Ask HN: Best VPN Service in 2019-20?

13 points by cmstoken 6 years ago | 4 comments

Given the recent news about PIA: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21679682

What are your recommendations for the best VPN services and their pros/cons?

aphextron 6 years ago |

None. Don't ever use any commercial VPN service for any reason, ever. Especially if you have even the slightest bit of tech savvy. They are completely untrustworthy, and will sell you down the river at their own convenience every time. These services are one of the largest sources of malware, stolen account credentials, and credit cards on the internet.

Run your own IPSEC VPN on a $5 VPS instance using Streisand [https://github.com/StreisandEffect/streisand] or Algo [https://github.com/trailofbits/algo]. It takes 10 minutes of setup.

diehunde 6 years ago |

I used protonVPN during 2019 and it's been really good. I'll be renewing this next year for sure.

probinso 6 years ago | |

Not owned by proton

billconan 6 years ago |

I run my own wireguard server. took me 1 hour to setup everything.