[ale] Good commercial VPN's

[Jim Kinney]

If you are personally at risk, um, discussing a need for vpn on a public forum is big red flag.

On September 6, 2019 7:27:14 AM MDT, Jeffrey Brown via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>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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