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I'd prefer to get a VPN to avoid the risk of my internet getting shut down, but I'm not aware of what the options for Linux are. I figured this would be a good place to ask.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

AirVPN recommended here. Compatible with WireGuard and they have a Linux client, too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

+1 for air VPN, using it as well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I use ProtonVPN with Ubuntu 23.10 and it works fine. I also use it with Windows and the only difference I've noticed between the two is that port forwarding is a lot more fiddly to setup in the Linux client, whereas it just works out-of-the-box with the Windows client. For that reason, if you're doing a lot of torrenting you may wish to look at alternatives, though as I understand ProtonVPN is one or the few remaining good VPNs with port forwarding.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I really like ProtonVPN with the unlimited plan. Comes with their premium email, drive, and password manager for $8-12 a month (depending on what plan length you buy)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Safing.io portmaster with SPN. It's better than any of the other recommendations so far.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I didn't see anything about not keeping logs (please correct me if I just missed it). Also, they don't have any built-in DNS protection, and it's expensive at $8.34usd/month.

It's an interesting idea to stratify your VPN and force individual apps to bind to their own tunnels, but seems like a lot of extra setup for little payoff, and if you can't be certain they're not keeping logs, there's little benefit to having multiple VPN connections vs one.

Please, feel free to correct me if I've misunderstood something.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Using torguard. Works well

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I used the free version of Proton for a while, but when I decided to start paying I went with Surfshark. They were the best deal at the time and their client works well with the Windows, Android and Linux devices I have used it on. I have encountered some annoying "prove you are human" prompts when using Google Search so I mostly use DuckDuckGo.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I have encountered some annoying “prove you are human” prompts when using Google Search so I mostly use DuckDuckGo.

same. searx.be anohter good one

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Proton and Mullvad have the best privacy record, but I want to suggest a different tool. VPNs are really only useful for tunneling and adding an extra layer of anonymity, there's no total assurance they won't rat on you or get breached.

Real-Debrid is a way to torrent without risking ISP shutting down. Other debrid services exist, I just prefer real-debrid. The debrid service does the illegal part and you download over high speed. It's also more available since you can think of it like a very large scale seedbox. There's also implementation for most media center apps.

Real Debrid Link

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I've never heard of this before, and it sounds interesting after a cursory search online. Why the downvotes?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

People get weird about VPNs. I think it's the way that they're marketed as security solution which is not really true these days.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago (2 children)
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