NordVPN suddenly not working with OpenVPN? UPDATE: NordVPN maybe down currently.

theophrastus@vlemmy.net to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com – 21 points –

After working pretty well for several years suddenly NordVPN is returning an AUTH_FAILURE via OpenVPN, despite the same username/password working to login on their website. Has anyone else suddenly experienced this? Any clues? (other than stop using NordVPN [wink]/-sigh-) Thank you! UPDATE: NordVPN is (apparently) reading as down via https://downdetector.com/status/nord-vpn/map/

UPDATE2: It is starting to indicate a generalized failure of accepting authorization from OpenVPN as one can see from the comments down the page linked above. Has NordVPN quietly pulled a reddit against 'third party' agents? (if so, i want some money back - hah, fat chance -sigh-)

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Don't use Nord.

Why? Privacy issues? Security issues? I've been using it for a couple of years now and not had any trouble with it.

Many issues.

  1. They were hacked in 2019 and got their private keys leaked.
  2. They have ties to a data mining company called Tesonet.
  3. Their "experiments" have used cookies to perform price discrimination on unsuspecting visitors.
  4. Their website is infested with trackers and third party cookies.

https://blog.httpjames.space/nordvpn-is-a-shitvpn/

Also they have a shit load of money advertising, if a company advertises that much they definitely scam you.