VPN recommendations, again

[Eric Oyen]

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
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