Which VPN provider do you recommend?

[Hamza]

Hehe. Was always here watching behind the scene.

[francois]

That is what I sensed.

[snuffkin]

Protecting your private data is important, it's potentially in danger when you're surfing the internet in public places and using public wi-fi. If you don't use VPN, at least consider using VPN proxy to protect yourself. There's an app called Figleaf providing such service. They also have some nice articles about internet privacy, this page for example.

[francois]

Welcome to the porteus forum. Thanks for the tip.

What do find interesting about porteus?

[francois]

updated first post for the right path of IVACY VPN.

[jingleheimer]

Hi Francois,

I second you on your thoughts. I too use their Canada VPN while streaming.

[Kulle]

Free OpenVPN Server Finder

This tool finds free OpenVPN servers and you can download the OVPN configuration file.
The VPN list contains the columns: country, ip, score, speed, total users

After installation, open the panel and wait for a few seconds until the VPN list is updated, then find a suitable server
and press the "download" button to get the OVPN config file.

Here is the tool (browser addon for chromium, Google chrome, ...):
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/deta ... ated?hl=en

[francois]

Just an observation here. VPN is a nice technology. However, it seems to slow down transmission much. Is this your case?

[Kulle]

Here are some free VPN addons for Chromium based browsers (Chromium, Google Chrome, ...)
The speeds are different. Must try.
Checking the ip address:
https://ip-api.com/
https://iplocation.io/


ZenMate
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/deta ... me/related
countries: de ro sg us

urban VPN
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/deta ... on/related
very many countries

Windscribe VPN
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/deta ... e-ntp-icon
countries: us ca fr de nl no ro ch gb tr hk

1-click-VPN
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/deta ... e-ntp-icon
countries: gb nl ca us

Browsec
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/deta ... bgdodcjboh
Countries: nl gb us sg

Touch VPN
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/deta ... ihknkjbknd
countries: us ca ru de nl gb

VeePN
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/deta ... e-ntp-icon
countries: fr nl sg gb ru us

CyberGhost
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/deta ... phjdllaogb
countries: us ro nl de

[Kulle]

A very good free VPN is Windscribe with Countries: us ca fr de nl no ro ch gb tr hk
Download deb file:
https://windscribe.net/changelog/linux_deb

I use Mullvad Browser and Windscribe VPN (because Mullvad VPN is not free)

The Mullvad Browser is a privacy-focused web browser developed in a collaboration between Mullvad VPN and the Tor Project
It’s designed to minimize tracking and fingerprinting:

https://mullvad.net/en/download/browser/linux

[Rava]

The Mullvad Browser is a privacy-focused web browser developed in a collaboration between Mullvad VPN and the Tor Project

Here some info on it from the tor project itself:
https://support.torproject.org/mullvad-browser/

What is the Mullvad Browser? What is the difference between Mullvad Browser and Tor Browser? When should I use Mullvad Browser? Why should I trust Mullvad Browser? Where can I get support for the Mullvad Browser? What is the relationship between Mullvad VPN and the Tor Project? Why did the Tor Project decide to develop this browser for Mullvad VPN?

And it has an wikipedia entry as well: Mullvad

pcmag.com did test the browser and at the end of https://www.pcmag.com/news/new-privacy- ... or-project they state:

But the privacy protections do come with some trade-offs. For example, the software won’t retain your logins for specific websites in an effort to combat data tracking, although the browser's settings can be changed to your liking.

[Rava]

I try making a more or less sane module out of mullvad-browser-linux64-12.5.1_ALL.tar.xz but it is really giving me trouble.

Like, all file and folder permissions are read and executable for root only, even when the browser is not meant to be started as root. So lots of manually changing the wrong file mode bits, e.g. for the desktop file and all necessary binaries.

As root after extracting the the archive on a Linux Filesystem:

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tar -xJf mullvad-browser-linux64-12.5.1_ALL.tar.xz

The result is a folder named mullvad-browser, and in tat we have this:

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# ls -o
total 8
drwx------ 11 root 4096 2000-01-01 01:00 Browser
-rwx------  1 root 1778 2000-01-01 01:00 start-mullvad-browser.desktop

you need to do this:

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# chmod a+rx start-mullvad-browser.desktop Browser/
# ls -o
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 11 root 4096 2000-01-01 01:00 Browser
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root 1778 2000-01-01 01:00 start-mullvad-browser.desktop

# cd Browser/
# chmod a+rx abicheck execdesktop mullvadbrowser mullvadbrowser.real plugin-container start-mullvad-browser updater

But even then it would not work, since its base folder is now still read and executable by the non-root user, it is not writeable but the crappy start script wants to use ../ as the base folder for its temporary files, which is quite messed up.
Usually you put the binary and start scripts into a more sane folder, e.g. /opt/mullvad-browser - and /opt is surely not a folder you want the non-root user to be able to write into.

Does anyone know of a solution for a more sane start-mullvad-browser script, one that either uses the user's home folder for it temp file, (e.g. /home/guest/.cache/mullvad-browser/ ) or e.g. /tmp/mullvad-browser/

Kulle, how did you solve that issue?

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The easiest solution would be creating a folder named
/opt/mullvad-browser/mullvad-browser where this one folder

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/opt/mullvad-browser/ 

is owned by guest .

But the downsize is, when you use a changes cheatcode, then all the temp files would most probably be saved into your changes, and no one wants that when using such a browser.

Therefore that solution for a module is only okay if you not use changes cheatcode.

[Kulle]

Hi Rava,
the Mullvad browser and also the Tor browser can be used directly (without creating a module)
Just like Appimages.

See for example:
#3 in
Tor Browser

I also use other programs and other browsers directly (without creating a module)
Modules are not essential

I also use the Xtreme download manager directly.
look here for the Installation instruction:
https://www.linux-apps.com/p/1217403/

[Rava]

the Mullvad browser and also the Tor browser can be used directly (without creating a module)
Just like Appimages.

Like AppImages means, I can make the tar.xz executable and execute mullvad-browser-linux64-12.5.1_ALL.tar.xz directly without extracting it?

[Kulle]

Hi Rava,
of course yes, extract