Maybe try both!! I love both VPNs

I have and use both.

Without choosing some sort of dns based ip blacklist (offered by both providers btw), neither one really does what you asked about.

What are you actually trying to prevent? If you don’t know what language to use, just describe the situation.

Do VPN’s actually protect against any of that? They’re basically only useful if you want to get around your country’s internet filters, log into a website that has blocked your IP, or hide your traffic from the government (and in the latter’s case, Tor is probably a better pick).

I guess it may help with tracking, but there are so many ways in which your tracked, is your IP even one of them?

There’d thundermail coming out soon, which will probably have mullvad included. This also funds firefox too which is nice.

Mullvad. Not even a question

What about NordVPN? I use it and I’m pretty happy.

I use Proton currently since it comes with my proton subscription. But I used mullvad for years and prefer it. They’re both good, you can’t go wrong really.

Mullvad any day. I used to use Proton but made the jump after the CEO made certain comments and the company supported said comments.

If you go with Mullvad look for the gift cards out there that are for 6 or 12 months of service. I grabbed one off Amazon.ca for 12 months at $75. Works out to be cheaper than paying per month with the ever changing exchange rates.

I also like the fact that Mullvad has servers in the city I live in where as Proton has them on the west coast or east coast. Not the greatest for those in the middle of the country.

If you don’t need proton’s whole suite of tools I say go for mullvad.

You can also just test them both out for yourself. Try mullvad for one month, proton another. The nice thing with mullvad I believe is that it’s way more anonymous in terms of various forms of payment and I believe it has a fixed price.

I prefer Mullvad. I’ve found it a lot more reliable. I was a paying Proton customer but still had connectivity issues a non-negligible number of times, whereas I’ve literally never had Mullvad be the cause of connection issues in my years of using it. It’s great that they take cash and have literally only an account hash associated with your account.

I’ve also found that Mullvad customer support are responsive, helpful, and know what they’re talking about. I’ve had experiences with Proton’s customer support that were ok, but occasionally had the typical customer service hiccups along the lines of being assigned a new support agent who doesn’t read back all the conversation (understandable—I had one bug I was dealing with for months) and you have to explain again what the original issue was and what has been done since.

I think both options are perfectly fine, but I definitely prefer Mullvad, and it’s what I recommend to people if they ask me to recommend a VPN service.

I love that Proton bots/fanboys always get pretty nervous when someone just points out the facts 🤣

I like that you don’t have to provide an email address to mullvad.

Has anyone used Mullvad vpn with a media server? I’m currently using AirVPN, but it’s not that good speed-wise. I’ve been looking at Mullvad for a while, but they’ve abandoned port forwarding, which I’m not sure how big of an impact that is.

I like Mullvad better

Mullvad of course. Proton is American right?