1 edit | VPN providers Can anyone recomend Cheap VPN provider? I'm new to VPN stuff but would like all my traffic to remain private.. |
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| Be careful of your uses behind said VPN. Most VPN providers based in the U.S. are required to keep IP logs. Anonymity: gone. |
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I've read about that, now. I'm looking for a provider that's Canadian based and doesn't log my traffic. |
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Samgee
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This link may help you. It's over a year old, so some of it may be out of date.
»torrentfreak.com/which-vpn-provi···-111007/
If you're open to switching providers, Acanac currently provides a free VPN and SSH tunnel with their internet packages. To my knowledge, the SSH tunnel is not logged. I am not sure if the VPN is or not, but it does allow you to hide your home IP address from everywhere you visit online when it's active. |
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| said by Samgee:This link may help you. It's over a year old, so some of it may be out of date.
»torrentfreak.com/which-vpn-provi···-111007/
If you're open to switching providers, Acanac currently provides a free VPN and SSH tunnel with their internet packages. To my knowledge, the SSH tunnel is not logged. I am not sure if the VPN is or not, but it does allow you to hide your home IP address from everywhere you visit only when it's active.
Thanks for the information I'll read it over but I'll pass on Acanac. |
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said by neuromancer1:I've read about that, now. I'm looking for a provider that's Canadian based and doesn't log my traffic.
You're doing it backwards. In the United States there is no log requirement while in Canada there is.
What you don't have in the United States is the guarantee that the authorities need a warrant to order a wiretap on your VPN. |
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| said by Fyodor:said by neuromancer1:I've read about that, now. I'm looking for a provider that's Canadian based and doesn't log my traffic.
You're doing it backwards. In the United States there is no log requirement while in Canada there is. What you don't have in the United States is the guarantee that the authorities need a warrant to order a wiretap on your VPN. I guess in that case I'll look for a provider that doesn't operate out of both Canada or the US. |
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I'm assuming you're concerned about the new legislation in Canada that has scared a lot of people sharing copyrighted content. |
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| Sorry, not going into the reason why I want a VPN other then I want my traffic private. |
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 Irenic
join:2000-05-02
Montreal, QC | reply to neuromancer1
Do you want to use P2P on this connection?
Is security important? (e.g is PPTP okay?)
For watching US Netflix and other US-restricted content I've had good success with »www.strongvpn.com.
For P2P stuff, you'll want to stay away from US hosts, I've had good succes with »www.bolehvpn.net.
Both are fairly cheap. |
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 shwatkinPremium
join:2007-10-02
Bowmanville, ON | reply to neuromancer1
Been using boxpn (»www.boxpn.com/) for a while now and the speeds are good (2.0+ MB/s depending on the time of day, can max out my 28Mb/s cable connection on occasion), there are lots of servers to pick from, unlimited switches between servers, includes servers that support torrenting, support has been excellent and fast whenever I've contacted them, and the price for a year of unlimited service is $44 (or $3.75 a month). I'd sign up for 1 month first and then if you like the service extend for a year.
Most popular service is likely HideMyAss (»www.hidemyass.com/vpn/) but they are more money at $60 a year. However they have a lot more servers to pick from. Not sure about limitations on switching or torrenting. |
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Guru
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| said by shwatkin:Most popular service is likely HideMyAss (»www.hidemyass.com/vpn/) but they are more money at $60 a year. However they have a lot more servers to pick from. Not sure about limitations on switching or torrenting.
No limits. |
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hidemyass won't hesitate to sell you to the authorities the first chance they get. i would stay away from them.
i would choose »www.privateinternetaccess.com/
you can even pay with bitcoin ! |
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Guru
join:2008-10-01
kudos:2 | www.cryptocloud.com I would recommend, they don't log anything!
But is expensive! |
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said by singerie3:hidemyass won't hesitate to sell you to the authorities the first chance they get. i would stay away from them.
i would choose »www.privateinternetaccess.com/
you can even pay with bitcoin !
Bitcoin is the best way to pay for VPN, also privateinternetaccess does not keep any kind of logs either; hell they don't even ask for your name. Only need a email address and bitcoins; 2.9 bitcoins for 1 yr of service. |
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3 edits | said by technocar2:said by singerie3:hidemyass won't hesitate to sell you to the authorities the first chance they get. i would stay away from them.
i would choose »www.privateinternetaccess.com/
you can even pay with bitcoin !
Bitcoin is the best way to pay for VPN, also privateinternetaccess does not keep any kind of logs either; hell they don't even ask for your name. Only need a email address and bitcoins; 2.9 bitcoins for 1 yr of service. Privateinternetaccess is whom I went with $39.95 USD yearly but I didn't know about this Bitcoin stuff how do you use it?
said by Irenic:Do you want to use P2P on this connection?
Is security important? (e.g is PPTP okay?)
For watching US Netflix and other US-restricted content I've had good success with »www.strongvpn.com.
For P2P stuff, you'll want to stay away from US hosts, I've had good succes with »www.bolehvpn.net.
Both are fairly cheap.
StrongVPN Logs and I'm using OpenVPN. PPTP is unstable with 3rd party firmware like WRT-DD, TomatoUSB on routers. |
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| Does privateinternetaccess have the ability to give you US Netfilx as well?
I already us unblock-us, but I also wouldnt mind getting a private tunnel, so my question is basically...
Do any of the above mentioned VPN providers allow american streaming? |
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yeah they have vpn server in 9 country. you can check their list here
»www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/network/ |
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Thanks for all the info,
3 questions :
1) all of them say they have servers in the US and canada but it means they are subjected to US and canadian laws (ie they can be obligated to divulge their logs and IP info) ?
Just want to understand clearly how they can operate servers in the US and canada and not be subjected to domestic laws ?
2) I assume they all keep logs but for how long ? Does any of them not keep logs ?
3) can you change your IP conveniently at will ? how do they allocate their IP pool ? something like dynamic DHCP ? |
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BTGuard. Cheap and you get an IP from Canada, Netherlands and maybe elsewhere.
Dave
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