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My main question is, should we avoid VPN companies that are apart of the the 14 eyes, etc.? TIA!

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[–] 0xtero 32 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It doesn't mean anything at all. Swedish SIGINT agency has been working with 5-eyes for ages.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If not Mullvad, then what? Generally the privacy community holds them up as the gold standard for private VPNs, and I wouldn't know what to switch to if I were looking for better (read: outside the 14 eyes).

[–] Imprint9816@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Proton and IVPN are also great choices.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

I forgot about them (IVPN).

Apparently Nord is outside the 14 eyes too, but I'm not excited about them -- they're more into KYC than other options. Decent track record (at least according to Wikipedia) though.

[–] Imprint9816@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

No. The 14 eyes fear mongering was always just marketing and not a legit reason to avoid a vpn.