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I'm listening.

I use ProtonVPN at the moment. It has clients for all relevant platforms (including iOS and Android), support split-tunneling (so some apps go through VPN and others do not), and p2p stuff.
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They're claiming Privacy does NOT reduce your speed.
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I think it's physically impossible to add more packet hops and not lose speed.
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Leisher wrote: They're claiming Privacy does NOT reduce your speed.
GORDON wrote: I think it's physically impossible to add more packet hops and not lose speed.
Same.

ProtonVPN I lose a decent amount of speed. Surfingwise, it's not very noticeable. But p2p it seems to max out around 50Mbps.
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I recently switched to ExpressVPN. I was going to switch to NordVPN, but they do not support split tunneling, which I need due to local network access.

Both do have application-level kill switches, which is nice. ProtonVPN did not have that.
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TheCatt wrote: I recently switched to ExpressVPN.
So far so good. Getting 80+ Mbps down, which is pretty good for VPN.
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Is it still working well? I see that they have a true "no logs" policy based on seizure of servers by authorities. (Source: CNET)

$7/month, but is it really worth it? I'm doing nothing illegal, just standard banking, stocks, health care, porn, etc.

I'm debating if I really "need" a VPN. I could always just use my work one :D
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Leisher wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 1:51 pm $7/month, but is it really worth it? I'm doing nothing illegal, just standard banking, stocks, health care, porn, etc.
Probably not in that situation.

But yes, still working well.
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Leisher wrote: Fri Mar 25, 2022 9:53 am Best VPNs of 2022.
I've literally never heard of the first two, which makes me think they are FBI/CIA plants.

I use ExpressVPN. I tried ProtonVPN before, but it didn't work nearly as well.
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What are your speeds like through ExpressVPN versus what your ISP's plan says you should be getting?
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Leisher wrote: Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:37 am What are your speeds like through ExpressVPN versus what your ISP's plan says you should be getting?
Wired - no vpn - 950Mbps up/down (google fiber)

Wired - VPN - 555 up/800down (single test) - In browsing around, I really can't tell a difference. Sometimes a request gets hung up a little bit more. For, uh, file transfers, things do seem slower, but I can still get about 100 Mbps
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What does a VPN allow you to do? I know it's encrypting everything, but from a 'use' perspective. For instance, when you connect to work, what does it give you access to, and how? Reason I'm asking is, I have a NAS device that I want to be able to access while on the road. Ideally, I'd have access to it as a mapped drive, just like I do when at home.
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I mean, from a networking perspective, that would be accessible to you if you had the proper credentials.

Nothing different than when I'm working from home and access all the servers here.
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Cakedaddy wrote: Fri Mar 25, 2022 12:38 pm What does a VPN allow you to do? I know it's encrypting everything, but from a 'use' perspective. For instance, when you connect to work, what does it give you access to, and how? Reason I'm asking is, I have a NAS device that I want to be able to access while on the road. Ideally, I'd have access to it as a mapped drive, just like I do when at home.
So, these are privacy VPNs.

You would want something like Tailscale
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