<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">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.<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 12:24 AM, Victor Odhner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vodhner@cox.net" target="_blank">vodhner@cox.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><b>I’m due to renew my subscription to Hotspot Shield as my VPN provider.</b><br><div><br></div><div>Before I spend more on this, anybody have another recommendation? I’m willing to pay.</div><div><br></div><div><div><b>What I want in a VPN is some protection of my ID and data, </b>most importantly when I’m using a public hotspot but even when I’m at home on Cox.</div><div><br></div><div><b>So based on your experience, anyone see a better choice for that specific purpose?</b></div></div><div><br></div><div>I noted these comments in a recent discussion of VPN services:<div><div><ul><li>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.</li><li>I use both VPN Unlimited and PIA VPN. </li><li>I've used ProtonVPN for a bit. They seem OK, and have a solid privacy policy,</li><li>I'm fond of <a href="http://ipredator.se" target="_blank">ipredator.se</a>. I'm unfond of vypervpn. </li><li>I use ip vanish on my PC and my phone.</li><li>OpenVPN comes to the top of my list</li></ul></div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>I have to turn VPN off to get to certain sites, but I presume any VPN would be recognized and blocked by those sites.</div><div><br></div><div><div>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.</div></div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Victor</div></div></div><br>------------------------------<wbr>---------------------<br>
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