcy one then i suggest visiting this site)

 

Windows OS is 32 bit then this file openvpn-install-2.3.10-I601-i686.exe

Windows OS is 64 bit then this file openvpn-install-2.3.10-I601-x86_64.exe

 

then transfer the client config file (in my case LA.ovpn) to

C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config

Then double click OpenVPN icon in the desktop after right click this icon ▼click connect

 

 

Have a great day

[happychineseman]

as a paid user of tunnelbear, and others like hotspot shield, tunnelbear is very simple, unrestricted. Its fairly cheap at 50 dollars a year for 5 devices. I would say pick the one that has a strong encryption and is simple to use. Otherwise if youre more advanced you can maybe pick a more basic but cheaper service and configure it to your needs. 

[techguru]

http://strongvpn.com/