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Hey all,

With the recent NSA antics, I'm finally convinced myself to get a VPN before it's too late.  ;) I've looked at a couple of VPN's like PIA (the one sponsoring the forums) and AirVPN, but I'm still undecided. Is there any suggestions you guys can give me here?

Requirements:
- Payable with Bitcoins
- FAST speeds, low pings
- Reliable
- No logging
- Multidevices possible, e.g.: I want to connect my phone and laptop at once.

Hopefully:
- Many servers to choose from
- Asian servers (Singapore/Hong Kong?)
- Price isn't too crazy (But I'm prepared to pay an upwards of $60+ a year if you can convince me it's worth it)

Thanks guys!  ;D

Bitcoin:
http://vpnlab.ru/ (Russia)
http://in-disguise.com/ (Belize)


If you can pay with webmoney
http://www.doublevpn.com/ (Russia)
http://www.vip72.com/VPN/ (Russia)


or you can setup your own.

Might also add to the list where their office/people are located (as in country) ? Could be important to know.

hideman.net (Russia)
cryptovpn.com (Russia)

Both I've tried and good.

I use AIrVPN for *all of my home Internet traffic and have been happy with speeds and latencies so far. They don't have an automatic way to set up multiple device access, but apparently if you contact them they'll set you up manually with a plan.


* except for encrypted and anonymized traffic like Tor, I2P, and Freenet. There's no point routing those through the VPN.

+1 for cryptovpn, I've also used them before and they accept bitcoin.

ZorroVPN has many locations and you can link servers together along with TOR easily.
Versavpn has PPTP, l2tp and openvpn so you can access on all devices. They also have a good variety of locations but most are in NA or Europe.
Ccrypto is very cheap but they only have 1 server in France.

Those are some of the ones I've tried and liked so far.

The one thing that kills me about having to decide between these services when its VPN shopping time is that if I were the NSA, MI5, Mossad, CIA, etc, I would sprinkle these things around the globe and snoop all the traffic.

Indeed, people using VPN/TOR usually have something to hide. That's what they think perhaps :D

I've been using torguard.net for a few months now, very affordable and reliable.

It's a US based company and also check their TOS
https://torguard.net/terms.php

Where did you get that information?

And what about the TOS?

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. Now I have even more to choose - not sure if that's a good thing or not. :P

Any PRISM proof VPN's? I don't have anything to hide but I would prefer nobody's watching over me...


Ouch:

You give the information you want, if you say that your name is Jack Sparrow from the Caribbean, that's the information they have to give.

You can read reviews about this service at TorrentFreak, here's the latest:

http://torrentfreak.com/vpn-services-that-take-your-anonymity-seriously-2013-edition-130302/

It was also discussed at Pirate Bay Forum...

They are specialize in protecting people who shares files over the Internet, it is legal in my country, but it is a crime in many countries arround the world, if they don't protect their users identity, they are not gonna make it in this business.  :)

Ah, thanks for the clarification. Is the speed for torguard good? What's the countries where they have servers?

Any example speeds and ping? :) I'm leaning towards AirVPN currently especially considering their status page here: https://airvpn.org/status/

You have to try some servers to find the best speed for you, one server on port 80 might be shitty but if you try that same server at port 443 it might be great.

When downloading torrents I can get up to 4 mb/s, don't remember if got higher than this...

They have PPTP, L2TP and OpenVPN, I only use OpenVPN.

OpenVPN servers at: Canada, Netherlands, New Zealand, Romania, Russia, Iceland, India, Switzerland, USA and UK, you cannot use torrents in the USA servers.

Random check Speedtest.net just gave me 144 ms ping, 5.7 Mbps down / 0.75 Mbps up. Actual speeds are somewhat higher because I was using the connection for other things at the same time.

As far as your PRISM question goes, you can configure OpenVPN to use a SOCKS proxy, which means you can connect to AirVPN via Tor if you want and that is a configuration they support. It does come at a performance cost though.

  TORRENT BTC VPN (http://www.ibvpn.com/billing/aff.php?aff=083)

complain and get your coins back

I used private internet access and I'm a little worried no one has mentioned them.  Any experience with them?

Accepts bitcoin.  Fast.  Multiple access points across the world.  No logging.

I've read good reviews about this one, I went with torguard because it was the cheapest I could find.

The thing about logging is that it's not possible for a VPN provider to prove they don't keep logs, nor can they prove they will never start keeping logs in the future if ordered by a court.

Never depend on a third party not keeping logs. Assume they are logging everything and if that's a problem then protect yourself via other means (connect to the VPN service through Tor, etc).

Had to replace the machine I was using as a router and that gave me the opportunity to test again with an otherwise idle connection. New results are:

66 ms, 23.3/4.0 Mbps

That's true. US does not have data retention laws but gov can get logs whenever they want.
So basically i don't trust US and European countries.

Here is a list of countries that doesn't have data retention laws.


Argentina - No data retention law

Brazil - No data retention law

Bulgaria - Data retention law not applicable to VPN providers

Cyprus - Data retention law declared unconstitutional (?)

Czech Republic - No data retention law (declared unconstitutional)

Hong Kong - No data retention law (?)

Iceland - No data retention period specified (?); good privacy laws

Japan - No data retention law

Luxemburg - Data retention law not applicable to VPN providers

Netherlands - Data retention law not applicable to VPN providers

Panama - No data retention law

Romania - Data retention law declared unconstitutional

Serbia - Data retention law not applicable to VPN providers (?)

Sweden - Data retention law going into effect in May 2012, but (presumably) not applicable to VPNs


Taiwan - No data retention law (?) + seemingly good privacy laws
Ukraine - No data retention law

Please list all vpn clients with sock5 abilities.

Well, I use NetworkManager-openvpn to manage my OpenVPN connections and it supports it.

I guess any decent client will do...

We use http://hidemyass.com/, but may switch to a different VPN soon. We are also looking for recommendations.

DONT USE HIDEMYASS

Read this: http://www.cbronline.com/news/security/second-lulzsec-hacker-faces-arrest-following-hidemyass-disclosure-report-270911

For ANY VPN provider or any Internet Security or Web Hosting avoid USA / CANADA / UK / AUSTRALIA / GERMANY / RUSSIA / CHINA

This was clear way before Snowden leak but now it is a fact.

Russia likes to play politics but spys on every one just like any one else dont be fooled.

I recommend using multiple vpn providers combined and would recommend the following:

BolehVPN

Mullvad

AirVPN   Now asks for picture and created a whole profile section with "Likes" "Friends" "Posts" their own internat social media wtf?

Ideally you want VPN provider to accept Bitcoin and not require email address. Sign up through TOR Browser (very hard to pin those logs to you later)
Use http://yourtempmail.com/  Temp Mail over TOR if you must provide an email


Also dont go for cheapest vpn with most features...
Govt Agencies setup and finance project like such to gather intel, so if it seem to good to be true it is.

Use TOR if you gonna do something sketchy and at very least boot in to Trails OS from USB

I already heard about what hidemyass did there, really bad vpn.

Hidemyass LOL, The Internet never forgets
does anyone know if the same Operators have other VPN Services to stay away from ?

I am looking for a good one also. Are there any free vpns? I need a good free one.

If you want a good one you have to pay for it.

PS: I ended up testing EarthVPN for 1 month after seeing a few irresistible deals on them (2.99 USD per month if I remember correctly), and am still pleased with the speeds here. I literally forget that I'm on a VPN. :)

Maybe when it expires I'll also try AirVPN (which a few guys recommended to me strongly) here.


Agreed - if they offer a free service you would be the product here...

That's a good deal, I pay 5 bucks a month.

I see EarthVPN also suports torrenting, I'm bookmarking this one...

Signing up through Tor isn't enough - you need to connect to the VPN via Tor as well.

One should never assume the VPN operators are honest, because despite their best intentions they can be coerced and also forbidden from telling your about it.

From a privacy perspective the reason to use a VPN is to use sites that block connections from known Tor exit nodes.

Yep anything located in USA/ CANDA/ UK/ RUSSIA/ CHINA/ AUSTRALIA/ GERMANY if you see them registered there stay away lol

iam using AirVPN ...  good speed ... 24/7/365 available ... good support .. can strongly recommend too

https://www.azirevpn.com/
They accept bitcoin, fast and you can also use it for your smart phone.

Stay away from HideMyAss if you want privacy. They work with the gov. Private Internet Access (https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/buy-vpn/JDOE) seems to take anonymity more seriously.

Hello everyone! I made a price comparison of all vpns from this article: https://torrentfreak.com/vpn-services-that-take-your-anonymity-seriously-2013-edition-130302/
You can download it right here: http://ul.to/dh914o73
Please tell me what you think of it  ;D

Well thanks for the info, could've just thrown it up here though.  Those d/l things are annoying sometimes.

Do VPN services relay all other ports than 80 and 443 only?

What do you mean?

Port forwarding?

I've been using AirVPN as well. The only thing that sucks about it is that you can only run one instance on any device at any given time.

ProXPN allows you to run as many instances as you want, provided each is on a different VPN server - but I don't *think* they accept Bitcoin yet.

I would stay away from proXPN. I looked into them when they started sponsoring Security Now, here is what I found.  https://twitter.com/proXPN/status/326869677122936833

Their whole attitude toward it was a huge turn off for me.  

AirVPN is based in France, PIA looks like a great company, but after Lavabit I am not sure we can trust any US company anymore.  Being based in the US now seems to be a liability rather than an asset.

This is still valid. Private Internet Access (https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/buy-vpn/JDOE) is a good Bitcoin-accepting VPN. I've seen some other cheap VPNs in the Services section too, you guys can take a look there.

I would recommend to stay away from Private Internet Access.
Their software didn't work on my PC, the support just copies and pastes its answers, and my refund is now taking about half a week now.

What do you mean by "their software"?

OpenVPN is open source, plenty of clients out there, the same for the other protocols.

I'm trying out EarthVPN right now and it is really good so far  :)

Edit: Stay away from it.

zorrovpn is what you guys are all looking for

Why's that?

I think a large number of people use VPN to access services blocked by the country they live in.

Do a quick search for "zorrovpn" on this forum it was started here and full anonymity in mind, allows you to pay with btc with 0 information gathered.

For email durring signup use yourtempmail.com and tor browser, send coins through mixing service first.

This vpn allows you to create chains of 5 access points as a simple preset for you gui using open vpn protocol.
If really paranoid use another vpn service to initiate the hop as the first point or exit point. Then jump on TOR :)

 honestly though if you gonna go crazy like that just use TAILS OS (dont use any vpn just crack neighbors wifi) or Whonix VMbox (with all the above hops)

 Also another option is to buy a prepaid 3g modem with fake name and set it up outside your house or apartment on a string in a bag so it does not get wet and connect to that (be sure to charge it once a while too lol) this way connections arent yours ever :)

 lol but all that paranoia aside zorrovpn is awesome on its own :)

Tried setting up TAILS but got stuck, started a thread but not one reply:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=310403.0

Oh, I saw that a few days ago but forgot to reply.

That step is optional. You don't actually need to verify the checksum. It's just to make sure that you're not a victim of man-in-the-middle attack when downloading the ISO. In other words, to prevent that someone (e.g. your ISP or an intruder on your local network) is modifying your download stream with malware

Edit: check this article https://tails.boum.org/doc/get/trusting_tails_signing_key/index.en.html

Have a look at http://torrentfreak.com/vpn-services-that-take-your-anonymity-seriously-2013-edition-130302/

Greetings, John (John K.) and All,

There are servers in HK. Price is much less then $60 per year
(if BTC price does not jump too fast), exchange rate is updated frequently...

Please, try our service (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=347527.0) and let us know how we can improve it.

Locations available: Hong Kong, US, UK and NL + 1 week for testing is free.

Any feedback is appreciated.

the most popular VPN worldwide is I guess hidemyass and it's also payable by bitcoins so it's the best here I guess too :D
also I was wondering, it it says for example that it has 3 Danish Servers and 400 IPs does that mean if you purchase the VPN you can connect to 3 different IPs or 400 of them? :D
I think the 400 IPs might be the number of users using those servers so I'm confused :D
any help would be appreciated  :)

Hidemyass records logs and has already given them away to the feds when they asked for it.

Are you high ? I didn't understand what you were trying to say ? You are the FBI ? John K works for PIA ? You are John K ? The NSA(Hi Honey !) infiltrated this Forum ?

I use for two years TorGuard  and I am extremely pleased :)

they accept
http://s22.postimg.org/87gmpoea9/Ashampoo_Snap_2014_04_15_20h38m10s_016.jpg

hide my ass, it's one of the most popular hiding websites (you can use it for free)

and their professional VPN package is great and a reasonable price

only 11$ a month..

they started accepting bitcoin at August 6, 2013 ;)

https://seed4.me/invitations (https://seed4.me/invitations) — Seed4.Me Club
Each invitation gives one week VPN for free.
Cost: 3 months = 0.017 BTC.
... this is only about $2.83 per month. ::) Welcome!

now even I'm thinking about getting hide my ass VPN lol

damn this thread, damn it :D

You want to get the worst VPN available?

are there any other options in europe, except Versavpn?
A Switzerland based VPN service would be great (they have a nice and shocking policy on TV reception and redistribution)

why is it the worst?

It keeps logs longer than any ISP that I know and gives them to the government when asked.

AirVPN is in europe too, Italy to be exact.

oh

can you recommend some good and with a reasonble price?

besides I would only use it to make multi-accounts in one virtual game I play :D

even though they can't track me like this, they see it suspicious when 100 accounts from the same town register in the same eCountry :D

Depends on what price you would call "reasonable".

throw me some sites and prices and I'll pick :D

Just look over here: https://torrentfreak.com/which-vpn-services-take-your-anonymity-seriously-2014-edition-140315/

But AirVPN seems to be the only one to take privacy seriously. It has the best performance too.

Thanks for the link and nice vpn comparison.

so I just went trought the VPNs myself, and most the VPNs don't have more then 10 countries available, I'm not very much consirned how long do they keep the logs, I'm not hacking anything :D


they have servers in 72 countries, plenty of different IPs from each country

even the small countries which no one would use for anything :D

for example

Uganda --> 125 different IPs

bigger countries of course have more (for example USA 296 servers, 37 742 IP addresses)

this is what I actually needed :D

I bought a 1-month subscription yesterday, I'll probably go for another 6 months later on :)

It's not about hacking, it's about tracking.
And watch out for US-based services. The US law can force VPN providers to log everything and give it to the government without informing the user.

as I said I'm not doing anything illegal

just making multi-accounts in a game :D

need the IP of the country where I'm making those multi-accounts lol

Can anyone recommend a VPN provider that will not block SMTP traffic (secure ports like 587)?

I have been using proxy.sh and a few months ago they started to block port 587. I contacted support several times to let them know the mailservers I need unblocked, but they did not do it.
What's the point of using a VPN if I have to disconnect from it every time I want to send an e-mail and I don't usually use webmail.

VPN that blocks ports... Try ZorronVPN its been my favorite along with Private Internet Access (although something fishy about these guys)

The biggest e-mail provider in Germany, GMX is requiring port 587.
Server: mail.gmx.net
Port: 587
Encryption: STARTTLS
 
I had logged several tickets with proxy.sh and they were unable to unblock it for me, so now they lose me as a customer.

I will try to double check with some other providers if they allow port 587.

If any VPN providers from the 2014 list could comment, it would be great.

TorGuard: Anonymous VPN

iPredator.se is run by the pirate bay and they have a vested interest in making sure you stay private. It's a good choice in my book.

I'm also looking for one. AirVPN looks decent enough.

They are one of the best VPN that I tried. I can recommend this vpn.

AirVPN is still the best.

I can also vouch for AirVPN, good service

A+

Spenser of this forum looks good.

I use AirVPN 99% of the time for 2 years now, think they where 1 of the first who also accepted Bitcoin.

I wouldn't use them for so long as my main VPN and almost route all my internet traffic through it if I wasn't happy with their service and trusted them, they take privacy really serious and also promote the use of Bitcoin for their service. They give great support on their forum and have good guides there, just check the forum and you'll see.

The only problem I have and it's one which is actually not their fault but because of the fact they take privacy so serious also attracts people who do less noble things with their connection which makes the IPs blacklisted a lot and be prepared to fill in a lot of cloudflare captchas. Something I don't have or at least less with other VPNs, but it's a price I happily pay to be safe.

Privateinternetaccess is hands down the best VPN out there.
One of the companies sayings is "Never trust a VPN that does not accept bitcoin"

you can always try hidemyass.

Zorro is really cool, I like how you can chain locations

Privateinternetaccess or cyberghost. Their price is pretty reasonable with good speeds.

How much is it worth to use that VPN?

Gocryptic.com is quite good, they're cheap also, have no logging and worth it. They are highly popular on another forum.its been up and running for more than 2 years

There are prices on the website.


What forum?

I've been using Private Internet Access for almost a year now. Speeds are fast, and the servers are consistent.

VPN Baron accepts Bitcoins.

The Black Friday offer is still active for another week.

Give us a go http://vpnbaron.com
We offer:
* NO LOGS
* Guaranteed high speed traffic, stable connection + Unlimited Bandwidth + Secured with BlowFish Cipher
* Server list growing every week! - You can even suggest some locations you need
* Fast Support
* We are dedicated to OpenVPN protocol. - More protocolos => less care for each protocol => low quality services

Client:
[img]http://vpnbaron.com/images/innovation_screen.png/img]

the best ever vpn i had to use is hidemyass.Bitcoin accepted there give it a try.

I've been using Private Internet Access for at least a year as well. Never run into any problems other than speed variance but that can be fixed with a quick server change if needed. Very good service.

VPN's...
They provide a "hidden service" on its website, but the smallest letters in its privacy policy contract suggest that they record significant amounts of consumer data.

search for Lulzsec Fiasco

u can try any of these
AirVPN

Mullvad

VPNArea

IronSocket

NordVPN

ipvanish

Its too mainstream.

I like HMA VPN

AirVPN is the best

bVPN is the best service according to me http://www.vpnanswers.com/bvpn-review-october-2015/ with stable VPN connection, high speed, high encryption, complete privacy and different  IPs to get through blocking without being detected to get free surfing with unlimited bandwidth.

I'm using Cyberghost, got a year free because of some action they had on dec 5. It's pretty good, I get the full speed where I pay for on my ISP, which is 120 down 12 up.

Does TOR count? ;D

I suggest IronSocket, it is a Hong Kong-based company with servers worldwide.

Private Internet Access is a decent one (and supporting this forum), ibVPN is a good one too IMO.

Cactus VPN is good too.

iBVPN is a good one and I tried them for a while and it was decent, I am not sure about the no-logging but most VPN providers do that and can have it hidden somewhere in their privacy policy.

Hide My Ass is a great VPN

1. tor  browser

2. wind scribe vpn

3. hola vpn

4. air vpn

5. express vpn

AirVPN , hotspot shiled  and dot vpn

I recommend Private Internet Access. The speed is great, the customer service is excellent, and there are plenty of IPs to choose from. Most importantly, they don't keep logs.

1. Airvpn
2. Mullvad
3. Private internet access
4. Ghost vpn if you want a decent one not so expensive but that does his job

1. nord vpn

2. windscribe vpn

3. express vpn

4. and tor browser is also best for using

1. nord vpn

2. vpnarea

3. express vpn

4. vpn unlimited

5 tow browser

i think tor browser is only best for ever...... for bit coins....

Express VPN
SwitchVPN
Btguard

which i have tested personally

nord vpn, hola vpn and vpn unlimited and thor best for bit coins

if we have are doing some work then we have to maintain security so for that we have to use vpns it is more secure. so we have to use nord vpn

express vpn

windscribe vpn

hotspot shield vpn

tunneal bear vpn

zenmate vpn

mostly i had to using tor browser and vpn is express vpn and nord vpn and windscibr vpn

nord vpn

windscribe vpn

vpn unlimited

hola vpn

express vpn

express vpn

nord vpn

windscribe vpn

My vote to airvpn, before i was with nordvpn, but air better

express vpn

nord vpn

cyber vpn

pure vpn

hide my ass vpn

safer vpn

private vpn

vypr vpn

hotspot vpn

and tor browser i had to using

Nordvpn is perfect, check it out

express vpn

nord vpn

cyber ghost vpn

pure vpn

hide.me vpn

safer vpn

avira vpn

windscribe vpn

and tor browser is the best for bitcoin 8) 8) 8) 8)

tor browser is the best vpn for using bit coins and express vpn and nord and winscibr and vpn unlimited is the best vpns...

Tor Browser is not a VPN, it's a wrapped version of Firefox portable configured to connect to the Tor Network, routing the traffic on your browser through different nodes.
If you use Tor AND you don't use VPN, your provider will always know that you are using Tor and can potentially block it. They will see your entry node that is listed for the public.
+ some nodes might have been hacked (example by the government or whoever) to get back to you.
So you should always use VPN + Tor.

Have started a new discussion about this topic, where i want really to get a more intenvise discussion about the topic VPN.

Have a look here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2170719.msg21755073#msg21755073
You are all free and welcome to join the discussion.

cryptovpn.com is the best man.

NordVPN

Vypr VPN

ExpressVPN

HMA

Vypr VPN

AirVPN

TotalVPN

At the end of the day, it really depends on your needs.

nord vpn is the best and secure vpn.i have to use this vpn for my data transferring and making security. so you have to check and use this wallet for your bit coin. express vpn also best vpn it has great demand and these both  vpns has providing security. so you have to use these vpns. vpns not only used for blockchain technology and also we have to use our personal data hide purpose. so check and use these both vpn.if you can also try cyber vpn. those all are good and best vpns for usage.so i would recomanded to this coins.

hoxx vpn extention and ipflood,for device opera vpn

I can recommend perfect privacy, they're fast, reliable and anonymous.

I use for two years TorGuard  and I am extremely pleased

Thank you, I tried it and it worked very well

I would recommend using ivacy vpn. its the best vpn service I have used so far. https://www.ivacy.com/

Hotspot Shield Is the best vpn

I already heard about what hidemyass did there, really bad vpn.

are there any other options in europe, except Versavpn?
A Switzerland based VPN service would be great (they have a nice and shocking policy on TV reception and redistribution)

Check out pureVPN. It has also good support for bitcoin https://www.purevpn.com/blog/vpn-for-bitcoin/

In term of privacy, one the worst VPN you can get. Forget about those guys.

https://www.Vip72.com.co (https://www.Vip72.com.co) VPN manages to satisfy the basic needs that users require while surfing the Internet. This full VPN looks for a way to maintain a high performance server that allows you to connect securely.

Another important point, is that https://www.vıp72.com (https://www.vıp72.com) VPN has the ability to bypass the Great Firewall of China, this means that users in that country can access other international servers and thus get to see content that is not available to them.

Users of this VPN have the option to enter P2P sites and exchange files on selected servers. This has generated very good feedback from users, as it is a service that guarantees them quality protection.