mina
🌔🕘 7 yr via Riposte
Hi All,
What is the best VPN service around these days?
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🌕🕚 7 yr via Riposte
@mina @33MHz I use TunnelBear, although my usage is pretty light. Works everywhere I need it, reliable, decent speed, super easy.
50047
🌓🕢 7 yr via Riposte
@anth I subscribed to Tunnelbear, so far working fine. I got the free tier for the time being /@33MHz
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🌕🕚 7 yr via Riposte
@mina @33MHz Also, you didn't ask, but the *worst* VPN is whatever the hell my employer uses. Pretty sure it's based on IP over carrier pigeon.
50050
🌕🕚 7 yr via Riposte
@mina I'd recommend either Cloak [www.getcloak.com] or Private Internet Access.

Cloak's advantage is their great macOS and iOS apps that connect automatically based on what wifi network you're on.

PIA is also great, and seems less error prone and more secure.

/@33MHz
50129
🌕🕧 7 yr via Broadsword
@hisaac @mina @33MHz in a previous life, my wife's work for a giant mutual fund required VPN for all home<-->office communication. I got the job of making sure our dodgy Comcast cable modem let her do this with as little pain as possible. Its easier now?
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🌓🕢 7 yr via Riposte
@hisaac but as I understand PIA has issues related to their policy. Am I wrong on that? /@33MHz
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🌓🕢 7 yr via Riposte
@mina I haven't heard that before, but I also haven't dug all that deep into it. I'm curious now though. What are the issues? @33MHz
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🌓🕢 7 yr via Riposte
@hisaac if I am not mistaken, it's related to being in US and hence forced to monitor the users usage. / @33MHz
51522
🌓🕢 7 yr via Riposte
@mina 🤔 innnnnteresting. I'll have to look into that. Their website does say they're US based, but also that they don't keep VPN traffic logs. @33MHz
51532
🌔🕗 7 yr via Riposte
@hisaac that's something I read over Twitter, I am not 💯% sure but I will look into that as well /@33MHz
51534
🌕🕛 7 yr via Apero
@mina I use TunnelBear because of the cross-platform capabilities.
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joe
🌕🕜 7 yr via Riposte
@mina Tunnelbear or Disconnect are what I use.
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🌓🕢 7 yr via Riposte
@joe @literary I subscribed to Tunnelbear free tier. I got 1.5GB to test with.
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joe
🌔🕙 7 yr via Riposte
@mina Its best to pay for it as you know, I use that a lot.

@literary
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🌓🕢 7 yr via ChimPnut
@mina I've happily used cloak for a long time on all of my devices.
51860
🌕🕐 7 yr via Riposte
@hawaiiboy I can't decide TunnelBear vs Cloak, Tunnelbear is cheaper though.
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🌕🕚 7 yr via ChimPnut
@mina I like Cloak. But I have no other experience, it was just recommended on podcasts I listen to. @hawaiiboy
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🌕🕐 7 yr via Riposte
@formfireglass I don't have experience with any, except for Tunnelbear which I just downloaded today. @hawaiiboy
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🌔🕗 7 yr via ChimPnut
@mina I like the set and forget of cloak. Set trusted networks and the Cloak does the rest. I also like the simple menu bar click to turn on when I want to watch a BBC video.
51900
🌕🕐 7 yr via Riposte
@hawaiiboy the Trusted networks will disable Cloak automatically. Because TunnelBear so far is very nice to be always connected.
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