![]() It’s always important to consider “what’s the threat model”? If you don’t want your local network administrator to know what websites you’re visiting, don’t want people sniffing your Wifi traffic, or want to pretend you’re in a different country to get around geographical restrictions, VPNs still work well and whether or not they keep logs is unimportant. It’s simply not prudent to believe marketing claims of “no logging”. … but it turns out they were also logging source IP addresses, and complied with a UK court order and turned over that information to support a prosecution in the United States of a person accused of computer crimes. We do not log what activity you get up to behind our VPN service, such as what websites you visit and who you talk to. We only log the times you connect and disconnect from our service. What logs do you keep? Do you monitor my activity? Their FAQ contained the following on July 17, 2011: It’s also possible that hostile actors are monitoring inflows/outflows of data for the VPN provider and can correlate your activity without the provider’s cooperation.įor example, consider HideMyAss - a VPN provider who promised anonymity to customers. Even if it had been “proven in court” that some VPN provider didn’t have logs on some date in the past, you can’t assume that means they’re not keeping logs today, or tomorrow. It’s not smart to trust any VPN provider to protect your privacy. I’d love to hear if anybody here has tested PIA or Cryptostorm for a while, if you would recommend this provider or if there is any other privacy-friendly provider you’d recommend more. ![]() They only have a native application for Windows, where Linux and MacOS require setting up through OpenVPN (although this wouldn’t be a problem), but after some research it sounds like they may not be fully transparent about their own company or where they’re actually based (to the point where some people speculate this can actually be a honeypot, lol) I’ve also recently heard about Cryptostorm ( ), which also sounds great on paper. One of the main cons about PIA is the fact that they require an email in order to sign up (which shouldn’t be that much problem using any alias or throwaway email), and the fact that they’re based in the US. PIA has an amazing offer for a 3 year subscription (something like 60$ for 3 years) which is way cheaper than ProtonVPN or Mullvad. After some research, PIA sounds like a great option - They accept multiple cryptocurrencies as payment, and apparently they’ve indeed proven their no-logs policy in court (according to this comparison: Mullvad vs Private Internet Access in 2022 | VPNpro, although I’ve not been able to find much more about that). Extra brownie points if their no-logs policy has been proven in court or they have had any recent audit proving this.įor now, I’ve mostly been using Mullvad VPN and ProtonVPN, and whilst I’m happy with both (I prefer Mullvad and the fact that they don’t even require any email or details when you buy a subscription), a couple of people have also told me about PIA (Private Internet Access). ![]() I want a reliable, fully anonymous VPN (that is, no logs recorded) for a reasonable price. Now of course, I don't experience this issue using Mullvad's servers via OpenVPN - but OpenVPN can't offer the full security features like the Kill Switch, etc.My MullvadVPN subscription is expiring soon, so I’m interested in exploring some other providers and would love to hear your recommendations or inputs! My VPN requirements are pretty basic - Speed is not my main priority. If you wanted this problem addressed, you would have to connect with a 3rd party via email that will need to document everything in order to service this issue!! - reasonable anonymity is then out-the-window!! So I have to assume that Mullvad is earning money from the 3rd party customer service(email) that they invite you to reference for help exclusively. And even if you need to update to their most recent version, the issue will re-emerge shortly after doing so. ![]() I have used this VPN with my Windows 7 & 8.1 (PCs) and experienced this issue consistently with both over the past year that I have used Mullvad VPN for Windows. ![]() This VPN works great initially, however, after several uses over a short spell of days or so, this VPN won't allow you to access the internet directly at all, without it being active on your Windows PC - no matter what you do to adjust the settings, even if you Quit the app(with the correct settings ticked to enable you to connect to the internet WITHOUT this VPN active You will NOT be able to access the internet Many websites limit their functionality or completely disallow connections through a VPN. ![]()
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