Is ProtonVPN worth it?

@piracy

Got reminded of this while reading about ProtonMail. The reason I haven’t gotten into proper #piracy is that I don’t have a VPN for torrenting, and the reason I don’t have a VPN is that I don’t #torrent. So it would be nice if I got a good VPN while #degoogling myself.

Will ProtonVPN rat me out to Comcast? I know some VPNs don’t hide what you’re downloading from your ISP, for reasons I don’t fully understand.

  • starlord2014@lemmy.mlEnglish
    21·
    9 months ago

    I’ve had ipvanish, proton, and now on expressvpn. Express is my favorite so far but it is expensive. You should look into mullvad vpn.

    • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
      81·
      9 months ago

      ++ mullvad VPN privacy is a human right. They’re non-profit they accept crypto.

    • Xilabar the Dice Goblin@dice.campOP
      5·
      9 months ago

      @starlord2014 wish Mullvad had an email service lol. I have looked into them previously and they do seem like the most trustworthy overall.
      But then i get to the checkout and have a moment where I think “why am I doing this? I don’t torrent!” And then I never go through with it, which means I don’t get into torrenting, etc. And the cycle goes on

      • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
        16·
        9 months ago

        There are reasons to use a VPN other than torrenting. It prevents your local ISP from selling your traffic data to advertisement companies. It prevents companies from giving you different prices based on your geographic location. It prevents search engines from keeping a log of everything you search for, as long as you don’t log in. It allows your ephemeral internet usage to really be ephemeral. It prevents local ISP, and country censorship. It prevents geoblocking for voice services.

        It’s good data hygiene.

    • datavoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      Be aware if you are trying to torrent you will want to use a service with port forwarding