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Has anyone tried Riseup VPN? (riseup.net)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've been experimenting with some free VPNs, and it looks like Riseup is legit. I'm able to torrent on it without issue and the speeds are acceptable for my connection.

How come we don't recommend this more? Everyone is always saying "no free vpns," but how many of you have actually tried them? I feel like I've been wasting money on my VPN ever since I found Riseup.

Are we just being hustled by the viral marketers and their useful idiots?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I think the best battle-tested VPN providers have been Mullvad and IVPN

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Proton and Astrill are very good as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I've tried proton, but torrenting doesn't seem to work with it for some reason.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They have servers tagged as p2p enabled, those work fine. Only in the paid plan though, free is not meant for that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

That's a bummer.

At least we have Riseup to fill the void.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

im fairly happy with windscribe, they give 10gb a month for freemium

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I've used windscribe, and their free option is great for evasion.

However the 10gb limit makes it worse than Riseup for torrenting.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Those aren't free, to the best of my knowledge.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Correct, but you get what you pay for. And they're worth the cost. I wouldn't trust a free VPN as much as I don't trust an ISP. Even paid VPNs shouldn't be wholly trusted either. But, the two I mentioned are probably the most reputable for privacy, besides Tor.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Correct, but you get what you pay for.

That's not true from what I'm experiencing with Riseup.

Do you have any experience with it?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes they're an OG private mail provider who then started offering VPN. I have mixed feelings about their service. It's average imo. But yes if you're really wanting free then either Proton or AdGuard are probably somewhat trustworthy-ish.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I've tried Proton, but torrenting doesn't work with the free option for some reason.