Based or Botnet? pepe

VPN Providers

*Intelligence alliance: Indicates if the country where the VPN provider is based in participates in a massive surveillance program such as the Five Eyes

*Cattle: Indicates if the VPN is targeting the "cattle" either by making false promises, throwing around buzzwords or sponsoring YouTubers and websites.

Name *Intelligence alliance Registration requirements Payment methods Client *Cattle Additional features Summary
IVPN None (Gibraltar) Randomly generated account ID Accepts privacy friendly payment methods (XMR, BTC, cash) GPL-3.0 No Port forwarding, Multi-hop, Ad blocking, Obfsproxy Recommended
VanwaTech VPN Five Eyes (USA) E-mail is required Accepts privacy friendly payment methods (BTC) however they don't accept privacy coins GPL-2.0 Yes Ad blocking, Tor over VPN Run by Nicholas Lim, a far right activist. "VPN from the #1 leader in free speech and privacy." haha. Avoid it.
Mullvad VPN Fourteen Eyes (Sweden) Randomly generated account ID Accepts privacy friendly payment methods (BTC, BCH, cash) however they don't accept privacy coins GPL-3.0 No Port forwarding, Multi-hop Probably okay
ProtonVPN None (Switzerland) E-mail is required Has free plan GPL-3.0 Yes Ad blocking, Multi-hop, BitTorrent support, Tor over VPN Fed honeypot, avoid at all cost
RiseupVPN Five Eyes (USA) - Free GPL-3.0 No - Run by a far left organization which claims to fight for privacy and has been around since 1999. Avoid free VPNs
NordVPN None (Panama) E-mail is required Accepts privacy friendly payment methods (BTC, ETH, XRP) however it can be only payed via a crypto gateway Proprietary YESSSS Ad blocking, Multi-hop, Tor over VPN Sponsored YouTubers and "VPN review" sites. They had data leaks in the past, most popular VPN for the cattle, avoid at all cost
Private Internet Access Five Eyes (USA) E-mail is required Accepts privacy friendly payment methods (BTC, BCH, ETH, LTC) however it can be only payed via a crypto gateway GPL-3.0 / MIT Yes Ad blocking Sponsored YouTubers and "VPN review" sites. Owned by Kape Technologies which also happens to be the owner of Cyberghost, ExpressVPN and Zenmate. Kape Technologies developed PUP in the past, avoid at all cost
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Surfshark None (British Virgin Islands) E-mail is required Accepts privacy friendly payment methods (BTC, ETH, XRP) however it can be only payed via a crypto gateway Proprietary Yes - Sponsored YouTubers and "VPN review" sites, avoid at all cost
VyprVPN None (Switzerland) E-mail and full name is required ? Proprietary Yes - Avoid