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Re:Many free mobile VPN apps are based in China or have Chin... by netsa on Sunday November 25, 2018 @08:20AM (#18526763)
I don't trust any free VPN. You can install vpn yourself (for example using opensource outline). There are many choice, AWS, Google cloud, Vultr, digitalocean ...
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Re:Many free mobile VPN apps are based in China or have Chin... by Kaveren on Sunday November 25, 2018 @08:48AM (#18526844)
I say this a lot, but running your own VPN service loses almost all the privacy. This is something people don't bring up when they recommend doing it.

With a paid VPN service, part of the attraction is that you're one of quite a few users on any given server at any given time.

Edit: If your only goal is to get past stuff that's blocked, that's different. Though if you get a VPS, you're still using an IP in a range that's likely to be blocked if a service doesn't want VPN traffic.

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