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In search for a good VPN (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by andylicious1337@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Hi privacy fans :) I've been a lurker in this lemmy-community for a while now and a "fan" of privacy for about 4 years now. Since 4 years, I've been on and of with VPNs. Sometimes I think I dont need one, sometimes I change my mind and start searching for one. The only one I tested (and used) so far, was Mullvad. But now reading about Surfshark, I was wondering, if there might be a better solution or if Mullvad is already the best solution for VPN. What I dont like about Surfshark is, that it is part of North Security and that it is not open-source (or at least I can find any info about that).

I hope you guy and gals have some suggestions or recommendation :)

Edit: wow... thanks for all of your fast replies. Coming from Reddit, I am used to only shitposting. Thanks for all your input. I will look into all the mentioned VPN hosters, thx 👍

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[–] kevincox@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Mullvad is one of the best options if you care about privacy. They take privacy seriously, both on their side and pushing users towards private options. They also support fully anonymous payments. Their price is also incredibly reasonable.

I'm actually working on a VPN product as well. It is a multi-hop system so that we can't track you. But it isn't publicly available yet, so in the meantime I happily recommend Mullvad.

[–] andylicious1337@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

wow, that look really promising. altough I read, that you are making only your clients open-source. wouldn't it be better to have also the server-side open-source?

[–] kevincox@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean it is always better to have more open source. But the point of the multi-hop system is that you don't need to trust the server. Even if the server was open source:

You wouldn't know that we are running an unmodified version.
If you need to trust the server then someone could compel us to tap it or monitor it.

The open source client is enough to verify this and the security of the whole scheme.

[–] andylicious1337@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

makes sense :) well I guess I am going to join your newsletter anyway to stay in the loop :)