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Me too. I cancelled my subscription about a week ago when I first heard of it (and I explained why on their cancellation form). I'm looking at Mullvad and Nord

Me too. I cancelled my subscription about a week ago when I first heard of it (and I explained why on their cancellation form). I'm looking at Mullvad and NordVPN. I know Nord had a MITM attack on a Finnish datacenter a few months ago and didn't immediately notify affected users. I'm having trouble understanding what it says about Nord's culture and likely behavior in the future. On a technical level, it's pretty bad when users of a VPN like this can be MITM'd. Blaming the datacenter's remote admin tools doesn't help me as a user because the same thing could happen again. I know they have a bug bounty program and audits now, but still I'm concerned that they didn't notify people which might indicate a cultural problem. How would Nord handle a problem like this in the future, and can we still trust them?

mirimir 7y ago
NordVPN apparently using residential proxies is pretty iffy.
- badrabbit 7y ago
  Makes blocking harder,cloud/hosting IP can't access some content.
  - mirimir 7y ago
    I know that it makes blocking harder. It's just that one wonders whether the people whose devices are being used as proxies are aware of the situation.
ac29 7y ago
You may want to read the comments and article linked here before thinking about NordVPN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21664692 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21664692 They are seemingly sketchily using "residential proxies" at least for Disney+. These proxies seem to be coming from their customers, or customers of a company NordVPN is closely tied to - likely without their knowledge.
jayalpha 7y ago
Astrill. Not the cheapest but I am very happy with it. Also to circumvent GFC
ssklash 7y ago
I use Mullvad and have had nothing but positive experiences.
richardARPANET 7y ago
Using NordVPN is never a smart idea. Same goes for using a VPN linked to a US company, unfortunately. Use Mullvad or https://www.ipredator.se/ https://www.ipredator.se/
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SahAssar 7y ago
I would never use NordVPN simply based on FUD-based advertising. The breach is just the cherry on top.

mirimir 7y ago

NordVPN apparently using residential proxies is pretty iffy.

badrabbit 7y ago
Makes blocking harder,cloud/hosting IP can't access some content.
- mirimir 7y ago
  I know that it makes blocking harder. It's just that one wonders whether the people whose devices are being used as proxies are aware of the situation.

ac29 7y ago

You may want to read the comments and article linked here before thinking about NordVPN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21664692 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21664692 They are seemingly sketchily using "residential proxies" at least for Disney+. These proxies seem to be coming from their customers, or customers of a company NordVPN is closely tied to - likely without their knowledge.

jayalpha 7y ago

Astrill. Not the cheapest but I am very happy with it. Also to circumvent GFC

ssklash 7y ago

I use Mullvad and have had nothing but positive experiences.

richardARPANET 7y ago

Using NordVPN is never a smart idea. Same goes for using a VPN linked to a US company, unfortunately. Use Mullvad or https://www.ipredator.se/ https://www.ipredator.se/

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SahAssar 7y ago

I would never use NordVPN simply based on FUD-based advertising. The breach is just the cherry on top.