Can somebody explain the importance of paying for VPN in cryptocurrency? I understand that they wouldn’t have my CC info, but are we not inherently trusting them by using their product on our PC?
It’s the other side of the transaction that people should worry about more. If you make a payment to the VPN company through Credit/Debit card or PayPal, either PayPal or your bank will have a record that you use that particular VPN. If the bank or PayPal are ordered to hand over information about you by n authority (such as the police), they will consequently also know you use that VPN. Although I suppose that information may be worked out if your ISP keeps detailed enough data about your internet usage, and enough time is taken to sift through it to find that you are making a connection to the VPN’s servers. Still much more private than leaving a trail through your bank etc.
TL;DR to prevent the bad guys from knowing you use the VPN.
Personally I use Mullvad, which is available from the low price of 5€/month, accepts payments through cryptocurrency, stores no logs, multitude of different servers to choose from, high bandwidth (in my experience), compatible with different devices, has a free trial period to test it, and also requires no information about your identity to use it! It does this by generating a random ID number that is tied to your subscription instead of holding traditional account details.
Very informative, thanks.
Can somebody explain the importance of paying for VPN in cryptocurrency? I understand that they wouldn’t have my CC info, but are we not inherently trusting them by using their product on our PC?
It’s the other side of the transaction that people should worry about more. If you make a payment to the VPN company through Credit/Debit card or PayPal, either PayPal or your bank will have a record that you use that particular VPN. If the bank or PayPal are ordered to hand over information about you by n authority (such as the police), they will consequently also know you use that VPN. Although I suppose that information may be worked out if your ISP keeps detailed enough data about your internet usage, and enough time is taken to sift through it to find that you are making a connection to the VPN’s servers. Still much more private than leaving a trail through your bank etc.
TL;DR to prevent the bad guys from knowing you use the VPN.
Personally I use Mullvad, which is available from the low price of 5€/month, accepts payments through cryptocurrency, stores no logs, multitude of different servers to choose from, high bandwidth (in my experience), compatible with different devices, has a free trial period to test it, and also requires no information about your identity to use it! It does this by generating a random ID number that is tied to your subscription instead of holding traditional account details.
https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2017/1/13/clarifying-our-no-logging-policy/
I was not paid by them to post this endorsement.
maybe they should haha