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[-] RyanDownyJr@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

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.

[-] msokiovt@lemmy.today 8 points 2 months ago

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
[-] ElectroLisa@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago

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

[-] msokiovt@lemmy.today -2 points 2 months ago

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

[-] ken@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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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