Are we too reliant on VPN?

gristle-cause

MEGAbyter this is the first Ive heard of this provider. They seem interesting, from a cursory glance. They also seem very new. I'd need to do a much deeper dive on them to intelligently come to an informed opinion. Maybe another reader can weigh in

The only ones I trust today are those I listed: Mulvad, Proton, IVPN, increasingly Windscribe

gristle-cause

gMan I didn't actually know this, and it seems to be true. I agree, I'd prefer to see a VPN provider offer their own encrypted DNS servers. Though, to be clear, cloudfare encrypted DNS resolver isnt that bad. But I do consider that to be something a mature VPN provider should include

I'll file this under 'Windscribe shows promise as a service to keep an eye on, but they're still too young & underdeveloped to compete against the big names I trust'

ShoulderSurfin

gMan .. thanks. I am good but I will read it.

banjo45673

gMan

What are the advantages of owning their own servers vs Mullvad that doesn't?

gMan

banjo45673 i would say the the #1 advantage is knowing that the server is configured exactly as they want it configured, but it's also an indicator of their commitment to security

if we think in phone terms, which would you accept; me giving you a Pixel with GOS installed and telling you it's secure, or one you bought yourself where you install the OS?

when they're done configuring their servers, they run completely headless (no remote log-on)

i i'm sure it doesn't hurt marketing either

of course no VPN can really be fully trusted and all of this assumes that what Azire tells us is true, but they seem to be pretty transparent and have even recorded videos of them setting up their servers, flying to the data center and installing them

and just a minor point of correction; Mullvad does own their servers in Sweden, but not the rest (at lease that was accurate last time i checked - a few months ago)

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