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Even NordVPN to the nearest German hub is screwed. Have to vpn to the US to access HN.
by minxomat 6y ago
Even NordVPN to the nearest German hub is screwed. Have to vpn to the US to access HN.
- lucb1e 6y agoI see a lot of ads for NordVPN, but you should know they're not necessarily reliable. Just look for NordVPN on hacker news search: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=nordvpn&sort=byPopularity&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... (see e.g. the second hit: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21664692 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21664692 covering up security issues, using your connection to proxy other people's traffic, a related company does data mining...). The only VPN that seemed to fit the bill when I looked for one about a year ago was ProtonVPN, but I certainly didn't manage to look at every VPN on the planet and I'm just a random internet stranger so... take that with a grain of salt.
- minxomat 6y agoI know. But they are required to unlock streaming services. I’m not using them for privacy or even normal traffic.
- lucb1e 6y agoAlright, just making sure. Happy to hear you're an informed netizen :)
- ScannerSparkly 6y agoYeah, I agree that their marketing is aggressive, but a lot else I think is just speculation. The VPN market is very cut-throat, competitors create all kinds of crack-pot conspiracy theories to sow doubt amongst potential customers. As far as I know there was one incident, It wasn't very serious, no customer data was stolen. Also, the company now does 3rd party audits. I think NordVPN is pretty decent, but that's just me.