Mullvad hasn’t yet shown themselves fed- friendly.
Proton has.
Mullvad is the answer.
this post was submitted on 12 May 2025
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When did Proton show themselves fed-friendly? Also what "fed" are we talking about? The Swiss Federation?
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Mullvad. It's cheaper than Proton. But Proton has more servers. Like Proton even provies Indian IPs, but the servers are hosted in Singapore, which may be something people need, as Mullvad do not have any servers with Indian IPs.
You can also try IVPN, it is almost same like Mullvad, no email for account, pay using Monero etc, but you can get a one week subscription for $2.
IVPN imo, just because it offers reverse split tunneling, if you prefer having more countries to choose from you can use Proton.
Has anyone used Mullvad vpn with a media server? I’m currently using AirVPN, but it’s not that good speed-wise. I’ve been looking at Mullvad for a while, but they’ve abandoned port forwarding, which I’m not sure how big of an impact that is.
Depending on how you're accessing this, and how many people you're trying to set this up for, it would probably be easiest to learn how to deploy your own Wireguard network. In my case, my phone automatically connects to my own Wireguard on my server (an 11 year old laptop) and whenever I'm on the go I have full access to my LAN + PiHole DNS filtering.
So, what's the point? The point is that you will be able to securely connect to your media server without exposing it directly to the internet, all without paying for a service to do what you can already do yourself, provided your ISP allows you port forward.
I have several people who usually access my media server from abroad. Can you confirm if the WireGuard network you mentioned allows you to “legally torrent” media using it?
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I love that Proton bots/fanboys always get pretty nervous when someone just points out the facts 🤣
I use Private Internet Access. It's been pretty solid. Apps for all devices. Cheap if you find it on special. Permits torrenting. Exit nodes everywhere, including China.
Logging. Bad choice.
They still see source of email and meta data.
I am not sure why they would ban account for getting links tho