Paid VPNs, especially ones sponsored by TH-camrs, aren't that trustworthy either tbh. The only VPN you should trust with your data is one you host yourself.
Am not sponsored by a VPN company but I don't entirely agree. The advertising claims of them are sketchy, the products have some uses. I think they are all roughly equal in terms of capability, with mullvad being a bit better. If you are concerned with MITM or a specific snooper, a server you SSH into is better. Commercial VPNs are a good way of blending in with the noise, IE checking a ransomware site for threat intel purposes.
buy a vps droplet, try not to get hacked challenge, if successful don't use it for illegal purposes like torrenting movies... get a vpn (preferrably a community made one, some countries even have forums dedicated to sharing free configs, the US is an outlier for not having one actually)
15:05-15:40 Its Nowhere near as, (safe) as you think it is. 1. Was able to inject SQL-inject on their site (prior the Raid) & disrupt nodes and more. 2. Even found their - *Company Adress* 3. The point of origin works *(Company)* with the USA, UK, AUS, CAN & Zeeland by default.
"Unlike Tor exit nodes, VPN providers are usually not actively malicious. Because Tor exit nodes can be created by anybody, they are hotspots for network logging and modification. In 2020, many Tor exit nodes were documented to be downgrading HTTPS traffic to HTTP in order to hijack cryptocurrency transactions. Other exit node attacks such as replacing downloads via unencrypted channels with malware have also been observed. HTTPS does mitigate these threats to an extent. As we've alluded to already, Tor is also easily identifiable on the network. Unlike an actual VPN provider, using Tor will make you stick out as a person likely attempting to evade authorities. In a perfect world, Tor would be seen by network administrators and authorities as a tool with many uses (like how VPNs are viewed), but in reality the perception of Tor is still far less legitimate than the perception of commercial VPNs, so using a real VPN provides you with plausible deniability, e.g. "I was just using it to watch Netflix," etc." - the PrivacyGuides website TL;DR: probably *don't use Tor specifically as a replacement for VPNs because of the views around it, and you'll stick out like a sore thumb.* Self-hosted VPNs are fine.
@@BustedByBlake I don't think you know what you are talking about. Tor has nothing to do with piracy, it's a whole other different thing from a VPN. VPN has its uses, Tor has its uses.
@@chi_taSo true, openVPN and WireGuard are only the gateway & configuration tools for VPN protocol. You can even make your own VPN using that app if you're skilled enough, such as making own local VPN to access your NAS anytime anywhere
Self hosting a VPN for piracy is also stupid. Where will be your endpoint? Most likely on a VPS server that will be hit and your VPS provider WILL give authorities your information. The only time self hosting a VPN makes sense is to access your home or work network... The whole reason VPNs even exist.
Back in high school a dev friend had a home vpn configured to bypass the school internet filtering even had apple provisioned profiles. pretty cool in 2010. the vpn i pay for torrenting has been down like a week, seed4me. Gotta find a new setup where i can point qbitorrent to the vpn tap adapter so it cant leak. bought a shared purevpn account on ebay but the app doesnt use the same setup. seed4me was 10 bucks 3 months. Kinda hard to match
That's why you do research to look into where your VPS is being hosted from and what their policies are. Just like with any other thing, you do your fucking research. Super important. It's not efficient to self-host solely for piracy reasons at all, but you CAN do so without being molested by copyright trolls. Yes. Self-hosting a VPN for piracy IS stupid when there are easier and more efficient ways that exist.
that is how they get themselves to be made aware of. whether you think they’re using you for ads, that’s fair, but the parent companies keep them afloat to gain credibility by their users. also he said reasonable as in its use and how credible it is by users and further investigation, i’m sure he’s aware that it can be a bit strange that they’re owned by targeted as companies as well.
Today everything is sketchy, even if you pay you still have ads and get tracked for "better experience". But no one can guarantee that the stuff they collect actually ends on your better experience and not get sold to companies. And even if they don't sell it, they can still get hacked and leaked. So in a way or another your data is still in danger. 😰
If you pay for something and you still get ads, then something about the people who accept this is wrong. Why you pay for a bad product? And if you live in the EU, you can't just collect data without knowing what for anymore. It's a law to tell it, thanks to the EU. So all you have to do is read the contracts and pop ups.
@@MrGTAmodsgerman any Company can theoretically play with your stuff, even if the contract says the opposite, until they get caught. (Avast, for example). About the ads in paying services, they simply change contact after you purchased the product/service (MarineTraffic, for example, I paid the app years ago, suddenly few years ago ads appeared, then the app became free to everyone with ads, basically the same experience you have on the website via browser, and no, I cannot choose to stay on the older version with no ads, basically my payment was a donation). And many other example exist. Not saying that EVERYONE do this, but is more and more common. EU commission does help sometimes and the fact that no one else join the fight is ridiculous.
@@My_Old_YT_Account And TH-cam does what i said. I have privacy settings and the ability to delete my history. The thing he said that you can't really control is the data leaks. But you can be smart and not just upload everything you do and own on a third party cloud just because you don't want to own a hard drive.
Free VPNs are sketchy, paid VPNs are sketchy and all of them are owned by the same company... It seems that the only way to surf the way anonymously is with the TOR network.
ur channel is underrated cause your content is actually very educative and interesting, you deserve way more views and subs for that type of quality content
4:55 Yeah that's just Microsoft's intended in-Edge banner - not code injection though given it evidently exists outside of the website, not inside it (scrollbar position, etc.) - probably just does a URL-check.
Yeah, I generally avoid those, especially after learning that there are techniques that can let malicious actors bypass the VPN encryption, assuming they have sufficient privileges over the network (iirc, they need to be able to have a DHCP server). Probably not a problem on a home network, but do I really trust a public wifi hotspot? Think the attack was called "TunnelVision".
When I was in the hospital that was blocking certain protocols (wtf) and was using a really extensive blacklist, I got a 30 day of Mullvad and used that. It worked very well for me on Linux, which was surprising.
I have a funny story when it comes to free vpns, back in my old school a lot of students would use Psiphon in order to access sites that you wouldn't be able to access though the school's wifi. Even some of the teachers used it in order to access youtube. However, one day someone used a fake version of it on one of the admin computers and infected it with malware, causing the school to have all the computers locked down for a week or so to make sure none of them got infected. Pretty sure that the vpn itself was already sketchy but people still used it always.
I used to host a tor node back when I had a server, you reminded me that now that I have a decent one again I should host one again for the good of the internet!
Google and Mozilla really ruined privacy by removing support for tls encrypted clienthello, if they didn't do that any Turkish internet block would be broken. The only good alternative so far is goodbyedpi which splits tls packets so they don't get caught in filter, it's also safe since it's still "legal" to visit these sites but a government entity that violates country's own laws bans them.
I would really appreciate to hear your opinion on two more free VPNs 1. Proton VPN 2. VPN Gate public servers (manual connection) as well as SoftEather with the associated VPN Gate plugin
proton is swiss, they have to comply with our laws and will have to cooperate with gov. From Proton directly: "Under Swiss law, we're required to cooperate with law enforcement agencies on criminal investigations within the framework of Swiss laws and privacy regulations." as a swiss: don't use swiss/european companies when it comes to privacy...
It is a coincidence that such a video was needed for while Instagram was banned in my country, unfortunately most people just seek for free no-name VPN to bypass censorship, which might save the day, but not the personal data.
@@thel3218 Yeah, but it's still a widely used social platform, so not everyone can leave it even if they want to, because all their friends etc. are there.
Eric, its unbelieveable how fast you are growing! I'd say ive been watching since 10k subs or something, and what a bunch of growth, its only just been a few months and now you are at 70k subs! Great Video as well.
Just found your channel a few days ago and I love it, the topics you cover are right up my alley and are really interesting. Subbed and activated the bell and that's not something I do with any channel - the bell part - only the most interesting channels get that honor :) Keep it up!
I would say it depends on how reputable they are. The most reputable ones are the ones to go with. Especially the ones generally focused on privacy such as proton's general serivces which includes a vpn that has a free version.
If you're too lazy to make ur own vpn with openvpn proton is a pretty okay. Just keep in mind it can be REALLY slow. Either way the only reason I use vpns is because of country censorship sooooo
i remember, on my old pc, i had a free VPN, it made my internet so slow and not while using it, even after stopping its use, and not only on my PC but also on other devices in the house, eitherway now I use no VPN lol
in reality as a indivisual you dont need a vpn with the exception of going to a diffrent location. vpns are best used for buisness applications and in that case they should have their own hosted vpn that requires a username and password given to you by the company and 2fa.
@@JGnLAU8OAWF6 you can torrent without vpns (atleast in the us). you want an antivirus for torrenting. also geoblocking and avoding censorship would fall under going to a diffrent location.
Thing you are not considering with China is even if the company has no incentive to do anything with your traffic they are required by the Chinese government to give any and all info. Most likely they have plugins for the government monitoring. So the company doesn't matter, they are required by law.
25:01 I think the video color issue has to do with TH-cam's ambient mode being turned on, which is why the area surrounding the video has the black to white gradient.
@@arijanjover the months they've severely restricted the control free users get over location and server selection, the play is to get some free users and then gradually inconvenience them into switching to a subscription, you see it everywhere
@@arijanj Proton has a free tier and a paid tier. Paid users get faster VPN network, more bandwidth. The free tier can be understood as a trial and a trial doesn't necessarily mean it is time limited. The idea is if the free tier is good enough for you, by becoming a paid customer it will unlock more features, more connection points, more bandwidth.
Muta did it. My understanding is mostly no, but I would not be comfortable attesting to a closed source browsers safety. I would use Chrome, Chromium (that is the open source non Google branded one), Edge, or brave before I would use Opera.
@@tankergear9857 Librewolf is top notch, Brave is fine but too much bloatware, Floorp I've been using for some time now. Keep in mind if you go with Librewolf the security is good it'll often break the functionality when using youtube because of cookie clearing and other protection mechanisms
VPN's are great for ppl who dont know how to use their own router (not the one you get with an internet contract). but there are sadly far too many idiots that think vpn= invisible. they have no clue that the file they get has to get somewhere that you can track.
You should do another of these looking at all of the free internet unblocking vpns that are on mobile. I know there are a lot of them that people at school use together around website blocking. Edit: one in particular I have seen used a lot is vpn-superunlimited proxy, but there are a lot of
Hey Eric, can you please take a took at buff points or the other softwares that "earn you points while gaming." They seem like crypto miners but they claim they are not. What are they doing.
Proton isnt free but has an unlimited free tier with medium speed and generous servers mixed all this with their Switzerland background and strict no logs policy fantastic
VPN I use is paid for and highly rated and I get these damn warnings on google every time. Mind you the only time I really use a VPN is if I'm staying at a hotel or am in another country on a resorts wifi.
11:32 This isn't true at all, there are protocols like L2TP and PPTP either don't require encryption or don't support it at all. Proxy servers don't have to be unencrypted, both forward and reverse proxies can be used for TLS termination. This is how web proxies like Fortinet's FortiProxy and CDN providers like Cloudflare work.
Paid VPNs, especially ones sponsored by TH-camrs, aren't that trustworthy either tbh. The only VPN you should trust with your data is one you host yourself.
Am not sponsored by a VPN company but I don't entirely agree. The advertising claims of them are sketchy, the products have some uses.
I think they are all roughly equal in terms of capability, with mullvad being a bit better. If you are concerned with MITM or a specific snooper, a server you SSH into is better. Commercial VPNs are a good way of blending in with the noise, IE checking a ransomware site for threat intel purposes.
@@EricParker You make a good point... I would just be wary either way
A VPN hosted by yourself can be vulnerable to exploits so... not that safe either.
buy a vps droplet, try not to get hacked challenge, if successful don't use it for illegal purposes like torrenting movies...
get a vpn (preferrably a community made one, some countries even have forums dedicated to sharing free configs, the US is an outlier for not having one actually)
PIA and mullad are the only ones that I trust.
with free vpns you dont pay with money, you pay with something else.
How about vray stuff?
you pay with your * information*
vbux?
@@rawallon actually you pay with robux, surprising innit
@@knuuj nah i pay via discord nitro
Mullvad is by far “the best” solely because of that raid that happened and they literally had no data to turn over.
15:05-15:40
Its Nowhere near as,
(safe) as you think it is.
1. Was able to inject SQL-inject on their site (prior the Raid) & disrupt nodes and more.
2. Even found their -
*Company Adress*
3. The point of origin works *(Company)* with the USA, UK, AUS, CAN & Zeeland by default.
@adam.maqavoy
Thats Hotspot vpn not mullvad lol
Gag orders exist too
@@Real-Name..Maqavoy Those timestamps mention nothing about mullvad
At least no data ima try this vpn
PSA that if you want free VPN, host it yourself, or use Tor.
"Unlike Tor exit nodes, VPN providers are usually not actively malicious. Because Tor exit nodes can be created by anybody, they are hotspots for network logging and modification. In 2020, many Tor exit nodes were documented to be downgrading HTTPS traffic to HTTP in order to hijack cryptocurrency transactions. Other exit node attacks such as replacing downloads via unencrypted channels with malware have also been observed. HTTPS does mitigate these threats to an extent.
As we've alluded to already, Tor is also easily identifiable on the network. Unlike an actual VPN provider, using Tor will make you stick out as a person likely attempting to evade authorities. In a perfect world, Tor would be seen by network administrators and authorities as a tool with many uses (like how VPNs are viewed), but in reality the perception of Tor is still far less legitimate than the perception of commercial VPNs, so using a real VPN provides you with plausible deniability, e.g. "I was just using it to watch Netflix," etc." - the PrivacyGuides website
TL;DR: probably *don't use Tor specifically as a replacement for VPNs because of the views around it, and you'll stick out like a sore thumb.* Self-hosted VPNs are fine.
@@BustedByBlake I don't think you know what you are talking about. Tor has nothing to do with piracy, it's a whole other different thing from a VPN.
VPN has its uses, Tor has its uses.
You can also use a "poor man" VPN (what we call it in Denmark).
Basically just route everything through SSH lol
Proton vpn is pretty well known
Tor isn't a vpn
hilarious how the so-called "website unblocker" ended up blocking probably 99% of the websites
It's probably to get past firewalls like in a school.
@@kangarumpy It doesn't really help if 99% of the websites are blocked
Using openvpn logo as a thumbnail is incredibly missleading for a good product. You should change that.
Yeah and it's not even a VPN provider, just an open source VPN protocol.
Even their open source client is multiplatform and very good.
@@chi_taSo true, openVPN and WireGuard are only the gateway & configuration tools for VPN protocol. You can even make your own VPN using that app if you're skilled enough, such as making own local VPN to access your NAS anytime anywhere
Agreed!
What, would you rather have a wireguard logo instead?
@@distorted_heavy I'd rather him use a logo of a bad VPN.
Self hosting a VPN for piracy is also stupid. Where will be your endpoint? Most likely on a VPS server that will be hit and your VPS provider WILL give authorities your information. The only time self hosting a VPN makes sense is to access your home or work network... The whole reason VPNs even exist.
Back in high school a dev friend had a home vpn configured to bypass the school internet filtering even had apple provisioned profiles. pretty cool in 2010. the vpn i pay for torrenting has been down like a week, seed4me. Gotta find a new setup where i can point qbitorrent to the vpn tap adapter so it cant leak. bought a shared purevpn account on ebay but the app doesnt use the same setup. seed4me was 10 bucks 3 months. Kinda hard to match
That's why you do research to look into where your VPS is being hosted from and what their policies are. Just like with any other thing, you do your fucking research. Super important.
It's not efficient to self-host solely for piracy reasons at all, but you CAN do so without being molested by copyright trolls.
Yes. Self-hosting a VPN for piracy IS stupid when there are easier and more efficient ways that exist.
Privqcy or piracy?
Yeah lol tunneling into my home network is the entire reason I host my own VPN. Can't have VNC open to the scary outside interwebs!
@@seanclarencesalipong7936 I'm talking about piracy. For that you do need a commercial VPN with a no logs policy
1:18 "Reasonable degree of credbility"
>parent companies of most of them are targetted ad companies
He has no ideas about this
that is how they get themselves to be made aware of. whether you think they’re using you for ads, that’s fair, but the parent companies keep them afloat to gain credibility by their users. also he said reasonable as in its use and how credible it is by users and further investigation, i’m sure he’s aware that it can be a bit strange that they’re owned by targeted as companies as well.
Today everything is sketchy, even if you pay you still have ads and get tracked for "better experience". But no one can guarantee that the stuff they collect actually ends on your better experience and not get sold to companies. And even if they don't sell it, they can still get hacked and leaked. So in a way or another your data is still in danger. 😰
If you pay for something and you still get ads, then something about the people who accept this is wrong. Why you pay for a bad product? And if you live in the EU, you can't just collect data without knowing what for anymore. It's a law to tell it, thanks to the EU. So all you have to do is read the contracts and pop ups.
@@MrGTAmodsgerman any Company can theoretically play with your stuff, even if the contract says the opposite, until they get caught. (Avast, for example).
About the ads in paying services, they simply change contact after you purchased the product/service (MarineTraffic, for example, I paid the app years ago, suddenly few years ago ads appeared, then the app became free to everyone with ads, basically the same experience you have on the website via browser, and no, I cannot choose to stay on the older version with no ads, basically my payment was a donation). And many other example exist. Not saying that EVERYONE do this, but is more and more common. EU commission does help sometimes and the fact that no one else join the fight is ridiculous.
@@MrGTAmodsgermanTH-cam literally does exactly what he said...
@@My_Old_YT_Account And TH-cam does what i said. I have privacy settings and the ability to delete my history. The thing he said that you can't really control is the data leaks. But you can be smart and not just upload everything you do and own on a third party cloud just because you don't want to own a hard drive.
...the ammount of forcing the NYtimes must have had to do to get that onion is... frightening.
scrumptious motion picture
good vid
i read that in the voice of charlie's granny
Free VPNs are sketchy, paid VPNs are sketchy and all of them are owned by the same company... It seems that the only way to surf the way anonymously is with the TOR network.
I always look into the fiber optics wire to check whether there is a man in the middle before working with sensitive data.
ur channel is underrated cause your content is actually very educative and interesting, you deserve way more views and subs for that type of quality content
he's going to grow super fast now is the time
indeed
The best one by far is proton vpn. They dont keep your data, and dont sell it. They have a free plan, wich is limited.
4:55 Yeah that's just Microsoft's intended in-Edge banner - not code injection though given it evidently exists outside of the website, not inside it (scrollbar position, etc.) - probably just does a URL-check.
You should make a video showing what those free Wi-Fi hotspots can see, especially if the client is using a VPN
Yeah, I generally avoid those, especially after learning that there are techniques that can let malicious actors bypass the VPN encryption, assuming they have sufficient privileges over the network (iirc, they need to be able to have a DHCP server). Probably not a problem on a home network, but do I really trust a public wifi hotspot?
Think the attack was called "TunnelVision".
When I was in the hospital that was blocking certain protocols (wtf) and was using a really extensive blacklist, I got a 30 day of Mullvad and used that. It worked very well for me on Linux, which was surprising.
VyprVPN also always worked in those situations for me
I have a funny story when it comes to free vpns, back in my old school a lot of students would use Psiphon in order to access sites that you wouldn't be able to access though the school's wifi. Even some of the teachers used it in order to access youtube. However, one day someone used a fake version of it on one of the admin computers and infected it with malware, causing the school to have all the computers locked down for a week or so to make sure none of them got infected. Pretty sure that the vpn itself was already sketchy but people still used it always.
I used to host a tor node back when I had a server, you reminded me that now that I have a decent one again I should host one again for the good of the internet!
The fact that open vpn doesn't come with servers you only have to set it manually and it's a trustworthy free VPN
After instagram getting banned in Turkey this video is like a documentary
Google and Mozilla really ruined privacy by removing support for tls encrypted clienthello, if they didn't do that any Turkish internet block would be broken. The only good alternative so far is goodbyedpi which splits tls packets so they don't get caught in filter, it's also safe since it's still "legal" to visit these sites but a government entity that violates country's own laws bans them.
why did they ban it?
@@elisabef google it i wont risk jail
@@elisabef wait i responded to you wheres my response
@@ahmetdenizsezgin I got rid of it.
16:42 Opera is actually a Norwegian company that is owned by a Chinese company, as much as I hate on Opera they are beholden to GDPR.
Should've also mentioned X-VPN. They claim to be all "free", and when trying it, it does act like a VPN, but not much is known about it
I would really appreciate to hear your opinion on two more free VPNs
1. Proton VPN
2. VPN Gate public servers (manual connection) as well as SoftEather with the associated VPN Gate plugin
proton is swiss, they have to comply with our laws and will have to cooperate with gov.
From Proton directly: "Under Swiss law, we're required to cooperate with law enforcement agencies on criminal investigations within the framework of Swiss laws and privacy regulations."
as a swiss: don't use swiss/european companies when it comes to privacy...
you are my favorite channel that i have found the past few months, i hope you continue to grow and blow up as you really do deserve it. great content.
I really loved how your voice sounds. The video was nice and interesting to watch, thank you :D
He never misses, the absolute legend!
It is a coincidence that such a video was needed for while Instagram was banned in my country, unfortunately most people just seek for free no-name VPN to bypass censorship, which might save the day, but not the personal data.
Using Instagram already means not caring much about privacy
@@thel3218 Yeah, but it's still a widely used social platform, so not everyone can leave it even if they want to, because all their friends etc. are there.
Eric, its unbelieveable how fast you are growing! I'd say ive been watching since 10k subs or something, and what a bunch of growth, its only just been a few months and now you are at 70k subs! Great Video as well.
Ye same! I've watched him back at 14k subs, and it feels like just a couple weeks (not actually sure how long but it sure was fast)
Just found your channel a few days ago and I love it, the topics you cover are right up my alley and are really interesting. Subbed and activated the bell and that's not something I do with any channel - the bell part - only the most interesting channels get that honor :)
Keep it up!
I would say it depends on how reputable they are. The most reputable ones are the ones to go with. Especially the ones generally focused on privacy such as proton's general serivces which includes a vpn that has a free version.
In StarVPN DNS settings, Canada is probably CIRA Canadian Shield DNS
If you're too lazy to make ur own vpn with openvpn proton is a pretty okay. Just keep in mind it can be REALLY slow. Either way the only reason I use vpns is because of country censorship sooooo
Why is openvpn in the thumbnail
i remember, on my old pc, i had a free VPN, it made my internet so slow and not while using it, even after stopping its use, and not only on my PC but also on other devices in the house, eitherway now I use no VPN lol
@@rato_yes Many of these VPNs are getting you into a botnet used for massive DDoS attacks.
in reality as a indivisual you dont need a vpn with the exception of going to a diffrent location. vpns are best used for buisness applications and in that case they should have their own hosted vpn that requires a username and password given to you by the company and 2fa.
Torrenting in "first" world, avoiding censorship in "third" world, also geoblocking.
@@JGnLAU8OAWF6 you can torrent without vpns (atleast in the us). you want an antivirus for torrenting. also geoblocking and avoding censorship would fall under going to a diffrent location.
Staying anonymous on any public network. I don't want to tell everyone, that I'm visiting youtube or any other site. Huge point for me
Thing you are not considering with China is even if the company has no incentive to do anything with your traffic they are required by the Chinese government to give any and all info. Most likely they have plugins for the government monitoring. So the company doesn't matter, they are required by law.
What about proton's free version? it's fully open source and they have a pretty good reputation for privacy. They also use no-log polcies
thoughts on windscribe?
Why does total av have a bad reputation?
1:10
What about the adguard vpn extension or psiphon?
Proton is the only free VPN I would trust
proton is a fed honeypot
why
@@WriggleNightbug so if you do it on a non-regular basis then it's ok?
@@WriggleNightbug"i have nothing to hide but nothing i want to show either"
@@WriggleNightbugCheese pizza CP??!!!
25:01 I think the video color issue has to do with TH-cam's ambient mode being turned on, which is why the area surrounding the video has the black to white gradient.
most useless "feature" lmao
Eric, what is your verdict on ProtonVPN?
What about Proton VPN and Calyx VPN?
Good
You should take a look at the Microsoft Edge "built in VPN", not sure if it's released yet since I don't use edge but I saw it on twitter
what about proton VPN?
Daily remainder for Eric ear cats for 100k subs
what do you think about proton vpn?
Glad i run my Own VPN Servers. Windows Server Remote Access Services Role rn be like
Paid VPNs will get your payment information so that's not trustworthy either then.
Is the free Proton VPN any good?
It's good
Yeah it's one of the best free ones out there, used to be better though.
No they keep data logs
Yes, Windscribe and Tunnelbear too
@@Xq43 They said they don't
Brother chose the first time with everything getting banned in my country
What about protonvpn
How about Nordvpn and Protonvpn free versions? Do you think they're more reputable?
what about proton? haven't watched the vid yet
Trialware. Not necessarily a scam, but they expect you will buy it.
I've been using it for years without buying, works if you're satisfied with the select few countries@@EricParker
@@EricParker what do you mean? it's completely free and unlimited, there's no trial for it
@@arijanjover the months they've severely restricted the control free users get over location and server selection, the play is to get some free users and then gradually inconvenience them into switching to a subscription, you see it everywhere
@@arijanj Proton has a free tier and a paid tier. Paid users get faster VPN network, more bandwidth. The free tier can be understood as a trial and a trial doesn't necessarily mean it is time limited. The idea is if the free tier is good enough for you, by becoming a paid customer it will unlock more features, more connection points, more bandwidth.
Next video is Opera GX spyware?
That would be great
Muta did it. My understanding is mostly no, but I would not be comfortable attesting to a closed source browsers safety.
I would use Chrome, Chromium (that is the open source non Google branded one), Edge, or brave before I would use Opera.
chrome and edge are also closed source
@@EricParkerwhat is you browser of choice?
@@tankergear9857 Librewolf is top notch, Brave is fine but too much bloatware, Floorp I've been using for some time now. Keep in mind if you go with Librewolf the security is good it'll often break the functionality when using youtube because of cookie clearing and other protection mechanisms
i forget how brave's VPN works exactly but i can attest it is an actual VPN.
I use Proton vpn but its not a extensions i also use winscribe some times to but i dont use extensions for vpns
30 minute video of Eric talking about sketchy programs, perfect to kill some time :)
Cat ears at 100k subs btw
I cannot get over how informative and entertaining your videos are.
Eric, what do you think about Mullvad VPN?
random question, is your username lain (on the machine) for some random name reasons or because of the anime :D ?
can you comment of the safety of openvpn/wireguard server on a vps-cloud-hosted service like aws, oracle cloud, linode?
VPN's are great for ppl who dont know how to use their own router (not the one you get with an internet contract). but there are sadly far too many idiots that think vpn= invisible. they have no clue that the file they get has to get somewhere that you can track.
Which VPN do you recommend then?
You should do another of these looking at all of the free internet unblocking vpns that are on mobile. I know there are a lot of them that people at school use together around website blocking.
Edit: one in particular I have seen used a lot is vpn-superunlimited proxy, but there are a lot of
Why is OpenVPN in the thumbnail?
yeah I'm confused too
Hey Eric, can you please take a took at buff points or the other softwares that "earn you points while gaming." They seem like crypto miners but they claim they are not. What are they doing.
Proton isnt free but has an unlimited free tier with medium speed and generous servers mixed all this with their Switzerland background and strict no logs policy fantastic
What about ProtonVPN?
i didn't get a discord ping so i'm late for the cat ears at 100k reminder, sorry
as long as they dont snitch me out to copyright holders i dont really care
VPN I use is paid for and highly rated and I get these damn warnings on google every time. Mind you the only time I really use a VPN is if I'm staying at a hotel or am in another country on a resorts wifi.
What about proton? is free
What is your accent? It's like a cross between English, American, and Australian
Wow I wasnt aware of this. My school has thoasands of people using free vpn's especially on their phones. Im assuming thats also really risky?
can u make a tutorial on how to make that wireguard config
What about UrbanVPN?
11:32 This isn't true at all, there are protocols like L2TP and PPTP either don't require encryption or don't support it at all.
Proxy servers don't have to be unencrypted, both forward and reverse proxies can be used for TLS termination. This is how web proxies like Fortinet's FortiProxy and CDN providers like Cloudflare work.
Eric parker making the internet a bit safer.
15:15 is called user transparency another word for it is called being honest
How about proton vpn?
You showed the OpenVPN logo in you thumbnail but did not review it.. :(
Is urban vpn safe?
Isn’t that just peer to peer?
i just pissed on my wall
can you make a video on apple private relay and how that works
These are not private so they are Virtual Public Networks
Proton VPN is free and it's great!
What do you think about privado vpn and hide me vpn
Data = Money
Either it's paid or free. We are the product of this digital age....
Hi Eric! Could you please make a video about mods for beamng drive from sites like modland and worldofmods? Do they contain malicious files inside?
this is why i pay for VPS so i can use any free vpn in theres without any risks !
I used hola free vpn years ago for accessing adult content haha. I never signed into any websites and didn't notice any issues.
What about urban vpn?
What about iTop VPN ?
yeah i do find it weird that they used other peoples ips
Thanks for risking your pc for us😂