- The idea that any vpn in any country other than the U.S is safer is very wrong, emotional and invalid since most vpns don’t own and run their own servers in that country. Most of them, rent servers from 3rd party companies that are compliant with rules in their own countries, and they don’t have physical 24/7 control over them.
VPN companies that don’t have physical control over their servers and who rent them from 3rd parties are saying they are not based in the U.S so they are safer. I think its ridiculous.
It is a marketing gimmick and I think its a travesty this is still peddled.
A vpn provider can say they are based in Malta or Hong Kong or anywhere, but if you look up, they don’t even have a physical presence there or even have servers there.
They may not even have the financial capabilities to defend you or lawyers.
I know of only a very few vpns that have said that they would rather shut down their service than give up their users. Most of them run vpn service strictly as a business, not because they care about you. They are sure to make up some weird reason after than give up their users. Maybe they have already thought about what ‘wise statement’ they will say when they are forced to give up their users.
NSA/CIA the U.S government have relations with many countries in the world, just because there are no rules in some countries, doesn’t mean, the vpn companies based there are any better.
Take thepiratebay as an example, they are moving from one country to another always.
Take, the earthvpn, supposedly no-log and based in Cyprus, their servers got raided.
Cyberghost moved from Germany to Romania, because I think their servers were compromised.
At least, in the U.S, you have laws, supreme court, good lawyers, organizations like EFF. In many other countries, I doubt, they have as good legal system as in the U.S. Once you are in jail, you may not see the daylight and it won’t even be reported in the news, I doubt. Even if you go to jail, there is always a possibility, one day, you can get out. In other countries, no one would even know you are in jail, possibly.
So this whole idea “We are not based in U.S so we are safe from NSA” is kinda wrong.
- Is it possible to have a no-log vpn?
Read
https://www.cryptostorm.org/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=6332
There are many methods to achieve a no-log vpn. VPN providers who say its not possible, maybe, say it because if they provide a no-log vpn, they would loose control and may have fear that their income will reduce.
- How is it possible to torrent on U.S servers?
You can re-route torrent traffic.
So, you are safe, using a vpn with a large number of users, hence financial ability to defend you, a vpn that have said they would rather shut down their service than give up anyone of their users and a vpn that have revealed least the name of one guy who runs their service and is well-known person, not some hidden guy on reddit or on their chat help. You are basically sent to /null if you are using a vpn service and you don’t know where is their office or even know of a single guy who runs it. I think you should be spooked if you are running a vpn service and their owners are hidden…who is to say, they are not the CIA? The possibility is real.
Maybe some information is missing
