Ask HN: Which PAID VPN do you trust the most and recommend?

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That's easy. Trust no one.

Rent a cheap VPS and install a VPN server with e.g. Wireguard yourself. This one line installer also exist for OpenVPN:

https://github.com/l-n-s/wireguard-install

Also don't forget firewall rules and automatic security updates in your VPS.

You meant to say "That's easy. Trust any Virtual Private Server (VPS) provider instead"

Yep. My assumption is that paid VPNs are basically honeypots for bundling people together who think this is safer. A good target to recognize/attack many VPN users by one entity (the VPS provider as attack vector, see NordVPN). It starts with Netflix and ends with state authorities. If you use a VPS both won't have you immediately as VPN user on the radar. But there is also the question for what reason you do VPN... securing connection or thinking you get more anonymity (VPS is bad at the later one of course)

You've just put your trust in the VPS provider, you haven't "trusted no one".

>That's easy. Trust no one.

Of course, I meant to ask which one do you trust the most?

I'm also looking for a VPN to use with my iPhone.

I like mullvad.

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