I just need a VPN to download Linux ISOs from Torrent and newsgroups. PIA seems to be $80 for 3 years and they have been around for a long time. Some post are suggesting that they belong to a company with government ties and shit. Should I be concerned? There is any other VPN in that price range?
I’ve used PIA for years and as far as I know they still don’t store any logs.
Only thing you might be worrisome about is the company that bought them out a few years ago, Kape Technologies.
Mullvad and Proton
Mullvad is great, but they just very recently took away the option of port forwarding, so torrenting with it is a problem now when it comes to seeding.
I’ve been using PIA for probably over 10 years and haven’t had an issue even after they were sold. Last I heard they still don’t keep records so there’s nothing to worry about.
I switched from Mullvad to Surfshark (total crap) only for video restrictions. Mullvad doesn’t unlock some services. However for torrenting and general improvement privacy is the best.
I’ve used PIA for a long time, but since I moved my email & file share stuff to Proton, I’ve switched to Proton VPN. I’m using the paid version, but they do have a free version too. Proton VPN Free is subsidized by paid users (like me!) and as far as I can tell the only difference between paid and free is that there are fewer free endpoints.
