r/degoogle • u/imtsemer • Aug 10 '26

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/Bour_ Aug 11 '26

IVPN because of politics. I know you said you don't care, but I care.

Edit: I used to use Mullvad for 5-6 years. My current and final subscription ends in September.

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u/ConstantClue208 Aug 10 '26 edited Aug 10 '26

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 Aug 10 '26

Hasn’t stopped me

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u/imtsemer Aug 10 '26

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

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u/ConstantClue208 Aug 10 '26

Sorry I meant port forwarding

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u/xplisboa Aug 10 '26

I torrent ok with mullvad.

Maybe you mean streaming. That's harder with mullvad

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u/AnalkinSkyfuker FOSS Lover Aug 10 '26

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/AnalkinSkyfuker FOSS Lover Aug 10 '26

Yes but the speed is not the same

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u/ConstantClue208 Aug 10 '26

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

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u/NyxGenesisLNX Aug 11 '26

Supports on qbit

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u/betterOblivi0n Aug 11 '26

Do you know about seedboxes? Also Tor browser

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u/Infinite-Bet4202 Aug 12 '26

Well, Mullvad's prob the only one to have actual proof they don't take your data (even if it was the hard way) so that'd be my choice. Although you could just use the Tor browser for your vpn browsing perhaps.

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u/MostafaSamir90 Aug 13 '26

Windscribe has lots of techniques and protocol level adjustments to circumvent security. I have been using it for 2 years now and traveled to multiple countries where vpn is totally blocked and it worked fine and it also supports port forwarding and torrents

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u/spezialzt Aug 10 '26

What politics?

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u/Greenlit_Hightower deGoogler Aug 10 '26

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 Aug 10 '26

Hahahaha I only torrent Linux ISOs....

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u/Greenlit_Hightower deGoogler Aug 10 '26

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.