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Hi privacy fans :) I've been a lurker in this lemmy-community for a while now and a "fan" of privacy for about 4 years now. Since 4 years, I've been on and of with VPNs. Sometimes I think I dont need one, sometimes I change my mind and start searching for one. The only one I tested (and used) so far, was Mullvad. But now reading about Surfshark, I was wondering, if there might be a better solution or if Mullvad is already the best solution for VPN. What I dont like about Surfshark is, that it is part of North Security and that it is not open-source (or at least I can find any info about that).

I hope you guy and gals have some suggestions or recommendation :)

Edit: wow... thanks for all of your fast replies. Coming from Reddit, I am used to only shitposting. Thanks for all your input. I will look into all the mentioned VPN hosters, thx ๐Ÿ‘

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[โ€“] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But what about server side logging? Even if the server is open source how can one that they are actually the code they publish without changing anything if there are no audits?

[โ€“] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

There's a certain point where it just comes down to trust. And if you distrust a company enough that you think they aren't posting the same code to the git repository that they say they are, then maybe that's when you shouldn't be doing business with them.

This is the case with all organizations, corporate or otherwise.