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What VPN should I use now that Mullvad doesn't allow portforwarding? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by to c/piracy@lemmy.ml
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I'm mainly only using it for p2p, everything else is secondary. Portforwarding is necessary though.

Edit: Decided on AirVPN. It wasn't too pricy, only 2 dollars above my current Usenet + Indexer plan.

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[–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

Just learned about the removal of port forwarding. Damn this sucks.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    I’ve had mullvad for years but never forwarded a port. What’s the use case? Like if a game won’t connect properly or something? Just curious what I’m missing out on

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    It's useful for opening up ports for Bittorrent, which is the main reason Mullvad is deciding to shut them down.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Nah, they're shutting off port-forwarding because there were probably a bunch of users abusing the service and using it to distribute CSAM, and they got tired of having law enforcement at their door. Port-forwarding itself isn't inherently bad, but when it's used for that purpose it is.

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