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

    There is a forum where people sell game accounts and there are VPN accounts too, you can buy one for like 3 USD though PayPal for at least 6 months or something, as they are shared accounts probably the one you get would be renewed for another year or maybe more, google "playerup" good luck folk. 🙏🤞 Wish you a happy life..

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    uhm this sounds like a more affordable solution... thanks for pointing it out! tomorrow I'll look into it for sure!

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    You are welcome mate, I have like 3 years buying accounts there, and I believe they are indeed more secure than normal accounts too cos the VPN provider also didn't get your personal info, so you are just using a random account who could be used for a bunch of other people too at the same time, ultimate anonymous shit..

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I mean mullvad also doesn't have any personal info

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    • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Just self host, it's free on Oracle cloud

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    • [+] -15 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    This Gameranx video has a NordVPN sponsorship for a lower rate and 4 free months - it's pretty dang affordable. If you can afford to get that, I'd definitely do that!

    https://youtu.be/-Oiuu-Iw094

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

    I'm curious to hear why you think that, I've been using it for a year and it's better than ExpressVPN by a long-shot. Very few connectivity problems either and it has a Linux client....

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Because there are VPN's that dont log your activity such as protonVPN and mulvad.

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

    Even in that article it says the only info they can provide (due to the no-logging) is payment info and email address.

    If you're doing something illegal and use a credit card attached to your name to do it, Nord is going to hand over your credit card info and they'll know you did it through their VPN.

    Likewise, if you do something illegal with their VPN and use your personal email, same thing.

    That being said, I don't personally use the VPN for anything illegal. If you do, I suppose you should probably either self-host or just Mull, but in my case I like Nord's Killswitch and Mull's is notorious for dropping off.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    is payment info and email address.

    I think you still dont get it. Most poeple in this community pirate, which is illegal in most contries.

    Most people here want privacy, meaning a vpn that doesnt give away payment info, and other PII. Because of that, there are very few safe vpn's out there.

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