Nord looks pretty good on the spreadsheet, better jurisdiction rating but block some P2P traffic.
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Free Android VPN all belong to 1 Chinese company
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Personally, the only VPN's I would consider recommending are Mullvad or Proton. (Mullvad is no good for region shifting for streamers, but Proton is.) Trust is a hard thing these days, but these two are well respected in the security space. I don't know much about Nord, but I'm leary of anything advertised that agressively because of the following...
Stay WAY clear of ExpressVPN, CyberGhost and PIA. There's lots of bad ones, but these ones are the biggest that I'm aware of that are part of the many that are subsidiaries of Kape. And if you aren't familiar, their story is worth looking in to. The TLDR is that they used to produce ad-injection and malware, amongst other slimy products. They decided the VPN space was more profitable and started buying up VPN's and advertising them like crazy. They are almost solely responsible for the current marketing boom for VPN's in social media. And it's the worst kept secret in the industry that they are VERY happy to sell your data to the highest bidder, regardless of their advertised policies to the contrary. They even own several of the review companies that rate VPN's, as well as the 'independant' auditors that approve their 'no log' policy.
Stay WAY clear of ExpressVPN, CyberGhost and PIA. There's lots of bad ones, but these ones are the biggest that I'm aware of that are part of the many that are subsidiaries of Kape. And if you aren't familiar, their story is worth looking in to. The TLDR is that they used to produce ad-injection and malware, amongst other slimy products. They decided the VPN space was more profitable and started buying up VPN's and advertising them like crazy. They are almost solely responsible for the current marketing boom for VPN's in social media. And it's the worst kept secret in the industry that they are VERY happy to sell your data to the highest bidder, regardless of their advertised policies to the contrary. They even own several of the review companies that rate VPN's, as well as the 'independant' auditors that approve their 'no log' policy.
A bit more concise summary on the Kape Technologies thing, ironic that it's on Windscribe. Guess I'll be switching when my PIA subscription is done.
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What is Kape Technologies? The Mysterious Company That's Cornered the VPN Industry
We dive into the background of Kape Technologies, the shady company that's cornering the VPN industry. Learn about its sketchy origins selling malware and ad injection software.
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I still have NordVPN. It has been good for what I use it for, but I really only use it if I have to connect to less secure Wi-Fi sites when travelling. I don't use it for any location blocking stuff or whatever, and then I still limit what I do in those cases.
They claim to be no-log:
What information does NordVPN store?
NordVPN does not log any of your activity online. The only information we keep about our users is their encrypted login credentials and billing information for refund procedures. However, there is ...
I still have NordVPN. It has been good for what I use it for, but I really only use it if I have to connect to less secure Wi-Fi sites when travelling. I don't use it for any location blocking stuff or whatever, and then I still limit what I do in those cases.
They claim to be no-log:
What information does NordVPN store?
NordVPN does not log any of your activity online. The only information we keep about our users is their encrypted login credentials and billing information for refund procedures. However, there is ...support.nordvpn.com
If all you're looking for is a VPN to secure traffic when on public WiFi, then it's a far better solution to host your own. Snag a decent Unifi gateway, set up OpenVPN, configure DNS, configure some security settings and EZ-PZ you're done. You can get a UniFi Express for the price of a 2 or 3 year VPN subscription, but then you OWN it. Not only that, but you've likely taken a big step to a much better network infrastructure compared to most consumer products.
I'll add that to the to-do list lol
I do have to at some point improve my network set up for home so this could be part of it.
The ubiquti vpn to get home was really nice to get setup for getting to home base, but I need something for making some calls out so some of the mentions here are appreciated.
I'm on PIA mostly just fir sailing the high seas, but i second Mulavad (i think thats how you spell it. They are probably one if the most privacy centered ones from what i had read ages ago, you could literally pay by sending cash in the mail to avoid paper trails back to you, and they ran everything on ramdrives and rebooted servers every day if i remembered correctly 
Another day, another free VPN exposed. This time it's FreeVPN.ONE.
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