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Is ProtonVPN worth it?

@piracy

Got reminded of this while reading about ProtonMail. The reason I haven't gotten into proper #piracy is that I don't have a VPN for torrenting, and the reason I don't have a VPN is that I don't #torrent. So it would be nice if I got a good VPN while #degoogling myself.

Will ProtonVPN rat me out to Comcast? I know some VPNs don't hide what you're downloading from your ISP, for reasons I don't fully understand.

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[–] eya@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

From what I've heard ProtonVPN isn't really recommended. Use Mullvad or use AirVPN if you need port forwarding. (Mullvad removed port forwarding a few months ago).

If you are just using a VPN for pirating then I would just spend that VPN money on a seedbox.

[–] java@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago

From what I’ve heard ProtonVPN isn’t really recommended.

Why? You can't attack something like that. At least say what you've heard.

[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

I've never heard about arguments against ProtonVPN. Could you elaborate?