The best for privacy are definitely mullvad and proton vpn. Nordvpn is the best for p2p/pirating (…not that I condone that…), but not as solid privacy wise. I know that nord and proton have excellent Linux support, idk about mullvad in that respect though.
Honestly though, if you’re just doing this for privacy concerns you might as well just use something like quad9 DNS – for free. VPNs are only really useful faking you’re location or pirating. Not so much for privacy or security. Quad9 + librewolf is king there.
Is there any way to prove that some service like that is actually trustworthy?
This is the right question to ask and the ultimate reason why I don’t use a commercial VPN service. Ultimately a commercial VPN is just moving the trust from the Internet service provider to the VPN provider (or in Tor’s case to the exit node provider)
Personally I just block all ads across everything, select more privacy friendly software, avoid known privacy invading services where feasible and otherwise generally just enjoy not knowing the scope of adtracking because I never see the ads anyways!
The best for privacy are definitely mullvad and proton vpn. Nordvpn is the best for p2p/pirating (…not that I condone that…), but not as solid privacy wise. I know that nord and proton have excellent Linux support, idk about mullvad in that respect though.
Honestly though, if you’re just doing this for privacy concerns you might as well just use something like quad9 DNS – for free. VPNs are only really useful faking you’re location or pirating. Not so much for privacy or security. Quad9 + librewolf is king there.
Mullvad on Linux works great!
… except for it being built on electron so it’s a 300MB install.
Hmm yeah that doesn’t bother me. I guess you could technically avoid the GUI and control it via the terminal though ?
Is there any way to prove that some service like that is actually trustworthy?
To the relatively-illiterate like me, theres no way to know if the VPN provider is just building a big file on you themselves
This is the right question to ask and the ultimate reason why I don’t use a commercial VPN service. Ultimately a commercial VPN is just moving the trust from the Internet service provider to the VPN provider (or in Tor’s case to the exit node provider)
Personally I just block all ads across everything, select more privacy friendly software, avoid known privacy invading services where feasible and otherwise generally just enjoy not knowing the scope of adtracking because I never see the ads anyways!
At some point, you’ve got to trust somebody.
Or, else, just don’t connect to the internet at all.