[Consolidated] VPN Provider Recommendations
Nov 24, 2016, 3:55 pm
#303
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Nov 24, 2016, 4:20 pm
#304
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While your intentions may be pure, VPNs are also used by spammers, scammers, and other scum of the Internet. Especially if you are using the largest VPN providers, you may find yourself blocked by websites that have had problems with abuse originating from the VPN providers' IP address ranges.
Nov 25, 2016, 12:37 pm
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Mar 31, 2017, 7:32 am
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Given the latest good news out of DC 
any newer recommendations about the most secure VPNs?
any newer recommendations about the most secure VPNs?
Mar 31, 2017, 7:46 am
#308
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I went looking for a new provider a couple months ago. My search led me to NordVPN and AirVPN, the latter having very no-frills software that looks straight out of the Windows XP era.
Mar 31, 2017, 12:41 pm
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And flyertalk surely doesn't block them specifically. Just renew/refresh or choose a different area and you'll get in (since it will swap your IP).
Many sites attempt to block known spammy IPs and sometimes the IP you connected to gets caught. Likely the VPN will stop using it shortly.
Mar 31, 2017, 1:43 pm
#310
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Do you guys feel comfortable with these VPN providers from a privacy standpoint? To be honest, I'm not sure I am. I'm considering setting up OpenVPN on my server I have hosted at a data center; it's very unlikely they'd sell traffic data to other companies IMO.
On the other hand, the other providers at least make it so I don't have to maintain yet another service.
On the other hand, the other providers at least make it so I don't have to maintain yet another service.
Mar 31, 2017, 2:21 pm
#312
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Honestly, it all depends on what you are trying to accomplish, and which failure cases matter most to you. If you just don't like having your data sold, I feel very comfortable with Torguard and PIA.
Mar 31, 2017, 3:31 pm
#313
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I've been extremely happy with PIA. Even if flyer talk blocks their IPs from accessing the site. The only other issue I have with them is that I can't seem to get them to connect when using gogo inflight. I would like to have that behind the VPN when browsing, I guess I just need to figure out a plan B.
Mar 31, 2017, 5:24 pm
#314
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Do you guys feel comfortable with these VPN providers from a privacy standpoint? To be honest, I'm not sure I am. I'm considering setting up OpenVPN on my server I have hosted at a data center; it's very unlikely they'd sell traffic data to other companies IMO.
On the other hand, the other providers at least make it so I don't have to maintain yet another service.
On the other hand, the other providers at least make it so I don't have to maintain yet another service.
Mar 31, 2017, 6:19 pm
#315
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It's a matter of trust, really. I can't be 100% sure that the VPN providers who supposedly don't sell data aren't actually doing so. It could just be me being really paranoid though.