I’m mainly only using it for p2p, everything else is secondary. Portforwarding is necessary though.
Edit: Decided on AirVPN. It wasn’t too pricy, only 2 dollars above my current Usenet + Indexer plan.
- ThatGuy ( @ThatGuy@lemmy.world ) English3•1 year ago
Just learned about the removal of port forwarding. Damn this sucks.
- Ado ( @Ado@lemmy.ml ) English0•1 year ago
I’ve had mullvad for years but never forwarded a port. What’s the use case? Like if a game won’t connect properly or something? Just curious what I’m missing out on
- UrbenLegend ( @UrbenLegend@lemmy.ml ) English0•1 year ago
It’s useful for opening up ports for Bittorrent, which is the main reason Mullvad is deciding to shut them down.
- RandomDude ( @FuryFaceofDoom@lemmy.ml ) English0•1 year ago
Nah, they’re shutting off port-forwarding because there were probably a bunch of users abusing the service and using it to distribute CSAM, and they got tired of having law enforcement at their door. Port-forwarding itself isn’t inherently bad, but when it’s used for that purpose it is.
- SyJ ( @SyJ@lemmy.ml ) English0•1 year ago
If you want privacy everyone else gets it to, its the price of the service
- RandomDude ( @FuryFaceofDoom@lemmy.ml ) English1•1 year ago
Absolutely, just a shame the few people who abused it, ruined it for everyone else
- theUnlikely ( @theUnlikely@sopuli.xyz ) English2•1 year ago
Can’t access it now because the subreddit is private, but I remember that IVPN and AirVPN are recommended. I think ProtonVPN is too, but the port forwarding might be a bit of a hassle depending on your OS. CryptoStorm used to be recommended, but was removed because of “lack of recent activity”, whatever the hell that means.
- Elghoto ( @Elghoto@beehaw.org ) English1•1 year ago
Using airvpn now. They have yearly deals that are cheaper than mullvad. I have to say that with mullvad I used to get nice speeds, though with airvpn are just decent. You have 5 devices, so I guess you can spin multiple clients to maximize your bandwidth.
- ketcham1009 ( @ketcham1009@lemmy.ml ) English1•1 year ago
+1 for IVPN, been using it for a while and it’s never let me down. I’ts pretty fast too.
- idle ( @idle@158436977.xyz ) English1•1 year ago
I have been considering switching to Proton.
- RandomDude ( @FuryFaceofDoom@lemmy.ml ) English1•1 year ago
From a port-forwarding perspective, I’ve heard that Proton VPN is clunky at best. It only works on Windows and the port changes frequently.
- DJDSXSHOWFX ( @DJDSXSHOWFX@lemmy.ml ) English1•1 year ago
You mean Proton doesn’t work on Linux/Android/Apple?
- RandomDude ( @FuryFaceofDoom@lemmy.ml ) English2•1 year ago
It does yes, but there is no port-forwarding
- DJDSXSHOWFX ( @DJDSXSHOWFX@lemmy.ml ) English1•1 year ago
Oh okay, so that’s bad as well, shit
- DrGonzo ( @DrGonzo@feddit.uk ) English1•1 year ago
PIA allows port forwarding in certain country exit points
- TheButtonJustSpins ( @TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub ) English1•1 year ago
I use Proton VPN, but it’s not free.
- fabian_drinks_milk ( @fabian_drinks_milk@lemmy.fmhy.ml ) English1•1 year ago
It’s pretty much the best free VPN I know of, but the free tier doesn’t allows P2P/torrential.
- kamin ( @kamin@lemmy.kghorvath.com ) English0•1 year ago
What are you using for Usenet?
Eweka + NZBGeek Eweka has a massive sale, but I can’t find it because it’s on a privated Reddit sub.