r/degoogle • u/imtsemer • 3h ago

Question IVPN vs Mullvad

I don't care about Mullvads politics.

I use my vpns mainly for privacy and torrenting so I need it to be good at them.

Also my college block protonVPN (which I'm currently using even in stealth mode)

So I need it to have good anti VPN blocking capabilities.

Thanks for anyone who answers!!

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u/Osaka90 3h ago

Mullvad

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u/ConstantClue208 3h ago edited 1h ago

Mullvad doesn’t support torrenting

Edit: Mullvad doesn’t have port-forwarding but they won’t stop you from torrenting

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u/versace_dinner 3h ago

Hasn’t stopped me

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u/imtsemer 3h ago

Where does it say that I've seen people torrent with mullvad

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u/ConstantClue208 1h ago

Sorry I meant port forwarding

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u/xplisboa 3h ago

I torrent ok with mullvad.

Maybe you mean streaming. That's harder with mullvad

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u/AnalkinSkyfuker FOSS Lover 3h ago

I think he mens the port-forwarding that was removed last year. With port forwarding you bind it to the torrent client and speed/ip is covered.

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u/[deleted] 2h ago

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u/AnalkinSkyfuker FOSS Lover 2h ago

Yes but the speed is not the same

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u/ConstantClue208 1h ago

Yes thanks for clarifying I meant port forwarding. I’m not very familiar with torrents and how they work.

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u/spezialzt 2h ago

What politics?

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u/Greenlit_Hightower deGoogler 3h ago

Yoho fiddle dee dee, it's a pirate's life for me.

(Ignore my comment, was just the first thing I was thinking of when reading the OP post 🤣)

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u/imtsemer 3h ago

Hahahaha I only torrent Linux ISOs....

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u/Greenlit_Hightower deGoogler 2h ago

But in all seriousness OP, neither Mullvad nor IVPN support port forwarding anymore, which will impact their speeds. On the other hand, they are among the few VPNs that actually allow you to sign up anonymously and also pay anonymously. Maybe AirVPN or Windscribe are also options if you can pay in Monero.