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Have you found a replacement? I did some light investigation but nothing really felt as solid as Mullvad so I haven't jumped ship yet.

irusensei 3y ago
Not that person but I've spinned a 1984 instance paid with bitcoin without KYC. Then setup nat+rdr rules that foward to my service through a wireguard tunnel.
- iaresee 3y ago
  This might be the way I go. Thanks.
- mandelken 3y ago
  Forgive my ignorance, but what’s a “1984 instance”? (Google could not help me.) Thanks!
  - skulk 3y ago
    I googled "1984 vps" and came up with http://1984.hosting/ http://1984.hosting/. I have no idea if this is what GP is referring to.
  - denton-scratch 3y ago
    Oh, I think that used to be 1984.is. Nice people, hydro powered, cooled by ice, strong privacy posture.
- codedokode 3y ago
  Why use wireguard? It is trivially to detect by the ISP or government. Every decent VPN should masquerade as HTTP/2 or HTTP/3.
BoppreH 3y ago
None as solid, no. My needs are fairly specific (exit node in a specific country, torrent-friendly, good speed, not too expensive, not too shady, first-party support for my OS'es, doesn't have to be government-proof), so you'll need to do your own research. For what's worth, I eventually went with Proton VPN, but it's more expensive and gives a used-car-salesman feeling.
- digging 3y ago
  > gives a used-car-salesman feeling. I really don't like the aesthetic direction Proton's been taking in the last few years, from top to bottom. I'm finding their mail apps, both in desktop web browser and on mobile, less and less usable. In addition I get this feeling from their design choices as well. I know their mission is to grow enough to challenge predatory providers like gmail, but it makes me wary and makes me feel as if I won't be using them in 5 more years.
  - xvector 3y ago
    Proton has unfortunately become incredibly bloated over the past few years. Meanwhile ProtonMail doesn't yet support auto-forwarding or (on mobile) email content search.

irusensei 3y ago

Not that person but I've spinned a 1984 instance paid with bitcoin without KYC. Then setup nat+rdr rules that foward to my service through a wireguard tunnel.

iaresee 3y ago
This might be the way I go. Thanks.
mandelken 3y ago
Forgive my ignorance, but what’s a “1984 instance”? (Google could not help me.) Thanks!
- skulk 3y ago
  I googled "1984 vps" and came up with http://1984.hosting/ http://1984.hosting/. I have no idea if this is what GP is referring to.
- denton-scratch 3y ago
  Oh, I think that used to be 1984.is. Nice people, hydro powered, cooled by ice, strong privacy posture.
codedokode 3y ago
Why use wireguard? It is trivially to detect by the ISP or government. Every decent VPN should masquerade as HTTP/2 or HTTP/3.

BoppreH 3y ago

None as solid, no. My needs are fairly specific (exit node in a specific country, torrent-friendly, good speed, not too expensive, not too shady, first-party support for my OS'es, doesn't have to be government-proof), so you'll need to do your own research. For what's worth, I eventually went with Proton VPN, but it's more expensive and gives a used-car-salesman feeling.

digging 3y ago
> gives a used-car-salesman feeling. I really don't like the aesthetic direction Proton's been taking in the last few years, from top to bottom. I'm finding their mail apps, both in desktop web browser and on mobile, less and less usable. In addition I get this feeling from their design choices as well. I know their mission is to grow enough to challenge predatory providers like gmail, but it makes me wary and makes me feel as if I won't be using them in 5 more years.
- xvector 3y ago
  Proton has unfortunately become incredibly bloated over the past few years. Meanwhile ProtonMail doesn't yet support auto-forwarding or (on mobile) email content search.