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Anyone tried Geph VPN ? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 weeks ago by fiuufiuu@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Hello, my vpn subscription will soon end so I am looking for reviews about good private VPN. I will probably stick with proton or try airvpn or PIA but I just wanna know if someone tried Geph VPN.

I didn't find any review on reddit or lemmy. Seems like a chinese VPN but if a VPN works well in China and has good privacy policies it's probably the winning combo.

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[–] voxel@feddit.uk 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Avoid "Private Internet Access" at all costs. It's run by Kape Technologies, the company behind multiple VPN providers like ExpressVPN and CyberGhost.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kape_Technologies

If you read their legal agreements, you'll notice they are rather questionable.

Also, don't use a VPN from a Chinese provider. As far as I'm aware, Chinese companies are heavily regulated and legally required to share data with the Chinese government without a warrant or similar order.

I suggest taking a look at this chart, which might be helpful: https://vpn.techlore.tech/

[–] fiuufiuu@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks a lot for this comment. So I will wait for the airvpn anniversary plan I think.

[–] North@lemmy.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why not just stick with Proton VPN or Mullvad? There's nothing wrong with them.

[–] fiuufiuu@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

I love mullvad but there isn't p2p anymore. I'm happy with proton but wanna try something else to compare. I already have some proton services, the best would be to do not put all your eggs in one basket.

[–] ivn@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Depends on what you need a VPN for.

I don't know them but they seems to be from Estonia marketing themselves for evading censorship. Are you in a country that censor VPN? If not why do you think the tradeoff might be worth? The 2 hops should have an impact on bandwidth and latency and there is probably no port forwarding.

Using a VPN is just moving your trust from your ISP to the VPN. Why would you trust a VPN you know nothing about giving them access to all your internet traffic?

[–] fiuufiuu@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

No my country is pretty fine with VPN. I just don't want to die stupid that's why I ask for any review about this VPN I didn't heard about before.