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[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 46 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I'm yet to see a reputable and reliable VPN where you don't have to sign in

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 58 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

Mullvad

Right?

[–] Hubi@feddit.org 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The Firefox VPN is just a different name for Mullvad.

[–] solxix@pawb.social 13 points 2 months ago

There's 2 different "Firefox VPNs." Mozilla VPN is a paid VPN that uses Mullvad, and Firefox VPN is a "free" VPN (it sells your data)

[–] cm0002@europe.pub 48 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Mullvad generates you a unique account number for your "login" that you're only told once (if you pay them in crypto or other privacy friendly payment methods)

PIA did/does something similar but they've lost my trust

[–] queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone 34 points 2 months ago (2 children)

PIA was bought by an Israeli private equity firm Kape Technologies that also has a bunch of other VPN brands they operate. Even if they pass an audit I wouldn't trust them not to be doing something shady with the data.

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm torn about PIA. Kape is scetchy (and based out of an apartheid state), but PIA itself is court-tested.

[–] PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 months ago

based out of an apartheid state

This is badly understating the situation. Israel has horrific goals and works tirelessly to implement them. Cannot be trusted in any way, unless your goals align, and even then not really.

As soon as they are seen to be involved, privacy is entirely off the table, that's the exact opposite of what that place does (and they do it well). Unraveling privacy is critically important to Israel and their genocide.

The evidence is substantial. But if I were a certain tyrant waging an information war, and I were interested in spying on dissidents, I would be looking for ways to spy on and manipulate companies like Kape in ways that aren't publicly visible, because their reputation of independence is valuable. That alone makes PIA not worth the risk for me.

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wait, really? When did this happen? I've been using PIA all along.

[–] queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

2019 per wikipedia But I too used them for a while after that but before I found out. PIA used to be pretty regularly recommended as a VPN and then it kinda fell off, but I never really knew why.

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Its probably the "no logging" policy.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Proton requires registration.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

The free tier does not.

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 months ago

Tor net isn't really a vpn though it offers an enhanced set of features in some regards, and downgraded features in others. you have to understand what each is for and use them accordingly

[–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

Are wireguard configs personal to each user?

I got a nice bundle of usenet provider and PrivadoVPN that uses Wireguard configs in order to connect. Not even sure if they have their own app. Both indexer and VPN provider generate usernames.

[–] gnuplusmatt@reddthat.com 0 points 2 months ago