Since IVPN and Mullvad are both phasing out port forwarding, are there any alternatives? I am not looking for something like NordVPN which is a privacy nightmare. AirVPN is also not private enough considering I’ve seen reports online of ISPs sending out DMCA letters of gold to its users.

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[–] Yendor@reddthat.com 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

PIA have port forwarding.

I know they’ve been one of the top recommendations from TF for years.

[–] ninchuka@lemmy.one 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

they are owned by a umbrella company which owns multiple big name VPN providers so I wouldnt really trust them anymore https://embed.kumu.io/9ced55e897e74fd807be51990b26b415#vpn-company-relationships/private-internet-access

[–] kostel_thecreed@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Which also used to spread adware through their applications (search Cross Rider I believe, now names Kape)

[–] ninchuka@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

yup

[–] beeehawwww 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think PIA was bought by new owners who are trashing the previously good privacy.

[–] worfamerryman 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think they were a company that has previously purchase apps and then infected them with malware.

This happened right after my year renewal happened and I was out of the cancelation period. When company ownership happens, people should be released from these kinds of contracts. Not all contracts, but stuff like this should have a grace period.

[–] beeehawwww 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Makes sense with what I remember. I got out of there as soon as I did basic research on the new owners, seemed clear they were the opposite of trustworthy.

[–] worfamerryman 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I tried hard to get a refund but could not.

I think I just used their vpn files instead of the app to connect. But I honestly can’t remember at the moment.