In all of my looking and testing Nord, Mullvad, Cyber ghost and private internet access all stand out in multiple top 5/top 10 lists and the reasons cited are pretty solid. On Fri, 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 - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen