Which VPN's are supported by Vivaldi?
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I am planning to buy a VPN and wondering, which VPN services are supported by Vivaldi, I am using its browser on linux, and have shortlisted a few VPN services.
Express VPN:
https://www.expressvpn.com/vpn-software/vpn-linux
PureVPN:https://www.purevpn.com/download/linux-vpn
NordVPN:https://nordvpn.com/download/linux/Please Guide
modedit Moved from https://forum.vivaldi.net/category/35/vivaldi-browser-for-linux , as it is not a Linux-only thread
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Which have an add-on for Chrome to allow you to control the VPN without leaving the browser?
If you simply want to use a VPN all the time (for a given session) they should all work. But if you need to disable the VPN for certain sites - there are sites that block access from VPNs, and VPNs will not work to access local pages (on your LAN) - then you'll need an extension to let you easily do that from within the browser.
In some cases you may also wish to consider where the VPN's endpoints are, if you are trying to get around location restrictions. Opera's built-in VPN can be set to say you are in Europe, for example, but if you want to see content that is restricted to England that is not good enough.
I can't address those particular VPNs, so I'm just raising points to be considered.
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At the point you need to pull in extra baggage from other topics to support your argument, you know you are on thin ice.
You yourself agree that they do log sensitive user data, and that seems to be the main criticism I see in most reviews along side the lack of p2p fileshare support.
They openly admit to logging sensitive data, compared to many others that admit they don't log sensitive data.
https://vpnvanguard.com/reviews/hoxx-vpn/
https://vpnpro.com/vpn-reviews/hoxx-vpn-review/
https://www.topreviewssite.com/hoxx-vpn-review-safe-legit/I made no aspersions as to the safety or trustability, only that it is not a Virtual PRIVATE Network.
Therefore the best you can call it is a proxy.
The original post is a request for advice on full VPN software not proxies.Comparing the telemetry done by an OS and the logging of sensitive user data done by the host of your net connection is not relevant.
Many people require to use a VPN for work or otherwise confidential reasons, not just to unblock websites.
If you use a VPN because you can't trust your ISP, why would you trust a different company with the exact same info ? Why use a VPN anyway as you gain nothing.
When you pay for a trusted VPN you get a service that knows they don't need your data because you are not a product, and the only logging done is for the system software, not the content flowing through it.What Hoxx do is just like you get in a corporate network where you cannot trust employees so inspect the traffic flow.
A proxy or VPN does not need to collect the user data for any reason connected with running the service.
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I add that if the VPN is used only to unlock certain websites, if it is possible to use the free version available to many paid VPNs. These free versions do not usually sell userdata, but they only offer a limited service in data volume or in a small number of servers, but which is usually enough for occasional use.
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It's possible to use desktop VPN, I think it only adds up to the security, here's a good article with top VPNs: Reddit about a VPN
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Since I only use a VPN in a timely manner and having an account in Proton mail, I also use the free version of Proton VPN. This has the limitation only 4 servers to choose from. But it has no data limit and does not traffic with user data and no logs.
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@zypper Un, did you bother to check any of those links? According to the reviews.. Hoxx does record your activities when using it... so how can it be a Virtual PRIVATE Network, when it's not private? Simple really... if they log you, it's not PRIVATE......
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There appears to be some confusion here about what exactly a VPN is. The "Private" in Virtual Private Network isn't referring to your privacy - it does not mean anonymous, and it doesn't mean that the company from which you buy service is unable to access your information or that it does not log traffic. The adjective "private" is modifying the noun "network" in the term Virtual Private Network, not the client/user.
VPN is a technology that predates the current popularity of commercial VPN services for individual internet users seeking to protect their privacy online. Briefly, the original purpose of a VPN was to connect clients who are physically distant and unable to connect directly to a private network - usually providing that connection across a larger public network. A common use case is connecting satellite offices & remote workers to the primary headquarters/office of a business, giving remote users access to resources inside the private network that are not exposed publicly.
In comparison to a "proxy", VPNs operate in much lower layers of the OSI Model (layer 2, or sometimes 3 or both), so any network traffic on the system gains all the benefits of using the VPN, whatever they may be. A proxy, on the other hand, is like a gateway, some operate at the very top layer (7), while some go down a couple layers (to 5). They have to be configured for each program rather than the whole system. There are "proxifiers" or "socksifiers" which can be installed to make most of your programs go through the proxy server, but this isn't bringing the connection to the server down into the media layers, it's still operating in the host layers.
VPNs are fundamentally different from proxies in terms of how they operate. Granted, using a VPN simply to encrypt & redirect traffic through the servers is using a small subset of the functionality, and is very similar to using a proxy, but the differences do make well configured VPNs more robust.
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I would recommend Private Internet Access (PIA). The major "drawback" that most reviews will mention is that they are an American company, but honestly, given the knowledge we're have about PIA (discussed next), being an American business does bring some benefits. The general concern when operating in a 5 or 14 eyes country is that the service will be forced to give up your information. It's easy for a service to claim it doesn't keep logs, PIA has proven it doesn't in court more than once. The FBI brought them into court to provide logs, and they couldn't. So that isn't an issue, but they still have to operate with the a level of integrity that might not be true of businesses based elsewhere.
Their speeds are great, and I've only ever encountered one problem using it with Vivaldi Android Snapshot, never on the desktop and never Android Beta. I'm actually fairly sure that PIA was was to blame for that issue, but in the name of full disclosure I mention it. It only happened once and I haven't been able to reproduce it with PIA yet, though I have reproduced it without PIA. I'm dull investigating to find the root cause of my sync issue.
It's not free, but I would never recommend a free VPN, and the prices are reasonable. If you want to, you can use payment methods that are not readily tracked back to you, such as cryptocurrency or many different gift card brands. It has all the features you'd expect to have in a VPN service, maybe not 1 or 2 less common features. As always, do your own research on any recommendations you receive before using any service.
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@bonetone said in Which VPN's are supported by Vivaldi?:
I would recommend Private Internet Access (PIA). The major "drawback" that most reviews will mention is that they are an American company, but honestly, given the knowledge we're have about PIA (discussed next), being an American business does bring some benefits. The general concern when operating in a 5 or 14 eyes country is that the service will be forced to give up your information. It's easy for a service to claim it doesn't keep logs, PIA has proven it doesn't in court more than once. The FBI brought them into court to provide logs, and they couldn't. So that isn't an issue, but they still have to operate with the a level of integrity that might not be true of businesses based elsewhere.
Their speeds are great, and I've only ever encountered one problem using it with Vivaldi Android Snapshot, never on the desktop and never Android Beta. I'm actually fairly sure that PIA was was to blame for that issue, but in the name of full disclosure I mention it. It only happened once and I haven't been able to reproduce it with PIA yet, though I have reproduced it without PIA. I'm dull investigating to find the root cause of my sync issue.
It's not free, but I would never recommend a free VPN, and the prices are reasonable. If you want to, you can use payment methods that are not readily tracked back to you, such as cryptocurrency or many different gift card brands. It has all the features you'd expect to have in a VPN service, maybe not 1 or 2 less common features. As always, do your own research on any recommendations you receive before using any service.
I use a free VPN, because I only use it in a timely manner, for example to watch a video that is blocked in my country. If it is only for this type of use, a free VPN may be sufficient. But if you have to read the conditions very well, and use a reliable service.Many paid VPNs also offer a reduced free service, but equally private, but limited to data volume or reduced number of servers available to the user, which in case of a timely use may be more than enough. Certainly there are also other "VPNs" that are advertised free and "unlimited", which obviously are not reliable, when financed directly with user data or / and are simply not real VPNs. As I said before, I use Proton mail and having an account with it, I also use the VPN they offer, having a good service in the free version, only limited by the amount of servers available, but not in data volume and also with reasonable speed, Enough for my purposes. Proton has also been valued very positively in several specialized magazines as a reliable company with good service, both with the mail, as well as the VPN, free or paid.
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Hoxx is a proxy or VN (there is no P because they log all your browsing activity)
https://thebestvpn.com/reviews/hoxx-vpn/Stay away if you want Private
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yeah as long as you don't need it to be secret, just to bypass a block it should be fine
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@zypper said in Which VPN's are supported by Vivaldi?:
For my "secrets" I use Windscribe on Linux
Windscribe is a good VPN, maybe you can try also Proton VPN, developed by CERN cientific team.
I like both, because they provide good conditions and excellent privacy also in their corresponding free versions, which is not so frequent among the free ones. -
@zypper said in Which VPN's are supported by Vivaldi?:
@Catweazle said in Which VPN's are supported by Vivaldi?:
maybe you can try also Proton VPN, developed by CERN cientific team.
I have Proton too
(using Proton Mail, sometimes). Thx for this advice.The free version has no data limit, but only has three servers to choose from, although for occasional use it is sufficient. Security and privacy is 100% in all versions, although it is not the fastest due to double encryption. Well, 20-30Mbs reaches, enough for streaming.
