Nord VPN?

[DoggyDaddy]

Anyone have any experience with Nord VPN? They're having a special now. $83.76 for the first 2 years, which comes out to $3.49 a month. That seems reasonable. Pros or Cons?

 

[marvin02]

It works fine as far as I can tell. I've had it about a year. You can use it on multiple devices, which is nice.

With any VPN you'll get sites that block you, because the bad guys use VPNs also.

 

[Cameramonkey]

I purchased a month just to test our 2 factor conditional access and regional blocks.

The gotcha is when you cancel, its a two step process that is FAR from intuitive. If you click the "unsubscribe" and think you are done, you'll get a nasty surprise at the end of that billing cycle. (another bill)

I still had to go do something to confirm the cancellation that wasnt overly obvious and easy to miss as I recall. I wouldnt call it shady, but its obvious they want people that arent paying attention to "accidentally" pay at least another month.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I purchased a month just to test our 2 factor conditional access and regional blocks.

The gotcha is when you cancel, its a two step process that is FAR from intuitive. If you click the "unsubscribe" and think you are done, you'll get a nasty surprise at the end of that billing cycle. (another bill)

I still had to go do something to confirm the cancellation that wasnt overly obvious and easy to miss as I recall. I wouldnt call it shady, but its obvious they want people that arent paying attention to "accidentally" pay at least another month.

I think I'm going to give them a try. I may be calling on you again in 2 years to figure out how to unsubscribe if I don't like it.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

It works fine as far as I can tell. I've had it about a year. You can use it on multiple devices, which is nice.

With any VPN you'll get sites that block you, because the bad guys use VPNs also.

Yeah, it says it's good for up to 6 devices. I only have my laptop, and very rarely my phone, but that's just for INGO, so I probably won't bother with that.

 

[indyblue]

Mozilla (Firefox maker) offer vpn as well.


Has a few cons though

 

[oze]

Mozilla (Firefox maker) offer vpn as well.
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I know somebody who's been using Private Internet Access VPN for several years. They've been happy, up until recently, when they've noticed the throughput degradation on 5G, both unlink and downlink. I mean orders of magnitude difference. They said that they will strongly consider changing, once their annual subscription is over. They've read a lot of positive things about Nord.

 

[ancjr]

Once you identify to the VPN provider, you've essentially lost your privacy.

I've had good results with this one:

Mullvad VPN - Free the internet

Mullvad is a VPN service that helps keep your online activity, identity, and location private. Only €5/month - We accept Bitcoin, cash, bank wire, credit card, PayPal, and Swish.

mullvad.net

 

[jake blue]

I use NordVPN. Biggest selling point for me is their servers don't even store personal identifiable info about my browsing sessions but they're also based in a no-eyes alliance nation. The speed is not significantly degraded and they offer servers all over the world but plenty here in the US. They also have P2P and double VPN if you're extremely paranoid.

Unsure about their cancellation policy and any dark pattern habits they may practice but in terms of the VPN service itself I'm very satisfied.

 

[cburnworth]

You get what you pay for, that being said proton vpn is free.
Also alot of the antivirus companies are including vpn now.
Nord has always seemed to be from the people I have talked to about vpn.
As with anything else, you still need to watch what your clicking on.

 

[tv1217]

I've had it for a few years. I haven't gotten a piracy warning from my ISPs or phone companies since I started using it. Lol

 

[jkaetz]

Anyone have any experience with Nord VPN? They're having a special now. $83.76 for the first 2 years, which comes out to $3.49 a month. That seems reasonable. Pros or Cons?

What is your goal for a VPN? In general I would avoid all of the VPNs that heavily advertise. Here is some info on who owns the various VPN providers. https://vpnpro.com/blog/hidden-vpn-owners-unveiled-97-vpns-23-companies/ The VPN question really becomes do you trust them to make good on the claims that they make.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

What is your goal for a VPN? In general I would avoid all of the VPNs that heavily advertise. Here is some info on who owns the various VPN providers. https://vpnpro.com/blog/hidden-vpn-owners-unveiled-97-vpns-23-companies/ The VPN question really becomes do you trust them to make good on the claims that they make.

Reason is just for general privacy. Oddly enough, that site kept giving me pop-ups for Nord! But anyhow, this is from Nord's website and seems good to me if legit:

"NordVPN is based away from the EU and US jurisdictions and has no obligation to collect your personal information. That means we don’t record, monitor, store, log or share anything you do. We can’t provide any details about your internet activity even if you request that yourself. Why? Because we have nothing to provide."

 

[jkaetz]

Reason is just for general privacy. Oddly enough, that site kept giving me pop-ups for Nord!

Yes Nord must spend $$$$$ on marketing as they have ads everywhere. They may well be as good as they claim, I haven't really researched them. Only posing the question for thought provoking purposes.

Another thought provoking tidbit, eventually your traffic pops out on the public internet with an IP address. Supposedly unique users can be identified by browsing and even mouse and keyboard habits. While they might not have a legal connection to you, they will eventually identify you as user 31388853.

 

[jake blue]

Yes Nord must spend $$$$$ on marketing as they have ads everywhere. They may well be as good as they claim, I haven't really researched them. Only posing the question for thought provoking purposes.

Another thought provoking tidbit, eventually your traffic pops out on the public internet with an IP address. Supposedly unique users can be identified by browsing and even mouse and keyboard habits. While they might not have a legal connection to you, they will eventually identify you as user 31388853.

This is true, there's no such thing as true anonymity on the internet anymore. But the difference is your virtual traffic can't be tracked back to your physical location which provides a certain level of real-world security. VPN isn't the only security solution we need to be employing but it's a starting point.

 

[indyblue]

Several review sites mirror this opinion of nordVPN

Most people had already stopped using Nord VPN earlier on because of their declining performance. In my opinion, it appears that the company has been investing more on advertising its services than in its infrastructure. They’ve even been advertising 80% discounts for new customers. In fact, most people claim the service is getting slower.

They were actually good until they started putting profits first and customer security second. I’ll not be recommending this VPN going forward.

If you are looking for a better VPN I advise you to find another alternative to NordVPN. If you are still a Nord VPN customer, I would recommend that you change to a better alternative. You can do this when your billing time comes. The company is not only insecure but economical with the truth too.

The Mozilla vpn is based on Mullvad vpn and would be my favorite since I run linux and it is linux friendly (packaged client).
YMMV

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Several review sites mirror this opinion of nordVPN

The Mozilla vpn is based on Mullvad vpn and would be my favorite since I run linux and it is linux friendly (packaged client).
YMMV

Well poop. I guess I'm locked in for 2 years, but I haven't noticed any degradation in speed.

 

[jake blue]

Several review sites mirror this opinion of nordVPN

The Mozilla vpn is based on Mullvad vpn and would be my favorite since I run linux and it is linux friendly (packaged client).
YMMV

Link?

As I recall the period when that review likely posted was a number of years ago. There was a time when I would give NordVPN a pass also but I think they straightened up their act.

 

[indyblue]

Well poop. I guess I'm locked in for 2 years, but I haven't noticed any degradation in speed.

Don’t worry too much about it it’s still considered one of the better VPN services out there. As many of us IT pros know, no software system is completely secure, ever! I am conflicted because the profit motive is a double edge sword. For-profit companies want to maximize profits and hiding or ignoring breaches in security can undermine that mission and cause loss of customers.

Since I am an open source advocate I lean towards open source and nonprofit solutions, However there are no golden solutions.

 

[indyblue]

Link?

As I recall the period when that review likely posted was a number of years ago. There was a time when I would give NordVPN a pass also but I think they straightened up their act.

Yeah, their breach was in 2020