On 05 Dec 2025, paulie420 said the following...

I've heard good things about Windscribe, too - I have a few friends that swear by it.

I was lucky enough to get a lifetime account when they first appeared on the scene, I happy they stuck around unlike ProXPN.


Jay

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Re: Re: VPN Suggestion...
By: paulie420 to Shurato on Fri Dec 05 2025 19:17:48

But I use Private Internet Access and for my threat model its totally fine. I don't do anything 'illegal' - so I just pay with a CC for a few years at a time and forget about it. They have a good track record with not divulging logs; but if pressed by America or any other 7 eyes countries I'm sure they'd give up the goat...

Again - for me, thats fine. But Mullvad if you're a bad boy.

I do not mean to challenge the point, but just a thought.. If total privacy is for bad boys only, then we are accepting a world where a basic human right is treated as a criminal act. The pursuit of privacy is a universal right, not an admission of guilt.

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r/vpn doesn't allow for brands to be mentioned or suggestions to be asked for. How useful is that? I can't use proton vpn 32 bit, it locks up my VM regularly. I need an alternative that would allow for split
tunneling and be of low resource intensity. Windows 10 32 bit.

I use Private Internet Access (PIA). It does do split tunnel. It has a 32 bit version available but they're older versions. The new versions are 64 bit.

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But I use Private Internet Access and for my threat model its totally fine. I don't do anything 'illegal' - so I just pay with a CC for a f years at a time and forget about it. They have a good track record wi not divulging logs; but if pressed by America or any other 7 eyes countries I'm sure they'd give up the goat...

Again - for me, thats fine. But Mullvad if you're a bad boy.

I do not mean to challenge the point, but just a thought.. If total privacy is for bad boys only, then we are accepting a world where a
basic human right is treated as a criminal act. The pursuit of privacy
is a universal right, not an admission of guilt.

Mindsurfer

Yes I agree! The gov't seems to think if you're wanting privacy you're hiding something. I think thats how they look at VPN's. It's sad but they keep widdling away.

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r/vpn doesn't allow for brands to be mentioned or suggestions to be asked
for. How useful is that? I can't use proton vpn 32 bit, it locks up my VM regularly. I need an alternative that would allow for split tunneling and be of low resource intensity. Windows 10 32 bit.

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On 05 Dec 2025, Shurato said the following...

r/vpn doesn't allow for brands to be mentioned or suggestions to be asked for. How useful is that? I can't use proton vpn 32 bit, it locks up my VM regularly. I need an alternative that would allow for split
tunneling and be of low resource intensity. Windows 10 32 bit.

I use and am very happy with Windscribe. They don't have a 32 bit Windows client but they do allow paid clients to use the OpenVPN client which does have a (legacy) 32 bit version.

Use this link for an extra 1GB on the free version:

https://windscribe.com/yo/dhbgs621

Their Black Friday deal is still on for $29 /year.


Jay

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r/vpn doesn't allow for brands to be mentioned or suggestions to be asked for. How useful is that? I can't use proton vpn 32 bit, it locks up my VM regularly. I need an alternative that would allow for split
tunneling and be of low resource intensity. Windows 10 32 bit.

So... I really like Mullvad VPN - you can literally pay with $CASH$ thru the mail, and a user ID that can be created anonymously. Also crypto...

But I use Private Internet Access and for my threat model its totally fine. I don't do anything 'illegal' - so I just pay with a CC for a few years at a time and forget about it. They have a good track record with not divulging logs; but if pressed by America or any other 7 eyes countries I'm sure they'd give up the goat...

Again - for me, thats fine. But Mullvad if you're a bad boy.



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I use and am very happy with Windscribe. They don't have a 32 bit
Windows client but they do allow paid clients to use the OpenVPN client which does have a (legacy) 32 bit version.

I've heard good things about Windscribe, too - I have a few friends that swear by it.



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I've heard good things about Windscribe, too - I have a few friends t swear by it.

I was lucky enough to get a lifetime account when they first appeared on the scene, I happy they stuck around unlike ProXPN.

Really??! How much was that, and is it much m0re nowadays?



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But I use Private Internet Access and for my threat model its totally fine.

Again - for me, thats fine. But Mullvad if you're a bad boy.

I do not mean to challenge the point, but just a thought.. If total privacy is for bad boys only, then we are accepting a world where a
basic human right is treated as a criminal act. The pursuit of privacy
is a universal right, not an admission of guilt.

Oh, I totally agree - and I'm hoping to get a Mullvad anonymous $$$ account when my PIA expires; was just saying that PIA, for my threat model, has been a totally fine company to do business with...

But I'm with ya...



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On 05 Dec 25 14:27:00, Shurato said the following to All:

r/vpn doesn't allow for brands to be mentioned or suggestions to be asked for. How useful is that? I can't use proton vpn 32 bit, it locks up my VM regularly. I need an alternative that would allow for split tunneling and b of low resource intensity. Windows 10 32 bit.

Viscosity Vpn client with ExpressVPN service... or any service that provides
an OpenVpn-compatible config.

Atreyu

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On 06 Dec 2025, paulie420 said the following...

I was lucky enough to get a lifetime account when they first appeared the scene, I happy they stuck around unlike ProXPN.

Really??! How much was that, and is it much m0re nowadays?

I don't think they do lifetime accounts anymore, I got it through Stack Social back in 2017 when Windscribe was just getting started & no one ever heard of them.

I can't remember exactly how much it was, but it was less than CA$100, not too bad as I have unlimited usage and it works on my laptop, iPhone, iPad & Apple TV.


Jay

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I was lucky enough to get a lifetime account when they first app the scene, I happy they stuck around unlike ProXPN.

Really??! How much was that, and is it much m0re nowadays?

I don't think they do lifetime accounts anymore, I got it through Stack Social back in 2017 when Windscribe was just getting started & no one
ever heard of them.

DAng - sounds like the best deal!! :P



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