Current Events > Thinking of getting a VPN. Does anyone standout as the best?

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Looking to be more secure and maybe to a bit of hold'em, but can't in my state.

Express vpn, recommended by the fuckin' Nerd

well-excuse-me posted...

Express vpn, recommended by the fuckin' Nerd

Is that some trusted internet personality?

PIA or Express

I prefer PIA

I got my first one a few months ago. I used MullVad and had no problems.

GeraldDarko posted...

Is that some trusted internet personality?

Lol idk. Well, it's AVGN. Idk how trusted he is tho. They sponsor him

I use PIA

PIA has been flawless for me for many years, and the price is very good annually.

MabusIncarnate posted...

PIA has been flawless for me for many years, and the price is very good annually.

Same. They often have a Black Friday deal where you get 3 years for ~$35 per year.

Surfshark is fast and cheap. Recommend it.

Thanks for the suggestion. PIA looks good, dunno if I'm gonna pull the trigger just yet, tho

Not to Hijack or anything, but..

PIA? I've been looking into these too and is this one actually any better than Express?

As far as I can tell they're all the same, it's more about price points (assuming you don't go for budget versions). Is that true?

MabusIncarnate posted...

PIA has been flawless for me for many years, and the price is very good annually.

This. Plus they recently got security audited I believe to show they don't in fact keep any logs.

I've used Nord for years and not had many issues with them.

I've used Express VPN and currently using Surfshark. I think Express VPN is better, but still need to use surfshark more to be sure.

I use surf shark, to try to watch out of market football games. Didn't work.

Used to have Expressvpn and it was spotty and slow as hell so I stopped using it months before my 1 year sub expired.

Rolled with ProtonVPN (typo) for a few months now on my PC and android and it's been a more positive experience since they actually provide full FAQs and walkthroughs for port configurations and safe split tunnelling on Steam and Firefox.

Proton VPN

Lokison posted...

Not to Hijack or anything, but..

PIA? I've been looking into these too and is this one actually any better than Express?

As far as I can tell they're all the same, it's more about price points (assuming you don't go for budget versions). Is that true?

Pretty muchthe only real distinctions between most major VPNs is whether they keep activity/connection logs, and whether they have servers that can get around streaming platforms region locks.

PIA doesnt always work with streaming services, like most VPNs theres an ongoing spy-vs-spy game going on where they get blocked on certain servers and have to change to new ones which eventually get blocked, etc. but its about average in that respect.

The real selling point it has are its proven track record of not keeping logs, and the fact that its one of the cheapest options there is.

I'm happy with Mullvad, but it's more privacy-focused than it is for circumventing geo-blocking

Arent vpns basically useless for privacy and security unless you always have used one? They are really just good for circumventing geoblocking.

Been using Nord for a few years now. No issues.