[ale] Good commercial VPN's

[Jeffrey Brown]

I'm paying more like $33/year for PIA. They have similar pricing now if you
buy for 2 years, but I'm not sure if it is available to new subscribers or
if it's a retention thing. My only hesitation is their location in the US,
but without retaining any logs, they have nothing that would be responsive
to a warrant or subpoena...though there is the at least hypothetical
possibility of a court order to BEGIN monitoring your activity
specifically. If you are personally at risk for that sort of special love
from the government, you may want to opt for one of the non-US-based
options.

Jeffrey D. Brown
GPG/PGP Public Key ID: A05E4182
("It's an older key, sir, but it checks out.")


On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 8:59 AM Jeffrey Layton <laytonjb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks! I'm looking at all three options you mentioned. I like ProtonVPN
> because of Protonmail (I want to move away from gmail as you mentioned).
> The full package from ProtonVPN that includes ProtonMail is pretty
> expensive ($33/month?) so I'm looking at other packages.
>
> PIA and NordVPN look good as well. I wish they had built-in secure mail
> like ProtonMail.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jeff
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 12:35 PM Jeffrey Brown <jeffreydbrown at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I use Private Internet Access (PIA), primarily because I am locked into a
>> very low annual rate due to early adoption and because my needs are pretty
>> minimal. I started an annual trial of PIA and NordVPN at the same time, and
>> I ended up renewing PIA and allowing NordVPN to lapse on largely financial
>> grounds. While I have no particular complaint with PIA, if money had not
>> been a serious constraint at the time of renewal, I would have stayed with
>> NordVPN instead, due to their being located outside the US.
>>
>> While I have not tried their VPN service, I strongly consider ProtonVPN
>> if NordVPN did not exist. I am considering migrating fully from Gmail to
>> ProtonMail and from the pay-with-all-of-my-personal-information model of
>> Internet services, which I abhor, to the more rational cash-for-service
>> model that should have always been the norm.
>>
>> Jeffrey D. Brown
>> GPG/PGP Public Key ID: A05E4182
>> ("It's an older key, sir, but it checks out.")
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 11:27 AM Jeffrey Layton via Ale <ale at ale.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Good morning (just barely),
>>>
>>> I'm looking for a commercial VPN service. Most likely outside the US :)
>>> Does anyone have suggestions?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>
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