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by atoponce 3670 days ago
You should check out the VPN comparison chart by "That One Privacy Guy" here: https://thatoneprivacysite.net/. There are many factors to consider, such as cipher suite, jurisdiction, and logging.

Even then, don't get your hopes up. It should be worth noting that VPNs can give a false sense of security (such as not logging). All they're doing is moving the goalpost from one end of the playing field to another. They're useful for getting into internal networks, and they're useful for bypassing outbound firewalls in restrictive networks, like public schools and libraries, or churches, but that's about it. See https://gist.github.com/joepie91/5a9909939e6ce7d09e29

If you want online privacy, you really should be using Tor. if you want anonymity, you should stay offline. Regardless, realize your VPN provider isn't going to go to jail for you.

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A VPN is also very useful when you need to emerge in Internet from a specific country, or simply not the country you are in.