Top 3 for me are IVPN, Proton VPN and Mullvad.
I personally use Proton VPN because it has lot's of servers to choose from.
I suggest using https://www.techlore.tech/vpn to compare VPNs and see which one has the features you want.
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I recently started using WireGuard hosted on elest.io platform It works realy well, we are a 4 people company full time using it and i pay around $15usd a month with a dedicated ip It's self hosting made easy https://elest.io/open-source/wg-easy
https://www.privacyguides.org/en/vpn/
Refer this page for better understanding about vpns and to know about good providers in market.
Windscribe is also good which is the same company own controld.
Proton or mulvad
Airvpn is perfect for my needs (torrenting)
If you can live without port forwarding, mullvad is another great option.
OVPN is a 1-to-1 feature clone of mullvad (wireguard, multiple device keys, crypto payments/cash in the mail, no usernames/emails, etc.) AND has port forwarding. Switched to them when mullvad sadly closed their ports, no problems since. Can't live without port forwarding.
+1 for OVPN. I switched to them from Mullvad for the same reason. They are also one of the more trustworthy VPNs in my book ever since they actually won a court case proving that they actually practise what they advertise.
It's what I use and it works well for me. It seemed like the best option when I was researching this recently. Plus the icon is cute.
I love Mullvad but for some reason they refuse to add reverse split tunneling, so imo the only options are IVPN or Proton.
Reverse split tunneling gives you the ability of using the VPN only in the apps/programs you select.
You can set up split tunneling yourself if you run the wireguard/OpenVPN daemon manually and move the "mouth" of the tunnel to a separate Linux network namespace.
Last time I researched it I didn't found easy answers. Do you have an easy script?
IVPN, Mullvad, or Proton. Criminals aren't necessarily smart, I remember a ghost phone that criminals thought were secure and it was a honeypot. Shoulda used Graphene for free.
encrochat?
Hi just wanted to share these 2 links, since others have already answered your question:
Links should help you decide what to use for other apps as well.
I personally use Mullvad since I don't need port fowarding, but it does come with full IPv6 support.
Mullvad.
airvpn seemed nice but i havent tried it.
FWIW I am not enjoying the Proton app experience. I can’t favorite servers so I have to manually search and connect to the location I want each time.
mullvad but you cant seed while torrenting with it due to no port forwarding
Windscribe or Mullvad. I personally use Windscribe and it has some really good features and so far they have a really good reputation in privacy circles.
I enjoyed mozilla vpn until a few months ago - seemed like every site in the world had their ips blocked; ended up rolling my own on a cheap vps.
How does the price of a vps compare to any other vpn. Surely this isnt as private?
I purchased a lowend vps for $15 USD a year. Correct, it is not as private - due to the singular ip; however, for my needs it works quite well.
Would you be willing to share which one can be had for that cheap?
Sure! https://softshellweb.com/shared-hosting looks like it's $20 USD a year without a promotion/coupon. I bought a holiday special if memory serves me correct.
Ive never had an issue with PIA, CHEAP as hell on a 3 year plan with an affiliate link and they run their servers on RAM Disk so no logging