<story><title>Ask HN: What VPN service are you currently using?</title><text>And would you recommend it? I&amp;#x27;ve decided to get one and so far my only two requirements seem to be:&lt;p&gt;1. It should work with OpenVPN&lt;p&gt;2. It should support SOCKS5 (Proxy)&lt;p&gt;PIA, Nord, Mullvad, ZorroVPN, ProtonVPN look promising. On the other hand, SigaVPN is based on a not-for-profit model so I was not sure about it. What is your personal preference?</text></story><parent_chain><item><author>kinkora</author><text>PIA (Private Internet Access) and am a happy customer for 3rd year running.&lt;p&gt;Why do I choose them? Besides the ease of use over multiple platforms, they are the only VPN (I am aware of) that has held up in court that they do not store any logs when asked to handover personal information.&lt;p&gt;Sources:&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;torrentfreak.com&amp;#x2F;private-internet-access-no-logging-claims-proven-true-again-in-court-180606&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;torrentfreak.com&amp;#x2F;private-internet-access-no-logging-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.scribd.com&amp;#x2F;doc&amp;#x2F;303226103&amp;#x2F;Fake-bomb-threat-arrest&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.scribd.com&amp;#x2F;doc&amp;#x2F;303226103&amp;#x2F;Fake-bomb-threat-arrest&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sascha_sl</author><text>PIA&amp;#x27;s offer and their policy on retention might be good, but they&amp;#x27;re still a US company and they still tried to smear several other VPN companies (including ProtonVPN).&lt;p&gt;Their clients are also messy memoryleaky electron apps with outdated chromium embedded.</text></comment>
<story><title>Ask HN: What VPN service are you currently using?</title><text>And would you recommend it? I&amp;#x27;ve decided to get one and so far my only two requirements seem to be:&lt;p&gt;1. It should work with OpenVPN&lt;p&gt;2. It should support SOCKS5 (Proxy)&lt;p&gt;PIA, Nord, Mullvad, ZorroVPN, ProtonVPN look promising. On the other hand, SigaVPN is based on a not-for-profit model so I was not sure about it. What is your personal preference?</text></story><parent_chain><item><author>kinkora</author><text>PIA (Private Internet Access) and am a happy customer for 3rd year running.&lt;p&gt;Why do I choose them? Besides the ease of use over multiple platforms, they are the only VPN (I am aware of) that has held up in court that they do not store any logs when asked to handover personal information.&lt;p&gt;Sources:&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;torrentfreak.com&amp;#x2F;private-internet-access-no-logging-claims-proven-true-again-in-court-180606&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;torrentfreak.com&amp;#x2F;private-internet-access-no-logging-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.scribd.com&amp;#x2F;doc&amp;#x2F;303226103&amp;#x2F;Fake-bomb-threat-arrest&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.scribd.com&amp;#x2F;doc&amp;#x2F;303226103&amp;#x2F;Fake-bomb-threat-arrest&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>AsyncAwait</author><text>They also donate to FLOSS on a semi-regular basis.</text></comment>