I have had PIA for years on desktop and mobile with firefox and it’s been fine. Any reason I should consider switching, or is it still generally good for privacy?

I occasionally torrent. But I’d like to browse and post politically sensitive content safely. Here on Lemmy, but also other non federated places.

Thanks

  • AtariDump@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    I still have it for torrenting purposes only; it works and works well. Can’t speak to any more than that.

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    2 days ago

    Be careful it’s owned by an Israeli company that also owns ExpressVPN, CyberGhost, and Zenmate - Kape technologies

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        1 day ago

        Basically any cheap VPN is good for torrenting as we don’t need complete anonymity but more of a proxy like connection, to not receive letters from ISPs telling us our use of internet

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          1 day ago

          Genuinely curious, what makes a VPN not completely anonymous? Are you talking browser cookies and fingerprinting?

  • WarlockoftheWoods@lemy.lol
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    1 day ago

    No. I bought it and it was pushing my internet speed down by half with all options tried, it would also gradually slow further. I switched back to express, it’s no hassle at all, ever.

  • merlin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 day ago

    There are 4 privacy respecting VPNs out there: Mullvad, Proton VPN, IVPN, Windscribe. As for my opinion I have been using Windscribe for years now and it’s been great but I have a specific use case for a VPN so I need one regardless of the privacy aspect. My point is if you want a VPN just for the hypothetical privacy gains in my opinion you’re wasting time and money.