Njalla is the most trustworthy vpn, imo. The founder is one of the founders of the Pirate Bay. He is quite committed to privacy.
AirVPN user for the past few years. No complaints except their website user interface.
I will throw in a +1 for AirVPN. I also like their pricing structure. It's very flexible. I have it on my laptop and my phone.
Same. AirVPN seemed to be the only one offering static port forwarding at decent price when I was comparing options.
I tried them about a year ago but everything was miserably slow
Not all of their servers are created equal.
I tried 3 different servers and they all sucked. At some point you stop giving them the benefit of the doubt
One of the things I noticed it that it was absolutely fine for downloading... things... from various file sharing type resources, but I had to fiddle with the settings to steam HD video. I just followed a setup guide I found with google to troubleshoot that, but it probably is worth mentioning that streaming can be a problem if you don't.
Really? A friend left AirVPN because of the connection always dropping. Dunno what they moved to afterwards, but no complaints in the group chat since. It was difficult to have a call with them because the connection just kept dropping a few minutes into the call.
Weird. I've never had an issue with their reliability. I have only ever used the Netherlands or US servers though
That might've been the issue. No idea which countries they were using.
Ivpn, not really cheap though
Riseup is also trustworthy, but its unbearably slow
No port forwarding at IPVN
I’ve seen AirVPN and IVPN mentioned in this type of thread but haven’t fully evaluated them yet as I’m in the same situation of gathering options.
They appear to be the only ethical 2 left since the mullvad incident
I'm considering them despite the UI issues and the fact that they don't have a Firefox extension. I just don't know if I want a service that doesn't have the latter. For context, I'm particular about the extension because I want to able to whitelist specific websites from the VPN. Currently, ProtonVPN's app doesn't offer that (and I'm not sure any other VPN offers that either) so I have to enable split tunneling to disable VPN for Firefox, then install the extension to use the VPN in Firefox, except for websites I've whitelisted.
For context, I’m particular about the extension because I want to able to whitelist specific websites from the VPN
If you are able to export VPN configurations, can't you use an extension like FoxyProxy for either of these? Admittedly, this can be a little tedious, and you might have to do some research first.
Alternatively, you might want to see if you can just download a portable version of Firefox and exclude one of the Foxes through split tunneling.
I'm still waiting for my mullvad VPN (fascist CEO) to end and decided to then switch to iVPN.
Get yourself a cloud host with locations you want and run your own Algo VPN. It deploys in minutes, is disposable, and is completely under your control. Keeping one up 24/7 might cost $5/month depending on your host.
Even easier and super censorship-resistant (battle-tested in Russia of all places, where all conventional options are blocked): AmneziaVPN
https://github.com/amnezia-vpn/amnezia-client (Also available on official website, Google Play and App Store. No Firefox extension is available, but Linux/Windows/MacOS apps are all in place)
All you need to do is spin up a server on any VPS and give AmneziaVPN app root credentials to it. The rest will be done automatically within seconds. You don't need to set up anything manually. In fact, you never need to ssh to your VPS at all.
(Obviously, do not use this installation method if you have anything else on the server. For that case, manual AmneziaWG install is available)
A major selling point of VPNs is mixing the traffic of all users.
If you are in a surveilled country, you're the only one using your VPS, and the destination server is in a surveilled country, then all your traffic will look like: you -> VPS -> destination. You would have to have multiple VPS servers in non-surveilled countries, and constantly rotate the servers to avoid the intermediate hops from getting associated to your identity, and that's hoping that the VPS company doesn't get subpoenad (since they likely have your credit card info and can leak your identity).
Indeed, that's an important point to remember.
Personally, I place exit server in a jurisditction that doesn't answer to my local authorities, and have several other people use the server.
I am going to recommend AzireVpn, I used to be a customer and was very happy, but switched to proton some years ago because I had my email with them. Not sure if their apps are open source and if they have browser extensions though.
Ooh, they have port forwarding. I'll definitely look into them further
Someone yesterday on Lenny mentioned Obscura which I hadn’t previously been aware of. Looks cool but that’s all I know. Planning on trying them out myself when my ProtonVPN subscription ends:
Exit hops never see who you are Exit servers (run by Mullvad) connect you to the internet but never see your personal info. Obscura masks your real IP address when relaying to the exit server.
Looks like it’s just mullvad in a trench coat.
Surfshark. Not open source. But so far works well for a decent price.
Mullvad went fascist and doesn't work with streaming services.
Still have protonvpn too, but it wasn't working well on my pc. Won't renew proton.
And in the process of ditching other proton services too. What a shame. Unless they ditch Andy Yen, not going back.
Does anyone know anything about NymVPN?
https://f-droid.org/packages/net.nymtech.nymvpn
Are there any trusted reviews for this?
Last I checked they don't sign their releases, which was a big red flag
Port forwarding seems difficult to find.
Check out hide.me, compared here, and others compared at https://techlore.tech/vpn.
I'm looking as well.
Interesting website, thanks for sharing.
I use Mullvad but know nothing about them. Apparently they were good back in the day when I got them, no idea now.
It works.
Mullvad supports right-wing extremist parties
Hey now, they're not right wing extremists. All they want to do is deport all the non-whites, since they're criminals!
Even ignoring the fact that they discontinued port forwarding, there is the whole controversy about their CEO donating to far right politicians. It's a shame because they seem to be pretty good service-wise, and I might've considered going with them despite the no port forwarding.
He's not the CEO as far as I'm aware, but it's still a valid reason to stay away from Mullvad.
He's one of the 2 owners. Half of all the profits go to him
Mullvad is arguably the best VPN provider for security and anonymity.
Unfortunately, they stopped offering port forwarding a few years ago because people were hosting some awful stuff and causing their servers to be confiscated by authorities. Their reasoning for it was sound - servers being disconnected meant it was disrupting other users on that server as well.
They refunded everyone for their remaining time (if requested) after removing port forwarding.
Mullvad is a mole
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