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Hello everybody!
Does anybody know or use a reliable VPN service that's free (or REALLY cheap) and won't require you to install "their" software (those usually come with ads or begging to upgrade to pro notifications every 5 minutes)?
The ideal should be a VPN that we can just set up with windows (using a server domain or ip and credentials) or a virtual machine manager (same thing, just server info & credentials).
I think it would be very useful to many of us, for many things, to hide, to download pirate stuff while in countries or with ISPs that block torrents, for example, or even if you just want to watch content "exclusive to USA" or have a browsing experience as if you were in another country (sometimes I want to buy EA stuff as if I was in Canada, I need to use TeamViewer on a friend's computer, since the Brazilian Store will have Brazilian Prices and Tax, worse if I am in Europe, even if I use a Canadian Credit Card, they won't allow me to pick my country, they always use the IP)...
I know that good stuff isn't usually free neither cheap, but a few times it is. So, if any of you know of it, please share the love with us...
Hello everybody!
Does anybody know or use a reliable VPN service that's free (or REALLY cheap) and won't require you to install "their" software (those usually come with ads or begging to upgrade to pro notifications every 5 minutes)?
The ideal should be a VPN that we can just set up with windows (using a server domain or ip and credentials) or a virtual machine manager (same thing, just server info & credentials).
I think it would be very useful to many of us, for many things, to hide, to download pirate stuff while in countries or with ISPs that block torrents, for example, or even if you just want to watch content "exclusive to USA" or have a browsing experience as if you were in another country (sometimes I want to buy EA stuff as if I was in Canada, I need to use TeamViewer on a friend's computer, since the Brazilian Store will have Brazilian Prices and Tax, worse if I am in Europe, even if I use a Canadian Credit Card, they won't allow me to pick my country, they always use the IP)...
I know that good stuff isn't usually free neither cheap, but a few times it is. So, if any of you know of it, please share the love with us...
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Nina wrote:That worked - thx!
Cool to hear!
Something that could be seen as a disadvantage of ProtonVPN is the (seemingly?) limited selection of P2P-capable countries/locations. For torrenting (and at the time of me writing this), you're basically restricted to The Netherlands, Singapore, Sweden and Switzerland. My theory is they are doing this to reduce chances of legal problems.
With for example Windscribe, most countries allow P2P-traffic, with some exceptions.
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I've tried a lot of VPNs and can recommend 2 of them. Windscribe (they have a free acct with a 10GB limit per month but if you watch you can get the lifetime paid version on sale fairly cheap) and VPN.ac. Both are very good about IP and DNS leaks and they both offer great speed.
Windscribe is the easiest to set up if your new to VPNs.
Do you still recommend Windscribe? I have never used a VPN before, and I would love to be able to get caught up on the Sims4 expansions. I haven't been active here since "Get Together" was available, and I am super behind! Also, last year my ISP gave me a warning after I downloaded "Legend of Korra". Oops! I haven't downloaded *anything* since then.
I am okay if there's a data cap on the free version.
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LittlePenguin wrote:
Do you still recommend Windscribe? I have never used a VPN before, and I would love to be able to get caught up on the Sims4 expansions. I haven't been active here since "Get Together" was available, and I am super behind! Also, last year my ISP gave me a warning after I downloaded "Legend of Korra". Oops! I haven't downloaded *anything* since then.
I am okay if there's a data cap on the free version.
I think I may also be able to help here (in Dracos' absence).
I've also used Windscribe for a little while, and it's good. Windscribe is a Canada-based VPN, and the free plan has a limit of 10GB (upload + download combined), which makes it a bit tricky to use for serious torrenting. And especially given how large many of these modern PC games are, such as The Sims 4. Your data will be re-newed every month automatically, but un-used data from the previous month does not carry over to the next month. So with these 10GB, it's going to get very "tight", at least in my opinion.
I've said it somewhere here I believe, but Windscribe basically allows P2P-traffic in all of its countries (unlike e.g. ProtonVPN), with a few exceptions like India and Russia, if I'm not mistaken.
If you intend to use it for torrenting, and not everybody may agree to the following, but still...I would not recommend connecting to a server in countries such as the US, the UK, or even Canada. Connect to something like Switzerland, or The Netherlands. I think these countries are also available under the free plan. Note this has nothing to do with Windscribe, as I would recommend that to anybody using a VPN. If you are yourself located in North America, connecting to Europe may slow down your speeds somewhat due to the geographical distance, but in my opinion it would be safer.
Or you could do without a VPN, by using anadius' alternative downloads. Or, use ZLOrigin, which is comparable to direct downloads. Though in case of the latter, (American) ISPs are also catching up, and some are apparently blocking access to ZLOrigin servers, so you can't download stuff. Overall, I would recommend using the anadius-items.
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The_gh0stm4n wrote:LittlePenguin wrote:
Do you still recommend Windscribe? I have never used a VPN before, and I would love to be able to get caught up on the Sims4 expansions. I haven't been active here since "Get Together" was available, and I am super behind! Also, last year my ISP gave me a warning after I downloaded "Legend of Korra". Oops! I haven't downloaded *anything* since then.
I am okay if there's a data cap on the free version.
I think I may also be able to help here (in Dracos' absence).
I've also used Windscribe for a little while, and it's good. Windscribe is a Canada-based VPN, and the free plan has a limit of 10GB (upload + download combined), which makes it a bit tricky to use for serious torrenting. And especially given how large many of these modern PC games are, such as The Sims 4. Your data will be re-newed every month automatically, but un-used data from the previous month does not carry over to the next month. So with these 10GB, it's going to get very "tight", at least in my opinion.
I've said it somewhere here I believe, but Windscribe basically allows P2P-traffic in all of its countries (unlike e.g. ProtonVPN), with a few exceptions like India and Russia, if I'm not mistaken.
If you intend to use it for torrenting, and not everybody may agree to the following, but still...I would not recommend connecting to a server in countries such as the US, the UK, or even Canada. Connect to something like Switzerland, or The Netherlands. I think these countries are also available under the free plan. Note this has nothing to do with Windscribe, as I would recommend that to anybody using a VPN. If you are yourself located in North America, connecting to Europe may slow down your speeds somewhat due to the geographical distance, but in my opinion it would be safer.
Or you could do without a VPN, by using anadius' alternative downloads. Or, use ZLOrigin, which is comparable to direct downloads. Though in case of the latter, (American) ISPs are also catching up, and some are apparently blocking access to ZLOrigin servers, so you can't download stuff. Overall, I would recommend using the anadius-items.
I am in the USA, so thank you for the heads-up. And direct downloads? Whoa, you guys are seriously like the most awesome Fairy Godparents ever!
But since you say that even those direct downloads might be noticed (less likely to be noticed? but still the possibility of being noticed?) what Swiss or Dutch VPNs would you recommend, and do they have free versions? (I'm broke right now. Too many medical bills. 'Murka!) Is that the ProtonVPN I've seen mention of?
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LittlePenguin wrote:I am in the USA, so thank you for the heads-up. And direct downloads? Whoa, you guys are seriously like the most awesome Fairy Godparents ever!
But since you say that even those direct downloads might be noticed (less likely to be noticed? but still the possibility of being noticed?) what Swiss or Dutch VPNs would you recommend, and do they have free versions? (I'm broke right now. Too many medical bills. 'Murka!) Is that the ProtonVPN I've seen mention of?
Nah, you misunderstood something. If you're referring to my comment about ZLOrigin, then what I meant to say was, that certain ISPs simply block the connection to the ZLOrigin servers. So if you try downloading something, you get some kind of error message.
But regardless of ZLOrigin or any other direct downloads, in my opinion there is no way to detect that. Unless your ISP installed some kind of spy software... But to my knowledge, ISPs can see that a certain amount of data was transmitted, but they can't see what exactly was downloaded or uploaded. I know there are rumors circulating along these lines, but in my opinion these are being posted by stooges of the powers-that-be. Second opinions (with some technical insight) are welcome though, and of course.
Also, I don't know any Swiss or Dutch services. Well, except ProtonVPN, I suppose, which is based in Switzerland. But I was merely saying that the free plan of Windscribe is not optimal for grabbing these Sims 4 torrents. A lot of these modern VPNs have "presences" in many countries around the world. And jurisdictions vary from country to country. Again, this is little more than personal opinion, but you should connect to a "benevolent" country, in any VPN...one, that is more liberally-aligned towards P2P-activities.
Sorry to hear about your financial predicament, but then again. In your case you're going to be well-served with the items from @anadius.
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The_gh0stm4n wrote:LittlePenguin wrote:I am in the USA, so thank you for the heads-up. And direct downloads? Whoa, you guys are seriously like the most awesome Fairy Godparents ever!
But since you say that even those direct downloads might be noticed (less likely to be noticed? but still the possibility of being noticed?) what Swiss or Dutch VPNs would you recommend, and do they have free versions? (I'm broke right now. Too many medical bills. 'Murka!) Is that the ProtonVPN I've seen mention of?
Nah, you misunderstood something. If you're referring to my comment about ZLOrigin, then what I meant to say was, that certain ISPs simply block the connection to the ZLOrigin servers. So if you try downloading something, you get some kind of error message.
But regardless of ZLOrigin or any other direct downloads, in my opinion there is no way to detect that. Unless your ISP installed some kind of spy software... But to my knowledge, ISPs can see that a certain amount of data was transmitted, but they can't see what exactly was downloaded or uploaded. I know there are rumors circulating along these lines, but in my opinion these are being posted by stooges of the powers-that-be. Second opinions (with some technical insight) are welcome though, and of course.
Also, I don't know any Swiss or Dutch services. Well, except ProtonVPN, I suppose, which is based in Switzerland. But I was merely saying that the free plan of Windscribe is not optimal for grabbing these Sims 4 torrents. A lot of these modern VPNs have "presences" in many countries around the world. And jurisdictions vary from country to country. Again, this is little more than personal opinion, but you should connect to a "benevolent" country, in any VPN...one, that is more liberally-aligned towards P2P-activities.
Sorry to hear about your financial predicament, but then again. In your case you're going to be well-served with the items from @anadius.
I was talking about the anadius link, sorry for the confusion. So even though I'm in the USA with no VPN, I should have no concerns downloading from adadius?
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LittlePenguin wrote:I was talking about the anadius link, sorry for the confusion. So even though I'm in the USA with no VPN, I should have no concerns downloading from adadius?
In my opinion, you're fine. Go ahead.
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LittlePenguin wrote:I just checked out ProtonVPN and wow... I am seriously impressed! Hopefully it's not too complicated for a rank n00b.
I just checked out ProtonVPN and wow... I am seriously impressed! Hopefully it's not too complicated for a rank n00b.
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Hm...
Safe file sharing
Our servers are optimized for P2P file sharing. This feature comes with fast download speeds, unlimited bandwidth, and the highest-strength encryption to protect your Internet connection.
Available on: Basic, Plus, Visionary.
But not on "Free". Does this just mean it's not optimized as described, but otherwise it's still hidden from curious eyes?
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LittlePenguin wrote:I just checked out ProtonVPN and wow... I am seriously impressed! Hopefully it's not too complicated for a rank n00b.
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Hm...Safe file sharing
Our servers are optimized for P2P file sharing. This feature comes with fast download speeds, unlimited bandwidth, and the highest-strength encryption to protect your Internet connection.
Available on: Basic, Plus, Visionary.
But not on "Free". Does this just mean it's not optimized as described, but otherwise it's still hidden from curious eyes?
That basically means P2P servers are not available under the free plan in ProtonVPN. Then again, we can't expect full torrenting capabilities from any free VPN. It's an unpleasant fact in these modern times that VPNs have become such a necessity for online privacy. Well, in some countries at least. And yes, it's an investment kind of, that has to be made.
If money is an issue, feel free to follow these services to make use of special discounts, that come up from time to time. Besides ProtonVPN, there is also NordVPN. I don't have firsthand experience myself with NordVPN, but it's also a trusted and well-known service.
https://nordvpn.com/offer/brand/?gclid=CjwKCAjw0N3nBRBvEiwAHMwvNlWr62iq8mRRH2l0lS9PdfvOZHYepQSrYNsPOmhNnbIIbLxOI_XX6xoCZFwQAvD_BwE
2.62 Euros per month/if you order a plan for 3 years, also sounds nice to me. Of course, that doesn't mean it has to sound nice, for everybody.
As cynical as it sounds, the culture of fear that is being created by these Internet Providers is a very good way to combat piracy. I have to grant them that. People download something, get a warning, and at least get discouraged from further "acts of piracy". And as a little bonus, it (very slightly?) increases the chances of people spending even more money on movies, music, or whatever else they wanted to try to pirate in the first place.
A lot easier than seizing domains, taking down "off-shore pirate sites", and whatnot.
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The_gh0stm4n wrote:LittlePenguin wrote:That basically means P2P servers are not available under the free plan in ProtonVPN. Then again, we can't expect full torrenting capabilities from any free VPN. It's an unpleasant fact in these modern times that VPNs have become such a necessity for online privacy. Well, in some countries at least. And yes, it's an investment kind of, that has to be made.
If money is an issue, feel free to follow these services to make use of special discounts, that come up from time to time. Besides ProtonVPN, there is also NordVPN. I don't have firsthand experience myself with NordVPN, but it's also a trusted and well-known service.
https://nordvpn.com/offer/brand/?gclid=CjwKCAjw0N3nBRBvEiwAHMwvNlWr62iq8mRRH2l0lS9PdfvOZHYepQSrYNsPOmhNnbIIbLxOI_XX6xoCZFwQAvD_BwE
2.62 Euros per month/if you order a plan for 3 years, also sounds nice to me. Of course, that doesn't mean it has to sound nice, for everybody.
As cynical as it sounds, the culture of fear that is being created by these Internet Providers is a very good way to combat piracy. I have to grant them that. People download something, get a warning, and at least get discouraged from further "acts of piracy". And as a little bonus, it (very slightly?) increases the chances of people spending even more money on movies, music, or whatever else they wanted to try to pirate in the first place.
A lot easier than seizing domains, taking down "off-shore pirate sites", and whatnot.
Sorry for the continuous n00b questions, my brain is the size of a walnut. Does "P2P servers are not available under the free plan in ProtonVPN" mean that it is useless for torrenting and might as well not be using it at all?
> People download something, get a warning, and at least get discouraged from further "acts of piracy".
Yep, that was me last year. Hence my joy at discovering that I can get caught up with the Sims 4 via a direct download. I might be installing ProtonVPN anyway, although is there anything about using a VPN in and of itself that makes ISPs wonder what you're up to? I realize you might not have knowledge of how it works in the USA.
Is there anything unusual about using two different VPNs? (In this case Proton and Nord?)
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Sorry for the continuous n00b questions, my brain is the size of a walnut. Does "P2P servers are not available under the free plan in ProtonVPN" mean that it is useless for torrenting and might as well not be using it at all?
It's OK. And yes, the servers under ProtonVPN's free plan cannot be used for any torrenting whatsoever. Plain and simple. You can use the free ProtonVPN for browsing anonymously. If you log into the free ProtonVPN and then try torrent something, the client will pop up with an error message saying you need to upgrade the plan, if you want to torrent through ProtonVPN.
LittlePenguin wrote:> People download something, get a warning, and at least get discouraged from further "acts of piracy".
Yep, that was me last year. Hence my joy at discovering that I can get caught up with the Sims 4 via a direct download. I might be installing ProtonVPN anyway, although is there anything about using a VPN in and of itself that makes ISPs wonder what you're up to? I realize you might not have knowledge of how it works in the USA.
Is there anything unusual about using two different VPNs? (In this case Proton and Nord?)
I know of some American users who used to, or still do, help use seeding these Sims 4 torrents. All of them also used VPNs, from what I gathered in various talks. No problems on their end. But again, if you use a VPN that allows you to choose a "location" or "country", don't connect to the US/UK/Canada for torrenting purposes.
And why would you use 2 VPNs? You mean you want to route your traffic through 2 VPN services? Yes, I guess that could work theoretically, but if it did, chances are it's going to slow down your connection.
ProtonVPN offers "SecureCore", which achieves the same, in that it routes your traffic through multiple countries. However...it is only available under the 8$/month plan (ProtonVPN Plus). And yes, I tried using it, but this feature slows down my internet too much for my taste. So I'm connecting "normally" now, in the sense of connecting to just one country/location at a time, under ProtonVPN.
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The_gh0stm4n wrote:LittlePenguin wrote:And why would you use 2 VPNs? You mean you want to route your traffic through 2 VPN services? Yes, I guess that could work theoretically, but if it did, chances are it's going to slow down your connection.
ProtonVPN offers "SecureCore", which achieves the same, in that it routes your traffic through multiple countries. However...it is only available under the 8$/month plan (ProtonVPN Plus). And yes, I tried using it, but this feature slows down my internet too much for my taste. So I'm connecting "normally", now, in the sense of connecting to one country/location under ProtonVPN.
Oh, I didn't mean at the same time. I was thinking more in terms of alternating in case of encountering data caps.
Also, I'm looking at downloading ProtonVPN now and it's asking me for config settings and I have no idea what's what. UDP vs TCP protocol? I have no idea what the difference is or how it matters. Country 1 via country 2?
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LittlePenguin wrote:Oh, I didn't mean at the same time. I was thinking more in terms of alternating in case of encountering data caps.
Also, I'm looking at downloading ProtonVPN now and it's asking me for config settings and I have no idea what's what. UDP vs TCP protocol? I have no idea what the difference is or how it matters. Country 1 via country 2?
Been a while since I installed the client, maybe they introduced some changes in the newer versions.
I myself use UDP, which is or should be the default. What do you mean by "country 1 via country 2"? Or can you provide a screenshot of where you get stuck, so we get a better idea?
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The_gh0stm4n wrote:LittlePenguin wrote:Oh, I didn't mean at the same time. I was thinking more in terms of alternating in case of encountering data caps.
Also, I'm looking at downloading ProtonVPN now and it's asking me for config settings and I have no idea what's what. UDP vs TCP protocol? I have no idea what the difference is or how it matters. Country 1 via country 2?
Been a while since I installed the client, maybe they introduced some changes in the newer versions.
I myself use UDP, which is or should be the default. What do you mean by "country 1 via country 2"? Or can you provide a screenshot of where you get stuck, so we get a better idea?
Dunno if this will display the same for you as it is for me:
https://account.protonvpn.com/downloads
The screenshot *should*? be attached. I was having some trouble with it and it doesn't show up in the preview.
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LittlePenguin wrote:Dunno if this will display the same for you as it is for me:
https://account.protonvpn.com/downloads
The screenshot *should*? be attached. I was having some trouble with it and it doesn't show up in the preview.
Can you try installing the client from this page here? ("Download for Windows")
https://protonvpn.com/download/
As for actually being able to log in, I recommend you create a ProtonMail account. And then use the credentials from the ProtonMail, to log into the ProtonVPN. I am not 100% sure if you really have to do that, but it's the way I did it. And ProtonMail is also free of charge.
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Never seen what you are seeing in your screenshot, I guess it's possible to use ProtonVPN without the ProtonMail. But this looks strange, and I wouldn't really know what to configure there either. It seems like the entire thing is based on the assumption, that the user wants to have a paid plan.
Like, if you look closely, it says "Secure Core configs" on your highlighted part of the entire menu. But this is not relevant at all, if you want to sign up for the free ProtonVPN.
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The_gh0stm4n wrote:LittlePenguin wrote:Never seen what you are seeing in your screenshot, I guess it's possible to use ProtonVPN without the ProtonMail. But this looks strange, and I wouldn't really know what to configure there either. It seems like the entire thing is based on the assumption, that the user wants to have a paid plan.
Like, if you look closely, it says "Secure Core configs" on your highlighted part of the entire menu. But this is not relevant at all, if you want to sign up for the free ProtonVPN.
I just realized my error:
> OpenVPN configuration files
> Use this section to generate config files for third party VPN clients or when setting up a connection on a router. If you use a native ProtonVPN client to connect, you do not need to manually handle these configuration files.
Sigh. I'm not usually this dense...
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I just realized my error:
> OpenVPN configuration files
> Use this section to generate config files for third party VPN clients or when setting up a connection on a router. If you use a native ProtonVPN client to connect, you do not need to manually handle these configuration files.
Sigh. I'm not usually this dense...
I mean, the thing is not going to run away. So I suppose you can try again sometime else.
Yes, downloading that client that I linked before is the easiest way to get started in ProtonVPN. Feel free to post back in case of further issues. Good luck for now! I'm out.
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The_gh0stm4n wrote:LittlePenguin wrote:I was talking about the anadius link, sorry for the confusion. So even though I'm in the USA with no VPN, I should have no concerns downloading from anadius?
In my opinion, you're fine. Go ahead.
I'm running ProtonVPN (wow, it's idiot-proof!) while getting anadius's MediaFire direct downloads. A little extra caution never hurt anything. Thank you so much for all the good advice. And thank you so much to @anadius for making the direct downloads available! Before much longer, I'll be working through installing the whole shebang.
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LittlePenguin wrote:
I'm running ProtonVPN (wow, it's idiot-proof!) while getting anadius's MediaFire direct downloads. A little extra caution never hurt anything. Thank you so much for all the good advice. And thank you so much to @anadius for making the direct downloads available! Before much longer, I'll be working through installing the whole shebang.
I think most of these mainstream VPN clients are 'idiot-proof', otherwise most people wouldn't buy these services.
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Re: Best VPN services?
I see that as of now, NordVPN still offers this 3-year-plan for 2.99$ or 2.62€, per month. Not sure for how long the discount goes, but I'd strongly recommend that if any of you suffer from ISP surveillance, and if you have some cash to spare, ... that you "invest in a (secure) future", so-to-speak!
https://nordvpn.com
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Re: Best VPN services?
coldh4rt wrote:Is Windscribe reliable?
You'll be fine. Just keep in mind the free plan has only 10GB of data, which may be OK if you really only use it for those Sims 4 updates. Even then, it will likely be tight. Also as said before, if you intend to use it for torrenting don't actually connect to a country that is "hostile" in that regard. Example: the US, Canada, UK, Germany, France; and I guess Australia and New Zealand can also be added to that list.
Switzerland or The Netherlands are more preferable locations to connect to. But that isn't restricted to Windscribe, I'd advise everybody to do so, regardless of their VPN provider.
*Just in case*.
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If you decide to go for a paid plan in Windscribe, you'll have access to the Eastern European locations, which I think are also fine to connect to, for torrenting activities. Windscribe's Russia-servers, btw, don't support P2P-traffic. But there are a few other locations from Eastern Europe too, like Ukraine.
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Re: Best VPN services?
I use Perfect Privacy. It's more expensive than NordVPN or ProtonVPN, but also waaaaaay more advanced from a technical standpoint.
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Freezer Bunny wrote:(...) more expensive than NordVPN or ProtonVPN, but also waaaaaay more advanced from a technical standpoint.
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Perfect Privacy wrote:Your advantages with Perfect Privacy
No logging/log-files
For all your devices
Cascading of multiple VPN servers
Configurable port forwardings
No traffic limit
Up to 1000Mbps bandwidth
Easily usable client software
Support via email, forum, and TeamViewer
Quickly switch between OpenVPN and IPsec/IKEv2
IPv6 Support
TrackStop
Stealth VPN Technology
NeuroRouting
On the other hand, wouldn't such a service be an overkill for the average person just wanting to torrent something?
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Re: Best VPN services?
The_gh0stm4n wrote:On the other hand, wouldn't such a service be an overkill for the average person just wanting to torrent something?
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Re: Best VPN services?
I use ExpressVPN, it's $12 a month and is among the top rated VPNs of 2019. Before that i used IPVanish, before that i used PIA. Both of those are cheap good alternatives as well.
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I've used VPN.ac, and from all VPN services I've tested so far, the speeds are the most reliable, with that service. They're also based somewhere in Eastern Europe, I think Romania, which is also better in terms of general privacy compared to pretty much the rest of Western Europe & North America.
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