• lepinkainen@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    Given that Mullvad is the gold standard for ACTUAL privacy, can be paid with cash or crypto, has no user accounts and has been actually tested by law enforcement and they got fuck all.

    What is the alternative? Privacy first VPN, not “I wanna watch Japanese Netflix” VPN.

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      12 hours ago

      I’m currently on my first month of IVPN and I’ve had a better experience with Netflix’s regional restrictions. With Mullvad, Netflix eventually is able to catch up when I switch locations, and they block the content I want to see. IVPN is able to evade that, at least for now based on my experience.

      EDIT: Never mind, I misread your comment and thought you were asking about evading streaming regional restrictions specifically. lol

      But yes, IVPN is a good alternative and recommended in privacyguides.

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      8 hours ago

      There isn’t one.

      If you don’t need to have a legally tested system to protect yourself and can yolo it and also understand how to navigate their sites to pay cash only and not set up a normal account then both Ivpn and proton are fine.

      Don’t use air for privacy. They’re a piracy service. They’re really good at that though.

      Don’t use nym for a while. Even if they were trustworthy their tech is green and relies on the same systems that proof of stake cryptocurrencies do.

      Safing is a little too complicated to recommend.