opinions on hide.me free VPN?
Hello! I recently set up my first home server, and would like to set up qbittorrent on it. I tried using protonVPN, which is what I use on desktop, but got rate limited because torrenting on the free plan is not allowed. What do you think of hide.me vpn? it has a CLI linux version, I think I can install it inside the docker container and set up a killswitch (that should be built in? at least that's what they say) to torrent safely.
I know paid VPNs are better and also pretty cheap, but I cannot afford one right now. Any tips?
free services get paid somehow. i wouldnt trust them
regardless, you want to use gluetun for your docker-based vpn client. then you can set other containers to only use gluetun for outside access, preventing public ip bleed.
I know, but It's better than exposing my IP, right? I mean, do I actually risk something using the free plan?
this is what I was using with protonVPN, but I'm not sure if I can configure it also for hide.me because it is not in the supported providers
Just go with mullvad, so far it is the only VPN I know of that allows you to pay with physical currency with zero papertrail back to you.
Mullvad.net
I wish I could afford it...
Didn't Mullvad ban torrenting?edit: looked it up, looks like they didn't. Can't remember what I read that said they did.
I think they disabled port forwarding makin torrenting more difficult, don‘t quote me on that though
Ah yeah, that sounds about right.
whatever free provider you want, pick one that supports OpenVPN, as that is where you can force gluetun to work generic-ly. i seemed to recall some instructions for non-preconfig OpenVpn connections. .. maybe
doesn't it also supports wireguard?
Just self host, it's free on Oracle cloud
Until they randomly ban you and shut down your free services
I guess that's a risk you'll have to be willing to take when you get something for free
This Gameranx video has a NordVPN sponsorship for a lower rate and 4 free months - it's pretty dang affordable. If you can afford to get that, I'd definitely do that!
https://youtu.be/-Oiuu-Iw094
Nord vpn sucks ass
I'm curious to hear why you think that, I've been using it for a year and it's better than ExpressVPN by a long-shot. Very few connectivity problems either and it has a Linux client....
Because there are VPN's that dont log your activity such as protonVPN and mulvad.
Neither does Nord: https://support.nordvpn.com/General-info/Features/1047407432/Do-you-store-any-logs.htm
Well, they comply with law enforcment.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/nordvpn-actually-we-do-comply-with-law-enforcement-data-requests
Even in that article it says the only info they can provide (due to the no-logging) is payment info and email address.
If you're doing something illegal and use a credit card attached to your name to do it, Nord is going to hand over your credit card info and they'll know you did it through their VPN.
Likewise, if you do something illegal with their VPN and use your personal email, same thing.
That being said, I don't personally use the VPN for anything illegal. If you do, I suppose you should probably either self-host or just Mull, but in my case I like Nord's Killswitch and Mull's is notorious for dropping off.
I think you still dont get it. Most poeple in this community pirate, which is illegal in most contries.
Most people here want privacy, meaning a vpn that doesnt give away payment info, and other PII. Because of that, there are very few safe vpn's out there.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://piped.video/-Oiuu-Iw094?si=Qc6xx8WX62UPMMk0
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