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Mulvad seems to be a good option.

mirimir 7y ago
Agreed, this looks really bad. And Mullvad is a good option. So are AirVPN, Insorg and IVPN. Edit: For background, see https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252466203/Top-VPNs-secretly-owned-by-Chinese-firms https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252466203/Top-VPNs-secre...
Red_Leaves_Flyy 7y ago
Tunnelbear as well. I'm not a customer of either, just been researching alternatives since tis news hit earlier this week.
- nickflood 7y ago
  Tunnelbear is owned by McAfee https://www.tunnelbear.com/blog/tunnelbear_joins_mcafee/ https://www.tunnelbear.com/blog/tunnelbear_joins_mcafee/
- aasasd 7y ago
  IIRC Tunnelbear is known to sell info on the clients. It's not a fringe story to my knowledge, but alas I don't have links on me currently.
rndgermandude 7y ago
Seconded. It's Mullvad, tho, not Mulvad ;) I have been a customer since a while and cannot complain. They support wireguard, which is nice, and of course plain OpenVPN connections, but offer apps for various platforms too. They do not pay for reviews, which is nice (and quite telling that other do), they are own by to Swedish guys. Their price is a €5/month (for simultaneous 5 VPN connections, no data caps) and you can pay in cash* or bitcoin if you want. And no, I am not paid or otherwise compensated to write this, or affiliated with them other then being a customer. [*] They even say: "Please avoid writing your name or address on the envelope."
- bloopernova 7y ago
  > bitcoin Do they take any other cryptocurrencies, or would I have to convert some other coin into bitcoin to pay them? OpenVPN is nice, since my OpenWRT router can be a client. EDIT: I emailed Mullvad and received a reply within 15 minutes! and it answered my questions accurately! I think they win the customer service award for today :D
  - iudqnolq 7y ago
    What was the answer?
    - bloopernova 7y ago
      Bitcoin or bitcoin cash are accepted payment methods. They have openvpn instructions for openwrt at https://mullvad.net/en/help/openwrt-routers-and-mullvad-vpn/ https://mullvad.net/en/help/openwrt-routers-and-mullvad-vpn/ And their clients are open source: https://github.com/mullvad/mullvadvpn-app https://github.com/mullvad/mullvadvpn-app (sorry for not replying earlier!)
KitDuncan 7y ago
Can vouch for Mullvad. A happy customer for years. There customer service is great!

Agreed, this looks really bad. And Mullvad is a good option. So are AirVPN, Insorg and IVPN. Edit: For background, see https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252466203/Top-VPNs-secretly-owned-by-Chinese-firms https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252466203/Top-VPNs-secre...

Red_Leaves_Flyy 7y ago

Tunnelbear as well. I'm not a customer of either, just been researching alternatives since tis news hit earlier this week.

nickflood 7y ago
Tunnelbear is owned by McAfee https://www.tunnelbear.com/blog/tunnelbear_joins_mcafee/ https://www.tunnelbear.com/blog/tunnelbear_joins_mcafee/
aasasd 7y ago
IIRC Tunnelbear is known to sell info on the clients. It's not a fringe story to my knowledge, but alas I don't have links on me currently.

rndgermandude 7y ago

Seconded. It's Mullvad, tho, not Mulvad ;) I have been a customer since a while and cannot complain. They support wireguard, which is nice, and of course plain OpenVPN connections, but offer apps for various platforms too. They do not pay for reviews, which is nice (and quite telling that other do), they are own by to Swedish guys. Their price is a €5/month (for simultaneous 5 VPN connections, no data caps) and you can pay in cash* or bitcoin if you want. And no, I am not paid or otherwise compensated to write this, or affiliated with them other then being a customer. [*] They even say: "Please avoid writing your name or address on the envelope."

bloopernova 7y ago
> bitcoin Do they take any other cryptocurrencies, or would I have to convert some other coin into bitcoin to pay them? OpenVPN is nice, since my OpenWRT router can be a client. EDIT: I emailed Mullvad and received a reply within 15 minutes! and it answered my questions accurately! I think they win the customer service award for today :D
- iudqnolq 7y ago
  What was the answer?
  - bloopernova 7y ago
    Bitcoin or bitcoin cash are accepted payment methods. They have openvpn instructions for openwrt at https://mullvad.net/en/help/openwrt-routers-and-mullvad-vpn/ https://mullvad.net/en/help/openwrt-routers-and-mullvad-vpn/ And their clients are open source: https://github.com/mullvad/mullvadvpn-app https://github.com/mullvad/mullvadvpn-app (sorry for not replying earlier!)

KitDuncan 7y ago

Can vouch for Mullvad. A happy customer for years. There customer service is great!