VPN recommendations, again

[Stephen Partington]

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 <vodhner at cox.net> 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
>
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