I pay about $7 a month for private internet access. good throughput and good protections all around. find them here: www.privateinternetaccess.com
-eric from the central offices of the Technomage Guild, Hiding in plain sight Dept. On Dec 8, 2017, at 12:24 AM, Victor Odhner wrote: > I’m due to renew my subscription to Hotspot Shield as my VPN provider. > > Before I spend more on this, anybody have another recommendation? I’m willing > to pay. > > What I want in a VPN is some protection of my ID and data, most importantly > when I’m using a public hotspot but even when I’m at home on Cox. > > So based on your experience, anyone see a better choice for that specific > purpose? > > I noted these comments in a recent discussion of VPN services: > I've used ProtonVPN for a bit. They seem OK, and have a solid privacy policy, > though their service quality on the free tier is low. > I use both VPN Unlimited and PIA VPN. > I've used ProtonVPN for a bit. They seem OK, and have a solid privacy policy, > I'm fond of ipredator.se. I'm unfond of vypervpn. > I use ip vanish on my PC and my phone. > OpenVPN comes to the top of my list > Hotspot Shield has been OK. My only gripe is that sometimes Google Maps > decides I’m in Brazil or the UK and I can’t dissuade it, even though I had > been using USA as my country. > > I have to turn VPN off to get to certain sites, but I presume any VPN would > be recognized and blocked by those sites. > > Hotspot Shield works pretty smoothly, for as little as $5.99 a month for a > one-year subscription or a $119.99 one-time payment. I’m considering doing > the one-shot payment, having bought in for smaller periods until now. I > haven’t used it on other devices yet, but would like to put it on my phone; I > think they allow you three devices on an account. > > I like the idea of some anonymity, but i’m not paranoid about that. Sometimes > I play the Japan card or the UK card or whatever, but that’s just for fun. I > don’t know of any region-blocked content that I’d want to reach. > > Thanks, > > Victor > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
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