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

submitted 10 months 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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[–] LunchEnjoyer@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I am currently writing my master thesis on this topic. The three beat choices out there are, Mullvad, ProtonVPN, IVPN. Plus Windscribe for an honorable mention (they have by far the funniest marketing team).

[–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Can i have access to your thesis? Is be very interested to give it a read

[–] LunchEnjoyer@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Appreciate it, but I am sadly still just in the planning and researching stage. I will start writing it in January and will be finished in June. If I can publish it without my name, then I will do so here on Lemmy 👍

[–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

You could give read access to the final draft and redact your name from the paper. Thanks for considering!

[–] viking@infosec.pub 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Neither one of them works in China, so I hope your thesis explains as to why they are "best" if a malevolent government can simply instruct local ISPs to block the client-server handshake nationwide and thus expose all customers relying on encrypted communication to crackdowns by local authorities.

[–] LunchEnjoyer@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I was not aware, but thanks!

[–] GreyTechnician@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Care to give a deeper explanation and explain why not airvpn, or expressvpn?

[–] LunchEnjoyer@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Not done with my thesis yet.. But, ExpressVPN is owned by Kape Technologies, who also own PIA and Cyberghost. To me that's already sketchy as I wouldn't trust a company that owns three of the same services, feels like they are all the same but layered with different UIs, although I cannot prove that.

Furthermore, Kape Technologies used to be Crossrider, a company that were connected to malware distribution.

Although not a peer reviewed source, I hope to dive deeper into this: