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Choosing the VPN That's Right for You (ssd.eff.org)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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[–] 13 points 6 months ago* (4 children)

There are only three good ones, in no particular order:

  • IVPN
  • Mullvad
  • Proton

Any other VPN used is a mistake.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I've used AirVPN for over a year now. No complaints. Mullvad stopped port forwarding so had to swap. Recently moved email to proton so might move VPN over soon too.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    There's a reason why I didn't mention Air instead of those three I named:

    • All three I named are the following:
      • Free Software (libreware, despite being SaaS)
      • Outside 5-Eyes and 9-Eyes
      • AES-256
      • Audited
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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    So which one of these criterias are not met by AirVPN?

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  • [–] -2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    It isn't Free Software from what I took a look at.

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    What isn't free software..?

    I think you should make it clear if you are talking about VPN services or client-side apps here. If they provide normal standard protocols like Wireguard and OpenVPN, they can be used without having to install any provider-specific apps.

    Regardless of provider it's generally preferred to use third-party software to connect. VPN providers that don't even have their own apps don't qualify as good for you either?

    Demanding the whole stack be FLOSS is a bit silly in this context. None of the ones you mentioned open-source most of their backend systems either AFAIK.

    I think you should do your homework better before you speak so widely and absolutely dismissively with such claim of authority. It is not helpful.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    AzireVPN is the best in my opinion

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I've never heard about it. I just took a look, and it's from the Malwarebytes guys. My issue with it is that it's proprietary, save for a lone BASH script that happened to be under GPL-2.0, which allows for tivoization.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    They're Swedish, but the company was bought by Malwarebytes later on

    What piece of software are you talking about ?

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Azire in particular.

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