submitted 2 years 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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[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The fact that this even exists is hilarious. Not to mention that it's actually a "featured" extension in the Chrome Web Store. Google is actively promoting a product that defeats their own product.

Have you used it? Does it work?

[-] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It worked well enough, but since I haven’t used it in a while I can’t say how it holds up

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