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Not OP. I am not sure about PIA. But I had recently done some research on VPNs since I was interested in getting one. From what I remember, most of the VPN serv
by humanlion87 5y ago
Not OP. I am not sure about PIA. But I had recently done some research on VPNs since I was interested in getting one. From what I remember, most of the VPN services are owned by a few companies. And those companies don't seem to have a track record of good security or acting in the best interests of the customer (selling data, giving up logs, etc). My takeaway from that research was that I need to be real careful when trying to choose a VPN service provider and keep track of acquisitions.
- o-__-o 5y agoOr just get a dedicated server or vps somewhere and run OpenVPN or wire guard. There is no shortage of cheap vps providers so you could create deploy scripts and rotate your vpn endpoint regularly Disclaimer: I’ve been doing just that for 13 years now
- CarelessExpert 5y agoWhich is trivially traceable back to you and therefore defeats the purpose of providing anonymity. Much of the value of one of these VPN services is they effectively launder your traffic by mixing it with that of their other clients.
- o-__-o 5y agoYeah I guess it _is_ illegal to tumble bitcoins now
- fastball 5y agoFor anyone that wants a less shady VPN, I've found Mullvad[1] to be very good. They take privacy to the next level, where you can literally mail them an envelope full of cash with your anonymous login key and they'll top up the credit on the account. I also like Mullvad because they seem to spend approximately $0 on marketing (at least compared to the other guys) and don't do any of those bullshitty perpetual "limited-time offer" shenanigans. If you're American and want a VPN based in America (not the Virgin Islands etc), I've found TorGuard[2] to be very good as well. [1] https://mullvad.net/en/ https://mullvad.net/en/ [2] https://torguard.net/ https://torguard.net/