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[–] msokiovt@lemmy.today 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There's a reason why I didn't mention Air instead of those three I named:

  • All three I named are the following:
    • Free Software (libreware, despite being SaaS)
    • Outside 5-Eyes and 9-Eyes
    • AES-256
    • Audited
[–] ElectroLisa@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So which one of these criterias are not met by AirVPN?

[–] msokiovt@lemmy.today 0 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

It isn't Free Software from what I took a look at.

[–] ken@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

What isn't free software..?

I think you should make it clear if you are talking about VPN services or client-side apps here. If they provide normal standard protocols like Wireguard and OpenVPN, they can be used without having to install any provider-specific apps.

Regardless of provider it's generally preferred to use third-party software to connect. VPN providers that don't even have their own apps don't qualify as good for you either?

Demanding the whole stack be FLOSS is a bit silly in this context. None of the ones you mentioned open-source most of their backend systems either AFAIK.

I think you should do your homework better before you speak so widely and absolutely dismissively with such claim of authority. It is not helpful.