A quick thank you for VPN guidance
249 sats \ 11 comments \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 25 Aug 2023 tech
I just wanted to share that after being inspired by a thread here recently, I explored some VPN options. I ended up going with Mullvad, which seemed to be a crowd favorite. I really like the lack of PII (or really accounts at all, just a random ID) and being able to pay with many options. I paid up with BTC for a month (at a 10% discount) and it's been working nicely thus far.
So thank you, stackers!
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @billiam 25 Aug 2023
perfect-privacy.com (founders from Hamburg Germany around the Chaos Computer Club I believe) is great, their service is around for a very long time already. Tons of payment options including Bitcoin, they used to have cash as well. They recently moved from Switzerland to Germany as Germany has probably the strongest privacy laws (a regulatory monster, cookies etc) in the world as Switzerland starts to suck. Happy customer for years, can recommend. They can also block all the ad and tracking stuff if you want.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @03365d6a53 25 Aug 2023
Mullvad is great
iVPN also have btc payment options
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1 sat \ 5 replies \ @nullama 25 Aug 2023
You can also pay with lightning: https://vpn.sovereign.engineering/
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21 sats \ 4 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi OP 25 Aug 2023
Interesting! I found more about this service here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/g7wcin/made_a_thing_use_lightning_to_pay_for_your/
Looks like it's not officially offered by Mullvad, but by this individual. Which is cool, except it exposes your account ID, which could be problematic given the 5 devices per account rule.
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25 sats \ 3 replies \ @nullama 25 Aug 2023
You can just buy a topup voucher without giving your account
Basically that person buys a lot of topups and re-sells them through that website.
It's not an official reseller though, but it works.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 25 Aug 2023
Yeah I think it's weird the site even offers to enter your account number tbh.
But I can vouch for it, the coupons indeed work.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nullama 25 Aug 2023
I think it's only because the API is there to be used. That's all.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi OP 25 Aug 2023
Oh yes, I missed that. Cool!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @JJmogan 26 Aug 2023
iVPN https://www.ivpn.net/
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @TheWildHustle 25 Aug 2023
Very Nice, I'm still on proton........using impervious and the Tor browser.....I guess Mullvad would tick all the boxes.......if Mullvad's accepting btc.. I guess they just gained a customer....
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi OP 25 Aug 2023
Too bad they don’t have referrals!
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