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And everyone's favorite VPN is...?

dmschulman 14y ago
Was doing some reading up on this last night! Torrentfreak had a handy article: http://torrentfreak.com/which-vpn-providers-really-take-anonymity-seriously-111007/ http://torrentfreak.com/which-vpn-providers-really-take-anon...
rishimoko 14y ago
PIA for me. They take Bitcoin and XRP. https://www.privateinternetaccess.com https://www.privateinternetaccess.com
- drakeandrews 14y ago
  XRP?
  - 7c8011dda3f3b 14y ago
    After some digging it seems to be another decentralized virtual currency like bitcoin. "Ripple credits, aka XRP or ripples, are the units used as a transaction fee to protect the Ripple payment system from malicious attacks." Previous HN discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5254395 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5254395
kintamanimatt 14y ago
Private Internet Access[1] has been serving me well for a long time and they've got endpoints all over the place, from Oh Canada to the Netherlands. Things are consistently fast and reliable, their customer service is responsive, and you can log in from multiple devices at a time which is great. They're cheap too. [1] http://www.privateinternetaccess.com http://www.privateinternetaccess.com
- GhotiFish 14y ago
  I like most of their policies, but they really need to be explicit about their usage limits. "You can only use a reasonable amount from our service. How much is reasonable? You'll find out when you hit it and we decide to drop the hammer, take your money, and never speak to you again."
  - kintamanimatt 14y ago
    Where are you quoting that from? I can't find anything in the ToS about that and one of the features they list is "Unmetered VPN Transfer".
    - GhotiFish 14y ago
      Really? Cause I found this: "Additionally, we may impose usage limits to our services, suspend or block services, or cancel any and all services at our sole discretion at any time. Finally, we do not guarantee the accuracy and timeliness of any data received." You can see that little gem here: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/terms-of-service/ https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/terms-of-service... under Service Level Agreement "Subscriber understands that Privateinternetaccess.com also reserves the right to scale back or throttle bandwidth originating from subscriber accounts that may breach the present Agreement or in the event of excessive usage on the Privateinternetaccess.com network." Same page, under Our Rights Which is REALLY ODD that they would have those terms, because on their contact page: "Are there any limitations on usage or bandwidth?" "We do not impose any restrictions or limitations on usage and/or bandwidth consumption. Please feel free to engage in any legal activity. " Huh. Wonder which one I should believe?
      - kintamanimatt 14y ago
        That's very different to what you originally quoted! Having said that, yes, there is a discrepancy there, although I've got a feeling it's a CYA provision in case someone with Google Fiber decides to download all of YouTube.
w1ntermute 14y ago
I just use a seedbox. Check out Feral Hosting[0], they're great. 0: http://www.feralhosting.com/ http://www.feralhosting.com/
autarch 14y ago
The http://torguard.net/ http://torguard.net/ SOCKS proxy service works quite well if all you care is bittorrent. They also offer a VPN product. They don't keep logs, which is something to look for in any decent VPN or SOCKS proxy.
- shitlord 14y ago
  If all you care about is bittorrent, why not just use private trackers for whatever you need?
  - wmf 14y ago
    You think DtecNet can't get accounts on "private" trackers?
hafifuyku 14y ago
https://put.io https://put.io
mindcruzer 14y ago
https://airvpn.org/ https://airvpn.org/

Was doing some reading up on this last night! Torrentfreak had a handy article: http://torrentfreak.com/which-vpn-providers-really-take-anonymity-seriously-111007/ http://torrentfreak.com/which-vpn-providers-really-take-anon...

rishimoko 14y ago

PIA for me. They take Bitcoin and XRP. https://www.privateinternetaccess.com https://www.privateinternetaccess.com

drakeandrews 14y ago
XRP?
- 7c8011dda3f3b 14y ago
  After some digging it seems to be another decentralized virtual currency like bitcoin. "Ripple credits, aka XRP or ripples, are the units used as a transaction fee to protect the Ripple payment system from malicious attacks." Previous HN discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5254395 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5254395

kintamanimatt 14y ago

Private Internet Access[1] has been serving me well for a long time and they've got endpoints all over the place, from Oh Canada to the Netherlands. Things are consistently fast and reliable, their customer service is responsive, and you can log in from multiple devices at a time which is great. They're cheap too. [1] http://www.privateinternetaccess.com http://www.privateinternetaccess.com

GhotiFish 14y ago
I like most of their policies, but they really need to be explicit about their usage limits. "You can only use a reasonable amount from our service. How much is reasonable? You'll find out when you hit it and we decide to drop the hammer, take your money, and never speak to you again."
- kintamanimatt 14y ago
  Where are you quoting that from? I can't find anything in the ToS about that and one of the features they list is "Unmetered VPN Transfer".
  - GhotiFish 14y ago
    Really? Cause I found this: "Additionally, we may impose usage limits to our services, suspend or block services, or cancel any and all services at our sole discretion at any time. Finally, we do not guarantee the accuracy and timeliness of any data received." You can see that little gem here: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/terms-of-service/ https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/terms-of-service... under Service Level Agreement "Subscriber understands that Privateinternetaccess.com also reserves the right to scale back or throttle bandwidth originating from subscriber accounts that may breach the present Agreement or in the event of excessive usage on the Privateinternetaccess.com network." Same page, under Our Rights Which is REALLY ODD that they would have those terms, because on their contact page: "Are there any limitations on usage or bandwidth?" "We do not impose any restrictions or limitations on usage and/or bandwidth consumption. Please feel free to engage in any legal activity. " Huh. Wonder which one I should believe?
    - kintamanimatt 14y ago
      That's very different to what you originally quoted! Having said that, yes, there is a discrepancy there, although I've got a feeling it's a CYA provision in case someone with Google Fiber decides to download all of YouTube.

w1ntermute 14y ago

I just use a seedbox. Check out Feral Hosting[0], they're great. 0: http://www.feralhosting.com/ http://www.feralhosting.com/

autarch 14y ago

The http://torguard.net/ http://torguard.net/ SOCKS proxy service works quite well if all you care is bittorrent. They also offer a VPN product. They don't keep logs, which is something to look for in any decent VPN or SOCKS proxy.

shitlord 14y ago
If all you care about is bittorrent, why not just use private trackers for whatever you need?
- wmf 14y ago
  You think DtecNet can't get accounts on "private" trackers?

hafifuyku 14y ago

https://put.io https://put.io

mindcruzer 14y ago

https://airvpn.org/ https://airvpn.org/