I’ve been experimenting with some free VPNs, and it looks like Riseup is legit. I’m able to torrent on it without issue and the speeds are acceptable for my connection.

How come we don’t recommend this more? Everyone is always saying “no free vpns,” but how many of you have actually tried them? I feel like I’ve been wasting money on my VPN ever since I found Riseup.

Are we just being hustled by the viral marketers and their useful idiots?

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        I’ve tried proton, but torrenting doesn’t seem to work with it for some reason.

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          They have servers tagged as p2p enabled, those work fine. Only in the paid plan though, free is not meant for that.

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            That’s a bummer.

            At least we have Riseup to fill the void.

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            I’ve used windscribe, and their free option is great for evasion.

            However the 10gb limit makes it worse than Riseup for torrenting.

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      Those aren’t free, to the best of my knowledge.

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        Correct, but you get what you pay for. And they’re worth the cost. I wouldn’t trust a free VPN as much as I don’t trust an ISP. Even paid VPNs shouldn’t be wholly trusted either. But, the two I mentioned are probably the most reputable for privacy, besides Tor.

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          Correct, but you get what you pay for.

          That’s not true from what I’m experiencing with Riseup.

          Do you have any experience with it?

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            Yes they’re an OG private mail provider who then started offering VPN. I have mixed feelings about their service. It’s average imo. But yes if you’re really wanting free then either Proton or AdGuard are probably somewhat trustworthy-ish.

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              I’ve tried Proton, but torrenting doesn’t work with the free option for some reason.