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What is the conensus here on good VPN providers? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by GreyTechnician@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I currently use ExpressVPN and find it ok. In the past I've used Mullvad and AirVPN and tbh I think they were all fine.

However, I would probably trust a provider more if there has been an actual case where police tried getting the logs and the VPN provider gave them nothing.

For me I really distrust NordVPN because this provider is just so overshilled everywhere - like even on national TV NordVPN have ads, which for me is just a red flag.

Curious here to know what the consensus here is about the different VPN providers.

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[–] Imprint9816@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

AirVPN user here - would also recommend but would note they have not been audited and it does not seem likely they will be as staff does not seem interested.

They did though disclose a 2015 incident where servers were seized and no info was found. So there is some evidence their no log policy is more then just words although your still only getting their version of the event.