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What VPN do you use when you cannot use Mullvad. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Quistermark@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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What VPN have you switched to after the Mullvad situation. I have looked at nym and ivpn. But don't know if they are any good.

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[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Someone mentioned https://cryptostorm.is/ on another board, but I never heard of them before.

Any experiences here? I know a lot of VPNs like Express VPN or PIA are controlled by Israel/Mossad - so I won't recommend tbem without a lot of research.

[–] oblivion96@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 weeks ago

I'm using Cryptostorm for around two years now for seeding and browsing. Some things to know.

We don't know who is behind Cryptostorm. It could be a honeypot. I personally think this is unlikely because they basically don't advertise and their website is way too uninviting for the "casual" criminal user, but who knows.
PGP-encrypted mail support works well and is (likely) handled by a dev with competence. (Very sure there is no specific "support" person.)
Server and client code is open source on their GitHub, but they only have an OpenVPN client for Windows. For other systems you need to use the provided WireGuard or OpenVPN configs.
No PII is required for signup.
Their blog posts are very good and go into detail about their system and what they are doing.
IP blocks are somewhat common, and you don't have streaming servers.
Speeds are fine (not the best, but good enough) and can vary from server to server.

Generally, I'm quite happy with them. But everyone needs to make sure they are fine with not knowing who exactly is behind the service.