VPN - riseup.net
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I’ve been experimenting with some free VPNs, and it looks like Riseup is legit. I’m able to torrent on it without issue and the speeds are acceptable for my connection.

How come we don’t recommend this more? Everyone is always saying “no free vpns,” but how many of you have actually tried them? I feel like I’ve been wasting money on my VPN ever since I found Riseup.

Are we just being hustled by the viral marketers and their useful idiots?

  • orcaAEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Me seeing things from the practical perspective:

    • They’re selling your data
    • They’re giving your data away to the police. Oops, RiseUp has already done that!
    • Free means every idiot uses it in a pinch for activities that will paint a massive target on the service
    • Free means it also gets hammered and eventually slows down
    • Free would make more sense if it was a tier with paid tiers above it actually carrying the service financially
    • RiseUp is US-based and has been raided before. They reside in a country that has been passing anti-privacy laws. Mullvad is not US-based and doesn’t face the same legal issues around privacy
    • If it’s 100% free, who is footing the massive bill I guarantee they have? No one is paying for that out of the goodness of their heart
    • RiseUp has not been independently audited. Mullvad has been

    Your take is bad. Google is a good example. Free because they hoard and sell your data. This a repeating pattern. If RiseUp works for you, that’s fine, but Mullvad has been around forever and I’m willing to pay the measly $5 per month.

    Edit: added another bullet. Edit: another bullet.