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opinions on hide.me free VPN? (lemmy.kde.social)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Hello! I recently set up my first home server, and would like to set up qbittorrent on it. I tried using protonVPN, which is what I use on desktop, but got rate limited because torrenting on the free plan is not allowed. What do you think of hide.me vpn? it has a CLI linux version, I think I can install it inside the docker container and set up a killswitch (that should be built in? at least that's what they say) to torrent safely.

I know paid VPNs are better and also pretty cheap, but I cannot afford one right now. Any tips?

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[–] 38 points 2 years ago (1 child)

free services get paid somehow. i wouldnt trust them

regardless, you want to use gluetun for your docker-based vpn client. then you can set other containers to only use gluetun for outside access, preventing public ip bleed.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    I know, but It's better than exposing my IP, right? I mean, do I actually risk something using the free plan?

    regardless, you want to use gluetun for your docker-based vpn client. then you can set other containers to only use gluetun for outside access, preventing public ip bleed.

    this is what I was using with protonVPN, but I'm not sure if I can configure it also for hide.me because it is not in the supported providers

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Just go with mullvad, so far it is the only VPN I know of that allows you to pay with physical currency with zero papertrail back to you.

    Mullvad.net

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Didn't Mullvad ban torrenting?

    edit: looked it up, looks like they didn't. Can't remember what I read that said they did.

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