What VPN do you use and why?

Mullvad because they don't need your name, and you can pay by cash anonymously.

Mullavad

Mullvad because https://www.privacyguides.org/en/vpn/

Proton VPN

AirVPN

So.... at the risk of humiliating myself,
I've never once used a VPN in my entire life.

I pirated games, movies, shows, music, software... and the worst thing that happened to me was getting a letter from Telus once or twice saying "Hey. Don't do that."

That was 5 years ago

I know it's bad practice. But is a VPN 100% necessary? Even a free one?

PIA, just because I’m lazy and it’s been fine for like a decade. If there is something better, happy to hear about it.

Currently proton its decent though I'm thinking of moving to mullvad even though they've removed portforwarding.

AirVPN because of port forwarding.

Proton because I have their Unlimited plan.

AirVPN, limited on details for signing up, can pay in crypto and easy port forwarding.

Good config generator as well

ProtonVpn

You should add an option for Mullvad.

I use PIA because it was the cheapest on their 3.3 year plan, and it has a good node geographically close to me with port forwarding. I only use it for torrenting, so I don't care if it's a CIA Honeypot or whatever.

Proton VPN since it's cheaper than ExpressVPN but apparently faster than other paid VPN options, while also having port forwarding to improve torrent connectivity.

Currently testing Windscribe because they had good offer for a yearly subscription and some interesting features like ad block (mostly useful for mobile). Their privacy level is sufficient for what I'm doing currently, but if I ever need I'll just Mullvad.

I love seeing these posts because I’ve been pirating for almost 20 years and never once have I paid for or used a VPN. I’ve never received a letter from my ISP about it. If you use a trustworthy private tracker you don’t fucking need it. Downvote me all you want but I’m not wrong.

I know you are asking for a VPN, but you could give a try i2p for bittorrent it is free and secure. And if you want just DDL, you have Tor.

If you are a pirate VPN is an essential tool

Lol naw. Private trackers only + small fiber isp that doesn't give af.

VPNs cost money. I'm a pirate.

Mulllvad VPN on my Hardened Void Linux and GrapheneOS mainly to hide my real IP address plus I use NextDNS paid version too.

I use IVPN and I'm very happy with them. They allow you to make an account without giving out your Email address, you just get a random-generated Account ID (Mullvad does the same btw). They also allow you to pay with Monero, an anonymous crypto currency. I used Mullvad before, Proton VPN and AirVPN are great options as well.

AirVPN - privacy respecting (although their attitude towards audits is a bit off putting). They also had the best port forwarding offer at the time Mullvad announced it was ending its support.

Windscribe. Mainly because I scored a cheap lifetime deal many years ago. It works well enough. Got two ISP copyright strikes before using Windscribe. Have yet to get another since using Windscribe (knock on wood). But I also don't pirate as much as I used to.

I hope my own because why pay for a VPN service when I already rent a VPS

Torguard.net

I use Nord VPN. Might switch to Proton when my sub is done.

I use Mullvad because I don't need port forwarding. If you are using a VPN specifically for piracy I would use a seedbox, cheap ones aren't that much more expensive.

ITT a ton of people not reading the OP 🤦‍♂️

Mullvad VPN, its pretty good and is a flat fee per month. It works good with Linux Mint.

Is it just me that using a VPN on my android, everything becomes much faster ? Apps load faster, the internet is faster, etc. Is it because it cuts out some s****y connection ?

hide.me for UPnP port forwarding support (TLDR you can have access to more peers)

I should probably start using a VPN. I’ve got hundreds of those letters from my ISO but they don’t seem to do anything about it, but probably better safe than sorry. I’m a noob here, what’s the best way to set up a VPN but only put transmissions data through it and not the rest of the computer? I’m on a Mac. Thank you!

PIA

I don't, I use usenet

Expressvpn. Everything is stored on RAM

Fastvpn by namecheap, it's shit.

Be n sailing the high seas for 15++ years, never once used a VPN.

I've been using AzireVPN for several years. Mostly because they have ipv6 and externally accessible IPv4. They also accept cryptocurrency and this is crucial.

I've been using cyberghost and it seems easy and works well. Am I screwing up?

I don't use VPN

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Hey OP, maybe switch to your alt if you're gonna be weird and fake online.

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NordVPN. I use it to access iPlayer and a couple of torrent sites my ISP blocks. It's works fine. I chose Nord due to the brilliant adverts by the Internet Historian. The Internet Historian's adverts are up there with John Green's life assurance ads. Just brilliant!

Windscribe

IVPN

Nord VPN

Cyberghost

Surfshark

Tunnelbear

Adguard VPN

Free tier VPN

Expressvpn