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Speaking of which, can anyone recommend a good VPN provider?
by stu_k 12y ago
Speaking of which, can anyone recommend a good VPN provider?
- TheOtherHobbes 12y agoTorrentFreak has a regular round-up of VPNs: http://torrentfreak.com/which-vpn-services-take-your-anonymity-seriously-2014-edition-140315/ http://torrentfreak.com/which-vpn-services-take-your-anonymi... The comments are probably as useful as the main content. Personally I use AirVPN. They're not expensive, the client is open source, and performance seems good enough for casual use. I'm not sure I'd trust any of the usual VPNs if I needed Snowden-level security. But I don't, so casual use is fine.
- teamhappy 12y agoI've used blackVPN and IPredator in the past. Running openvpn on your own box is pretty easy too (if you've ever set up something like a HTTPS server.)
- IvyMike 12y agoPIA has never done me wrong, it's cheap, they support a ton of VPN protocols and OSes, multiple simultaneous clients (up to 5?), and at least one of the guys who runs it is a HN regular. More in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6345520 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6345520 Not affiliated in any way, just a happy customer.
- breakall 12y agoRun your own for a few bucks a month! Here's a guide to setting OpenVPN up on an Ubuntu machine: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-an-openvpn-server-on-ubuntu-14-04 https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-...