[stu_k]

Speaking of which, can anyone recommend a good VPN provider?

[TheOtherHobbes]

TorrentFreak has a regular round-up of VPNs:

http://torrentfreak.com/which-vpn-services-take-your-anonymi...

The comments are probably as useful as the main content.

Personally I use AirVPN. They're not expensive, the client is open source, and performance seems good enough for casual use.

I'm not sure I'd trust any of the usual VPNs if I needed Snowden-level security. But I don't, so casual use is fine.

[teamhappy]

I've used blackVPN and IPredator in the past. Running openvpn on your own box is pretty easy too (if you've ever set up something like a HTTPS server.)

[IvyMike]

PIA has never done me wrong, it's cheap, they support a ton of VPN protocols and OSes, multiple simultaneous clients (up to 5?), and at least one of the guys who runs it is a HN regular.

More in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6345520

Not affiliated in any way, just a happy customer.

[breakall]

Run your own for a few bucks a month! Here's a guide to setting OpenVPN up on an Ubuntu machine:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-...