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I love Mullvad in principle but using it as a daily driver VPN is becoming an increasingly miserable experience. I could live with increased CAPTCHA checks, but
by jsheard 4y ago
I love Mullvad in principle but using it as a daily driver VPN is becoming an increasingly miserable experience. I could live with increased CAPTCHA checks, but IME their IP ranges are more and more being overtly blocked or silently throttled/blackholed by services, server hopping to access something is a daily annoyance even after filtering out their worst provider (M247).
It comes with the territory I suppose, their commitment to privacy means they can't stop bad actors from ruining their IPs reputations even if they want to.
- mrtesthah 4y agoJust use Mullvad as the first hop in a VPN chain, where the exit point is a VPS with a clean IP that you've registered anonymously and paid for in Monero.
- elashri 4y agoUnfortunately this could only work on desktop.
- johnchristopher 4y agoWhy not just install wireguard on that VPS then ?
- GekkePrutser 4y agoI'm not the OP but I guess they're worried about that box getting compromised, if you connect directly it'll know your IP.
- tomtom1337 4y agoFor what it's worth, I get CAPTCHA a lot on expressvpn and nordvpn too. (Switched from the former a few months ago when my subscription ran out).
- 6sp 4y agoCompletely agree. I find it nearly impossible to use without a significantly degraded browsing experience. I also thought of using a VPS but being the only person who would be using that static IP makes it harder anonymize traffic. You can’t hide behind the masses on a VPS VPN. One leak that has some piece of identifying information along with the VPS IP exposes you entirely.