I need a new vpn and don’t know which one I should get, any recs?
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Mullvad yes, proton and riseup maybe
I recommend Mullvad bevause you can pay anonymously with cash or anonymously enough with a voucher.
Proton also accept crypto which can be anon
Mullvad, IVPN, and AirVPN all support crypto. They all do not require email accounts, too.
I do not recommend Proton for many reasons.
They support Israel.
https://proton.me/support/protonmail-israel-radware
https://protonvpn.com/blog/israel-vpn-servers/
They supported the 2020 Hong Kong protests.
https://protonvpn.com/blog/hong-kong-servers
This comment from Lemmygrad explains why Proton may be a honeypot and to be wary of VPN services in general.
https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/361523
Here is a list of potential issues with ProtonMail (including their onion site deanonymizing Tor users when they create an account by redirecting them back to their .com address):
https://encryp.ch/blog/disturbing-facts-about-protonmail/
Some practical reasons I don't recommend Proton
- Port-forwarding on linux is shoddy.
- Proton treats Linux and its open source community as second-class citizens.
- ProtonMail Android app is slow as hell. Takes several minutes to load an email and is basically unusable.
- 3+ year old issues never get fixed: https://github.com/ProtonMail/proton-bridge/issues/180
