The phrase in the title is a common trope that comes up when VPN services are discussed. While this statement is technically correct, it can be misleading, as it implies that all providers handle law enforcement requests and prepare for worst case scenarios similarly, so their conduct cannot be a differentiating factor when you evaluate them.

It is something to always take into consideration and not forget.

  • Nik282000@lemmy.ca
    19·
    8 months ago

    I love Mullvad and recommend them for everything other than torrenting. Once they disabled port forwarding I moved to AirVPN who seem to be pretty legit.

    I’m not trying to keep my ratios up but I have a few torrents of media that are not available anywhere for sale and have less than 10 seeds, so I feel like I am helping keep the shows and movies of my childhood alive.

    • MalReynolds@slrpnk.netEnglish
      10·
      8 months ago

      Good person. Much like I would like to do. I’d be happy with a VPN for personal use and another one for torrenting (gluetun compatible preferably) Shall look at AirVPN, thanks.

    • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      8 months ago

      Just switched to Mullvad and haven’t tried torrenting with it yet… Doesn’t work? Or just slow?

      • reddithalation@sopuli.xyz
        2·
        8 months ago

        yes, but you can only download from peers with port forwarding enabled, and you can also only upload to port forwarding peers, so generally its fine for downloading, but if you want to keep ratio (uploading) on a private tracker you need port forwarding