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noodles@lemmy.zip to Privacy Guides@lemmy.one · 2 years ago

What are good alternatives since Mullvad and IVPN disabled their portforwarding?

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What are good alternatives since Mullvad and IVPN disabled their portforwarding?

noodles@lemmy.zip to Privacy Guides@lemmy.one · 2 years ago
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  • BrikoX@vlemmy.net
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    Proton with paid plans supports it or Windscribe.

    • FalseLight@lemmy.one
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      2 years ago

      Note that Proton only supports it on Windows.

      • faede@mander.xyz
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        Their app only supports it on Windows, but you can configure it with OpenVPN and Wireguard.

        https://protonvpn.com/support/port-forwarding-manual-setup/

        • sloppy_diffuser@sh.itjust.works
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          Ubuntu network manager plugin they want you to use doesn’t work last I tried. I did get port forwarding working though following some instructions for wireguard on an issue in that repo.

    • noodles@lemmy.zipOP
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      Not a big fan of proton since you can’t have a dedicated password for the VPN. I’ll look into Windscribe, thank you.

      • HorseFD@lemm.ee
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        You do get a dedicated username and password for OpenVPN.

      • Dirk Darkly@sh.itjust.works
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        Windscribe is fantastic. Been using them for years without issues. Support is great and I believe they’ve been proven to not scrape data on their customers (obviously verify independently if that’s important to you).

    • breadsmasher@lemmy.world
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      also a protonvpn user. Had no problems

    • MikaGoesDown@burggit.moe
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      Are either/both of these blocked by Netflix and such? I know Mullvad took the stance of not genuinely caring about that – which is fine, just meant some enabling/disabling annoyances.

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    Noob here. What’s wrong with not having portforwarding?

    • Brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      See the other post https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/312389

      • Einstein@sh.itjust.works
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        Thank you!

    • noodles@lemmy.zipOP
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      Seeding/downloading torrents with private trackers requires portforwarding to be effective, also accessing a home network from the internet (I’m still researching that usecase, if someone has any useful tutorials I’ll take it.)

      • Hazzardis@lemmy.world
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        So does not having port forwarding mean it’s not safe to use it for torrenting? As long as my ISP doesn’t know I’m illegally torrenting stuff, I’m not really concerned personally

        • noodles@lemmy.zipOP
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          It is as safe, it just adds extra (needed) functionality. See this post that was shared by Brickfrog right above https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/441108

        • noodles@lemmy.zipOP
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          It is as safe, it just adds extra (needed) functionality. See this post that was shared by Brickfrog right above https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/441108

  • AgedCheddar@lemmy.world
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    I really like Windscribe

    • alrightez@noc.social
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      @AgedCheddar is Windscribe trustworthy?

      • stonemilker@discuss.tchncs.de
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        They meet the criteria for Privacy Guides, at the very least: https://github.com/privacyguides/privacyguides.org/pull/1312

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        I think they are, at very least on par with Mullvad. Much better than the likes of Nord, PIA, Express, and the likes

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    I had no idea but it looks like I’m going to have to reconfigure my stack again 😒

  • wzrdhat@geddit.social
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    Just switched to AirVPN. All works well.

    • eric@lemmy.ca
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      Same here. I’ve been really impressed with it so far.

  • Vexz@feddit.de
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    I think you can even port forward with the free plan of ProtonVPN.

    • zorbse@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      You can’t. Proton only supports torrenting on specific servers that aren’t included in the free plan

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    How do proxies work with port forwarding? Are proxies an option? No matter what I will use a VPN at all times but by using a proxy in your bittorrent client, could you get “port forwarding” functionality?

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    Here is a list of VPN services that accept crypto payments (a good proxy for being privacy friendly) https://kycnot.me/services#VPN

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    cryptostorm, perfect-privacy, njalla, airvpn, protonvpn, windscribe. there’s alot.

    • qchen@lemmy.one
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      perfect-privacy requires PF to be set every 7 days. otherwise it’s good.

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        Jesus what a pain in the ass. I get that there are limited ports but that would drive me up the wall pretty quickly.

        • kostel_thecreed@lemmy.ca
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          You have the option to auto-renew them. No downsides here imo.

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            The explanation of auto-renew says: “On expiration, new port forwardings will be created. The source port will be chosen randomly.”. How will that work with bt client?

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              Not too sure. Right now I have a 1-to-1 forwarding which will expire later tonight and I have the auto-renew on. I will let you know if the port switches up or not.

              Edit: I would not recommend Perfect-Privacy, their autorenew does not work.

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      deleted by creator

  • darcy@sh.itjust.works
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    Been using windscribe custom plan (2$USD/m) for years. Great apps (all are foss i think), great support (linux/android/windows/iot). I believe they have good privacy practices.

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