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If you aren't already using a non-logging vpn for all traffic, all the more reason to switch now. Probably preaching to the choir here. But it's so simple to se
by jzl 10y ago
If you aren't already using a non-logging vpn for all traffic, all the more reason to switch now. Probably preaching to the choir here. But it's so simple to setup and use one, much less intimidating than most people realize who have never used a VPN before. Once you start using one you practically feel naked whenever connecting without it, even at home.
- geoffmcc 10y agoI'm sure it varies by provider/location, but the one I am with is decently priced and if I do a bandwidth test its only about 5MBPS slower when connected compared to when I am not. I forget what the upload was, but it was good enough for me.
- jasonkostempski 10y agoRecommendations? Last time I thought about it, PIA was the recommended service but I know this stuff can change on a weekly basis. Edit: In US, not opposed to loosing speed going overseas, I've got more than enough. Also, how do people typically pay?
- burkaman 10y agohttps://thatoneprivacysite.net/vpn-comparison-chart/ https://thatoneprivacysite.net/vpn-comparison-chart/ seems like the most comprehensive way to pick one.
- elbrian 10y agoI've been using AirVPN for a couple years and love it. They allow you to use OpenVPN instead of a proprietary client, which is nice.
- joshstrange 10y agoI am a big fan of PIA and have been a customer for over 2 years now. I pay $40/year and it works great on my MacBook and iPhone.
- penagwin 10y agoIs there an adequate (or easy?) solutions for gamers? I'm ok with a bit of extra latency (30ms -> 50ms lets say), but I'm not at all ok with that for say Counter Strike.
- tribune 10y agoA VPN will always add some latency; you can just turn it off when gaming
- komali2 10y agoSeconding this. I do a lot of uploading of photos, gaming, etc. What's a realistic solution? When should I have my VPN on or off? What about when I'm on my phone on wifi? What about when I'm on my phone on data?
- jethro_tell 10y agoThere are several ways to do this. The best way would be to use a router that lets you route. Create the VPN tunnel as always on. Set routing policy based on destination. Gameserver.com goes out the ISP direct, everything else goes out the VPN. You can add additional tunnels and routs as needed but the building block is having a real router that lets you set routes. Personally, I have a static VPN to work, a tor tunnel, VPN to personal offsite infrastructure and an everything else tunnel. I set routes so my traffic goes the the right place automatically, for myself and anyone else in my house.
- komali2 10y agoHow do you figure out what to set routing policy for? You say gameserver.com, but how do I figure that out for CSGO vs Overwatch? What about games where you're connected to a friend's computer hosting a match, such as 7 days to die or potentially minecraft?
- jethro_tell 10y agoYou basically have to make a white list. It's not an easy thing to do and I don't know any way to do it dynamically. Sometimes, the only way to make a whitelist is to see what's not working and add it to the list.
- 7373737373 10y agoThere are no technological solutions for sociopolitical problems.
- javajosh 10y agoThat's true long-term, but not short-term.
- ctdonath 10y agoC4?
- 7373737373 10y agoThat's true short-range, but not long-range.
- eli 10y agoExpect random online purchases to be declined or stalled due to IP reputation based fraud detection.
- Accacin 10y agoBased in the UK, but this hasn't happened to me once and I usually set my VPN to Sweden or Netherlands.
- K0nserv 10y agoI live in the UK and this happens to me a lot. The combination of whitelisting third party javascript and using a VPN exiting through Finland seems like a brilliant recipe to trip up fraud detection.
- rakoo 10y agoHow do you make sure a VPN doesn't log anything, other than promises ?
- dokument 10y agoYou can't. Trust is trust.
- __jal 10y agoRun it yourself, or have it managed by someone you trust. As a massively inferior but better-than-nothing fallback, contractual agreements. Otherwise, you can't.
- hatsunearu 10y agoIf you run it yourself, what the heck is the point? The ISP of the VPN will log you.
- xoa 10y agoTo both you and cortesoft: ISPs (and the countries they reside in) don't all share everything. They don't all have the same, or even compatible, rules, legal regimes, or economic interests. In particular, the economic drivers of last-mile ISPs vs backbone providers to major data centers are vastly different. Therefore routing across multiple independent networks (which is what a VPN is) actually does provide some additional privacy protection because it means that coordination between multiple entities is now required to see the same information that would have been available to one before, and it changes which entity with which economic interests can see the most. Essentially, it's a competition hack. There is massive competition (and customer responsiveness) when you get close to the core, but very little for most people at the last mile. So a VPN allows you to shift you effective entry point to an arbitrary provider, and that can be quite helpful.
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- cortesoft 10y ago
- 0xfeba 10y agoIs there a way to whitelist domains to skip the VPN? Like Netflix, Amazon, Amazon Video, YoutTube etc. I don't mind if my ISP knows I'm there, but everything else goes through the VPN? Specifically with OpenVPN?
- PTRFRLL 10y agoBoth DD-WRT and asuswrt for routers have policy based routing so you can selectively include/exclude traffic from the VPN connection.
- diminoten 10y agoToo slow, I can't find a VPN that can match my bandwidth.