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I used Mullvad for a long time, but hearing about one of the two CEOs actively supporting and financing swedish Nazis, I'm looking to put my money elsewhere. That's the second one after Private Internet Access (who supported Gab).

I had AirVPN and Surfshark being recomnended, how do people here feel? What do you use?

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[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think people say that AirVPN is pretty goated

[–] call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Yeah, that's what I use. Switched from Mullvad after they dropped port forwarding.

[–] Makeshift@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

Commenting so I remember to check this thread later. My Mullvad expires in 5 days.

Can always count on Lemmy to raise awareness on where to not spend money!

[–] lime@feddit.nu 80 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (34 children)

there was an article today about the entire mullvad company being blindsided by this and a lot of people being upset. with any luck the guy will leave or get thrown out.

also i think they're technically nazbols.

[–] rainwall@piefed.social 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

This is likely true, but in the hacker news thread about this, the non Nazi cofounder was pretty defensive about what a great guy he was, and that there was just no way that him being a Nazi could ever effect Mullvad itself:

Here's one example, but these linked thread has more excuses hes made:

kfreds 1 day ago | root | parent | next [–]

I'm sorry to hear that. For what it's worth I think there's nuance in his decision that most people don't see. Of course that doesn't mean I think it was the right decision to make.

Here's something worth considering: why would someone whose ideal is open borders, who has been an animal rights activist, and someone who has led Mullvad for 17 years (with the track record it has), choose to donate to this party? If you like what Daniel and I have done together over the past 17 years, and now vehemently oppose his choice to make this donation, doesn't that make you just a little bit curious?

It made me curious. It didn't change my ultimate stance, but it did temper my emotions about it.

https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=kfreds

That level of denial feels custom made for them to give him a pass and keep him onboard.

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[–] someonesmall@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)
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[–] IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf 39 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (15 children)

List of vpns not to use

NordVPN

Facebook Onavo

ExpressVPN

Private Internet Access

Everything Kape Technologies

HolaVPN

PureVPN

ZenMate

CyberGhost

Imagine someone unironically using Facebook's VPN service.

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[–] nevyn@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 days ago

ivpn and airvpn are my short list, but ivpn is not looking great for the southern hemisphere due to a lack of servers down here.. Northern hemisphere they would be my top choice. I have contacted them a couple of times, and they have responded the same day, were helpful, and appear genuine.

[–] CerineArkweaver@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 4 days ago (4 children)

I use Proton but I'm also in their ecosystem (ie, I also pay for ProtonMail and get the rest of their suite alongside it)

[–] Doug@piefed.social 33 points 4 days ago (14 children)

Wasn’t Proton’s CEO in some hot water a year or so ago, or was that a bunch of hooey? I know it’s impossible to find an ethical CEO, but just curious.

…sure I could look it up, but my phone battery sucks and it helps boost activity.

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[–] LogicOverFeelings@piefed.ca 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Sharing this because I think it's funny, but someone opened an issue on Mullvad's github about the questionable donations of one of the cofounders: https://github.com/mullvad/mullvadvpn-app/issues/10685

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[–] UntouchedWagons@lemmy.ca 23 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I've been using airvpn for almost 10 years now, no complaints.

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[–] Ice@lemmy.zip 16 points 4 days ago (6 children)

Being in the proton ecosystem I use their VPN, and it's been working great thus far.

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[–] Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works 23 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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