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Can anyone recommend another VPN provider, than Nord or Torguard? Main use case is for using public WiFi when travelling.

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>Main use case is for using public WiFi when travelling

Your own VPN is the correct answer. If you have a fast enough symmetric link at home then just run a small machine there (or your router/sec appliance may support it) or else get a ~$5 VPS from OVH/DigitalOcean/Scaleway/Amazon/Google/MS or whomever you like and run WireGuard on it. Or if you want something more turnkey with IKEv2 support (if you have devices that can't use WG) then check out Algo [1].

But there is likely no need for or reason to use a "VPN provider" if all you're looking to do is shift your virtual entry point to the internet from the edge, and lots of good reasons not to. The only real exception would be if latency is a major concern, you travel very widely and don't want to deal with any extra hassle setting up a solution to move between regions. In that case might be worth keeping an eye on CloudFlare's "Warp" solution [2], which will probably be about as good as it gets in that regard since they've got infrastructure worldwide and will be able to route well.

But I'd definitely suggest checking out running WG (alone of via Algo) yourself. It really is straight forward.

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1: https://github.com/trailofbits/algo

2: https://blog.cloudflare.com/1111-warp-better-vpn/

One of my main use cases for a VPN is appearing from different countries. I also anonymize my traffic. If I own the VPS, that traffic can be tracked to my quite easily. I use a VPN for these things a couple times a week. I can (and do) use my own VPN just to secure my traffic on untrusted networks, but there's more to it that just that.

Private Internet Access. Besides providing great service, they sponsor a lot of free and open source software and services, like Freenode IRC.

Note that this post was submitted to HN by a co-founder of PIA, and they've been known to stir the pot a bit in the past. Last year they put out a few accusations against NordVPN and ProtonVPN that were very weakly supported.

He's also (honestly) the crown prince of Korea , which is kind of crazy to think about.

I've used PIA for years. The only other one that I've used is Air VPN. They seem pretty legit.

I would recommend my own company, based in the Netherlands: WifiMask.com.

A VPN with a focus on WiFi protection. MacOS and iOS only for now, I'm working on Android and Windows too. Send me an email for a test account if you'd like to try it out: support@wifimask.com

Mullvad was alright. Didn't ask me any questions other than payment information.

For non do it your self I would use freedome by f secure, which is a reputable security company with a long history.

For do it yourself the best option is algo.

in this day and age: just buy a data plan sim card! it will be safer, more pratical and cheaper.

even if you have to splurge in one country or another with bad monopoly cases (e.g. visiting the usa) it's still better than using a combination of open wifi + shady vpn (all of them)

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