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What VPN are you using? (feddit.nl)

submitted 6 months ago by helenslunch@feddit.nl to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I use Proton. But I continue to run into more and more websites and services that detect my VPN and refuse my connection, or just run literally 40 captchas in a row until I just give up.

I use Proton because it has a "suite" of products under a single subscription, but that benefit is losing it's allure as some of their products are pretty shitty from a user experience perspective, their customer support is atrocious, and they don't seem to pay any attention to what their users actually want.

Does anyone track known VPN servers? Is there a specific provider that causes less problems? Does anyone test different VPNs for detection?

Thinking about cancelling my subscription and moving to Mullvad.

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[–] x86x87@lemmy.one 39 points 6 months ago (6 children)

There are only 2 VPN providers that are worth using IMHO: Proton and Mullvad. All the other VPNs are of questionable quality or their practices make you wonder if you should use them at all (eg logging and keeping logs)

Unfortunately there are websites that try to detect vpns and block you. Fuck those websites. Don't encourage them by giving them eyeballs or money.

[–] Imprint9816@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

What don't you like about IVPN? Audited, open source, great reputation. I don't even use them but seems odd to count them out.

[–] Scolding0513@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

yeah ivpn is recommended too, i think he just forget. i think they do the same thing as mullvad? like you can pay with monero and no email

ivpn mullvad and proton seem to be the golden three. I'd throw in OVPN too though

[–] jfr@feddit.de 13 points 6 months ago

Can also recommend AirVPN.

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 6 months ago

Unfortunately there are websites that try to detect vpns and block you. Fuck those websites. Don’t encourage them by giving them eyeballs or money.

It's mostly CDNs like Cloudflare and Akamai that are notorious for blocking VPN and Tor users. Fuck CDNs, they destroy privacy and centralize the internet.

[–] harsh3466@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago

That’s what I do. If a website blocks me because of my vpn, fuck em. I don’t waste my time. What business of theirs is it if I’m using a vpn.

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 months ago

Also IVPN and AirVPN

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I try not to but those websites comprise most of the internet at this point. Unfortunately people also use VPNs to do nefarious shit, so it's not always malicious (though it obviously mostly is).