VPN

[Peterg]

How do you know you can trust a paid VPN company ? Is it worth having a VPN ?

When should I use a VPN ?

[r.linder]

It's really only good as a tool. Security aspect is total BS.

[Electric Cupcake]

Consult trustworthy tech review sites like pcmag and ars technica and cnet and wired for services with good reputation.

As for when to use one, Steam rules say not to use one with Steam, so I won't say you should always have one running at the router, but you are free to imagine that I did say that.

The NSA and FBI pigs and marketing-industrial complex are far bigger threats to the Internet and world peace than Chinese industrial espionage or Huawei equipment.

[Peterg]

I just found a review about split tunneling for VPNs should it have that ?

[OLDMAN🎅]

I used private internet access VPN on steam and torent for years no problem top 10 VPN and fast


https://www.top10vpn.com/best-vpn-for-usa/?v=nav&bsid=c33se1kw217&gclid=CjwKCAjw9vn4BRBaEiwAh0muDCXE2xanTjwZinUqfrNg-WY_tcZxf-F4-zB3QbMUue6IPJMTjbco_RoCQ2IQAvD_BwE

[Electric Cupcake]

It has it's benefits. Although if you need to manually configure an openvpn configuration instead of using the VPN-provided frontend, it might make things more difficult, and you wouldn't want to use one on a public network.

[Peterg]

I only plan on using a VPN at hotels and airports.

[[☥] - CJ -]

Depending on how often that'll happen, a VPN may not be beneficial enough to warrant the cost..

Could always make your own with a Raspberry Pi
shrug

[_I_]

most vpns also have a data limit, so be aware of that if setting it on a router or shared device
set the router to log traffic and give warnings if its nearing the limits

pickign a vpn location out of country or or one that has slow servers or is a long distance away will making gaming/voip much more difficult

[Supafly]

Should check reviews.

Some keep logs which kinda defeats the purpose.
Some have data limits......PureVPN I Believe. Not that I hit any cap in my trial with them I vaguely remember reading it in their terms.

ExpressVPN is the best I've used it's just more expensive that others. My preference if it was just a bit cheaper.

I always seem to have issues with leak regardless of VPN. They and me have no idea why. Sometimes older app works fine and others are fine provided I don't try to use Split tunnelling

Currently using Surfshark. Can't split tunnel without either a leak or things not working correctly. For example if I try to separate Firefox so it doesn't use VPN I have issues with various sites working. Including sites that refuse to work if connected to via VPN. Now if I do it the other way to select Firefox to use the VPN. It works but it may result in a DNS leak....only on some site tests not all.

Don't use any of that. Just let all my traffic go through the VPN now and don't have an issue. Tech support nice an quick too.

Surfshark often 2-3 year deals which are pretty good. Every plan I get I have used Topcashback for money back. Got £20-£40 back each time when initial cost was £40-£60 for their 2-3 year plans. Done it multiple times and my plan now lasts till 2029 lol. Last time I got the cashbackback it pretty much covered the cost of another 2 years ha.

Not sure of your location but might want to check out topcashback.co.uk and While I haven't used quidco I've seen same sort of offers for them https://www.quidco.com/

[Electric Cupcake]

I've been using NordVPN for years. They've been reliable, except for a hiccup last year that wasn't actually their fault.

https://nordvpn.com/blog/official-response-datacenter-breach/

However, I am a bit annoyed by them shoehorning in the new wireguard protocol without asking. It does have benefits, but to my knowledge, it hasn't had an independent audit yet.
https://www.tomsguide.com/news/wireguard-nordvpn-nordlynx

In any case, it was easy to shut off and go back to the tried-and-true openvpn protocol.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

petergg26 の投稿を引用：

I just found a review about split tunneling for VPNs should it have that ?

Well this is required if you plan to have the VPN active so you can browse and use services like Steam at the same time. The reason being is that Steam Store and alike might not work if it's not through a VPN that has split tunnning, as that type of VPN would allow for an exception listing, to which you'd want Steam on that listing/setting so that Steam is ignored as far as being routed through your VPN.