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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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What VPN do you use when you cannot use Mullvad. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Quistermark@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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What VPN have you switched to after the Mullvad situation. I have looked at nym and ivpn. But don't know if they are any good.

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[–] Hexarei@beehaw.org 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, but if you want privacy, it's a fine idea to prevent public networks and such from examining your traffic patterns. My personal main use case for a self-hosted VPN is for using public networks for private traffic, and I wouldn't suggest doing hardcore high volume piracy through such a thing.

The idea of using one for piracy is more focused on finding a VPS provider that can accept cryptocurrency and doesn't require your personal details.

Edit: whoops, realized I got the premises backwards in my earlier comment. Sorry about that.