Our knowledge of anything—morality, time, of the experience, science, history, philosophy, math, and even the influence of the divine to whatever extent that we keep alive or "living" via our unique and profound ability to retain and transfer knowledge in contrast to nature, is a consequence of being as conscious to both ourselves and everything else as we humans sure seem to be. Sure, we may give life or create any degree of knowledge of morality or time, but that doesn't make them not real. Sure, we give life to there being a past and a future via the images of either or that we instill in our minds through our imaginations, and right now may be the only time there is, but that doesn't make time itself not real or cease to exist if theres something not capable of giving life to it so to speak, as we can plainly see when we observe something decaying or measure how long something has existed for. Of course the same can be said of our knowledge of morality no matter the source, like religion, stoicism, or even a proverb from where or whenever. Our knowledge of morality is of course born out of our imaginations as well, but more specifically when it comes to morality: Our unique and profound ability to imagine ourselves in someone or something else's shoes and really try to imagine feeling all that they're feeling, or in other words: Empathy (the law and the prophets as a whole that were meant to be fulfilled; "love thy neighbor as thyself").

All knowledge exists with or without something capable of acknowledging it or to give life to it so to speak; it's there waiting for something to come along and reveal it. Therefore, anything conscious enough to retain any degree of knowledge is only capable of behaving out of what it presently knows, making anythings doing a doing out of a lack of knowledge; an ignorance. This is what Socrates meant when he said all evil is born out of an ignorance (Socrates on ignorance and evil:
sparknotes.com/philosophy/apol…) because of course lack of knowledge to any degree is going to come along with our unique and profound ability to acknowledge any extent of it in the first place. Which in turn makes all lack of knowledge therefore to be just as much of a consequence of consciousness as any possession of knowledge to any degree. This is the knowing necessary to gain the understanding, thus, will to forgive any lack of knowledge to any extent we all encounter at some point, in some way or another throughout our lives.

"And the Lord said, 'And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?” - Jonah 4:11

"Know thyself." - The first of three Ancient Greek maxims chosen to be inscribed into the Temple of Apollo where the Oracle of Delphi resided in Ancient Greece

"When you can understand everything [things] you can forgive anything." - Leo Tolstoy

Disclamer: I'm not a Christian; knowledge is knowledge no matter the source and no matter what we've rendered it ever since its been revealed and labeled.

When Tolstoy speaks of Christianity, he's referring to his more objective, philosophical, non-supernatural interpretation of his translation of the Gospels: The Gospel In Brief. For context: lemmy.world/post/25679868

"In the beginning stood the knowledge of life ["I am WHO I AM;" consciousness], as the foundation of all things. Knowledge of life stood in the place of God. Knowledge of life is God. According to Jesus's proclamation, it stands as the basis and source of all things, in the place of God. All that lives was born into life through knowledge. And without it, there can be nothing living. Knowledge gives true life. Knowledge is the light of life. It is the light that shines in the darkness and the darkness cannot extinguish it. The true light [knowledge] has always been in the world and it illuminates every person born into the world. It was in the world and the world is living only because it had that light of knowledge within itself, but the world did not hold on to it. It revealed itself to its own, but its own did not keep it. Only the ones who understood the knowledge, they alone were given the opportunity to become like it, by virtue of their belief in its essence. Those who believed in the fact that life is based in knowledge did not become sons of the flesh, but became sons of knowledge. And the knowledge of life manifested itself in the flesh, through the person of Jesus Christ, and we understood his meaning that the son of knowledge, a man in the flesh ["man (humans) are the son of God"], the only begotten of the father, begotten from the source of life, is the same as the father, the same as the source of life. The teaching of Jesus is the perfect and true faith. Because by fulfilling the teaching of Jesus we have come to understand a new faith in place of the old ["a teaching (a general knowledge) that gives meaning to life"]. The law had been given through Moses, but we have come to understand the true faith, based on the attaining of knowledge, through Jesus Christ. Nobody has seen God and nobody ever will; only the son, the one who is within the father, he alone has shown the path of life." Leo Tolstoy, The Gospel In Brief, "Introduction: Knowledge of Life"

Want to wade into the sandy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)

If you only just started paying attention to the inner workings of the media industry, you might think America’s information environment transformed overnight.

In the past few months, a president extracted settlements from media giants as his apparatchiks vowed state retribution against his opponents – all as they defunded public media at a time when the president’s biggest boosters own the algorithms that decide what information is amplified and suppressed.

Meanwhile, media companies are merging into ever-larger behemoths, some have muzzled White House critics as their companies seek presidential favors, and the White House is reportedly brokering a deal to hand yet another social media platform over to his billionaire allies.

And now, a media industry billionaire has placed CBS News under the control of the conservative provocateur Bari Weiss, who is empowered to shroud her culture war and oligarch-friendly economics in what she calls “journalism that is fair, fearless, and factual”.

But as abrupt as this Orwellian turn may seem, it is no sudden pivot – it is instead the culmination of a scheme launched a half-century ago by some of America’s most influential power brokers, as our new book Master Plan exposes. Sketched out in never-before-reported documents, this plot aimed to destroy accountability journalism and make news outlets into champions rather than adversaries of power.

We are indeed at the end of the GOP's long game. It's possible Trump sped things along by a decade or two, but there's no way to prove that.

Tolstoy references the Book of Jonah in What I Believe as means to explain that we should still be of the world and not entirely give it up for the sake of the church. I think there's more to it then that however.

The Book of Jonah (biblegateway.com/passage/?sear…) teaches the most valuable lesson in scripture in my opinion—that ignorance (lack of knowledge) is an inevitability; it's a consequence of knowledge to begin with, a byproduct if it. Of course lack of knowing comes along with being able to know anything in the first place, and some people are even born without the ability to be able to know their right hand from their left (Autism Spectrum Disorder for example):

"And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?” - Jonah 4:11

"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge [ignorance]." - Hosea 4:6

"And Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do." - Luke 23:34

No one can know until they know, and no one can even begin to dream (imagine) of being able to see what they don't know and therefore can't understand, and no one asks or earns how they came out of the womb biologically; we've all either stumbled upon on it or your God made it so. This is what warrants anything we come to hate infinite forgiveness, because it comes from ignorance (lack of knowledge), as we were when we were kids ourselves for example, of course God can't help but see us the same way. Yes, we've grown up and subsequently know better, but far from everything, no matter how old we become, everything's doing is a doing out of a degree of lack of knowledge, especially being still so far away from the sobering influence of the knowledge of the experience of our own death.

This inevitable lack of knowledge, that's simply a consequence of our unique and profound ability to acknowledge knowledge to the extent we can in contrast to nature to begin with (of course there's going to be absence of it to some degree as a result), especially including the knowledge of the experience, of being poor, starving, or collectively disliked as a few examples, needs to be gained, therefore, someone needs to be willing to teach it. Jonah was hardly even willing to go about it, and even ran away initially because of his hate and contempt for the people of Nineveh, due to their debauchery (making God's of their sense organs) and iniquity. But what if there was someone willing to go as far as to even suffer for the sake of spreading the knowledge of God, thus, the path to peace and its value? That I personally equate as our knowledge of morality, no matter the source. Hence the fruit of the tree that gained us the unique and profound ability in contrast to nature to acknowledge knowledge of morality that rendered us being made in Gods image complete. Jesus calls this book the "sign of Jonah":

The Sign of Jonah

29 "When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, “This generation is an evil generation. It seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. 30 For as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation." - Luke 11:28

The sign being an influence, thus, incentive and will therefore, via a knowledge to save themselves from their inherecy to themselves, being absent the knowledge of God (of morality) otherwise; instinct leads us to sin (selfishness), knowledge leads us go be able to pierce through what instinct demands of us, away from the hell we potentially make for ourselves here in this life, becoming either a prisoner of our minds (of our conscience), or to men, ultimately. And as the storm of death begins to slowly approach the shores of your conscience, where will you have built your house (your life)? Out on the sand, with the fool? As most people would be inherently drawn to? Or with the wise man, out on the rock? "And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.” - Matt 7:27

The Golden Rule

“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction [selfishness], and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life [selflessness], and those who find it are few." - Matt 7:13
biblegateway.com/passage/?sear…

Tolstoy references the Book of Jonah in What I Believe as means to explain that we should still be of the world and not entirely give it up for the sake of the church. I think there's something more philosophically profound to it then that however.

The Book of Jonah (biblegateway.com/passage/?sear…) teaches the most valuable lesson in scripture in my opinion—that ignorance (lack of knowledge) is an inevitability; it's a consequence of knowledge to begin with, a byproduct if it. Of course lack of knowing comes along with being able to know anything in the first place, and some people are even born without the ability to be able to know their right hand from their left (Autism Spectrum Disorder for example):

"And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?” - Jonah 4:11

"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge [ignorance]." - Hosea 4:6

"And Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do." - Luke 23:34

No one can know until they know, and no one can even begin to dream (imagine) of being able to see what they don't know and therefore can't understand, and no one asks or earns how they came out of the womb biologically; we've all either stumbled upon on it or your God made it so. This is what warrants anything we come to hate infinite forgiveness, because it comes from ignorance (lack of knowledge), as we were when we were kids ourselves for example, of course God can't help but see us the same way. Yes, we've grown up and subsequently know better, but far from everything, no matter how old we become, everything's doing is a doing out of a degree of lack of knowledge, especially being still so far away from the sobering influence of the knowledge of the experience of our own death.

This inevitable lack of knowledge, that's simply a consequence of our unique and profound ability to acknowledge knowledge to the extent we can in contrast to nature to begin with (of course there's going to be absence of it to some degree as a result), especially including the knowledge of the experience, of being poor, starving, or collectively disliked as a few examples, needs to be gained, therefore, someone needs to be willing to teach it. Jonah was hardly even willing to go about it, and even ran away initially because of his hate and contempt for the people of Nineveh, due to their debauchery (making God's of their sense organs) and iniquity. But what if there was someone willing to go as far as to even suffer for the sake of spreading the knowledge of God, thus, the path to peace and its value? That I personally equate as our knowledge of morality, no matter the source. Hence the fruit of the tree that gained us the unique and profound ability in contrast to nature to acknowledge knowledge of morality that rendered us being made in Gods image complete. Jesus calls this book the "sign of Jonah":

The Sign of Jonah

29 "When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, “This generation is an evil generation. It seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. 30 For as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation." - Luke 11:28

The sign being an influence, thus, incentive and will therefore, via a knowledge to save themselves from their inherecy to themselves, being absent the knowledge of God (of morality) otherwise; instinct leads us to sin (selfishness), knowledge leads us go be able to pierce through what instinct demands of us, away from the hell we potentially make for ourselves here in this life, becoming either a prisoner of our minds (of our conscience), or to men, ultimately. And as the storm of death begins to slowly approach the shores of your conscience, where will you have built your house (your life)? Out on the sand, with the fool? As most people would be inherently drawn to? Or with the wise man, out on the rock? "And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.” - Matt 7:27

The Golden Rule

“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction [selfishness], and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life [selflessness], and those who find it are few." - Matt 7:13
biblegateway.com/passage/?sear…

All of the reporting clouding the political allegiances of the shooters was on the public record on 25 September, when Starbuck replied to an X user who challenged him that “every single one of the cases I just pointed out are leftists”, blaming “left wing leaders … and their crazy followers”.

Starbuck reiterated his claims about each shooter to the Guardian and linked to four sources he claimed supported him, including a Daily Mail story about Facebook posts by Joshua Jahn’s mother, and a protest footage video published to YouTube by one of the previously cited independent videographers.

He further responded with accusations about the Guardian, writing: “Why is the Guardian fixated on trying to downplay leftwing violence instead of investigating the clear surge of it?”

He added: “I don’t have the luxury of ignoring this reality – my security team and the FBI are actively handling ongoing death threats against me. The dismissiveness from outlets like yours makes you complicit in emboldening this violence.”

My god. 🎻

If you're dealing with ongoing death threats, maybe it's a sign you're a cuntwaffle crunchwrap supreme. Talk about playing the victim.

You know why I don't get death threats? I don't actively engage in trying to ruin millions of people's lives. It's so far proven an effective strategy.

These fucking snowflakes ...

After making a post about comparing VPN providers, I received a lot of requested feedback. I've implemented most of the ideas I received.

Providers

• AirVPN
• IVPN
• Mozilla VPN
• Mullvad VPN
• NordVPN
• NymVPN
• Private Internet Access (abbreviated PIA)
• Proton VPN
• Surfshark VPN
• Tor (technically not a VPN)
• Windscribe

Notes

• I'm human. I make mistakes. I made multiple mistakes in my last post, and there may be some here. I've tried my best.
• Pricing is sometimes weird. For example, a 1 year plan for Private Internet Access is 37.19€ first year and then auto-renews annually at 46.73€. By the way, they misspelled "annually". AirVPN has a 3 day pricing plan. For the instances when pricing is weird, I did what I felt was best on a case-by-case basis.
• Tor is not a VPN, but there are multiple apps that allow you to use it like a VPN. They've released an official Tor VPN app for Android, and there is a verified Flatpak called Carburetor which you can use to use Tor like a VPN on secureblue (Linux). It's not unreasonable to add this to the list.
• Some projects use different licenses for different platforms. For example, NordVPN has an open source Linux client. However, to call NordVPN open source would be like calling a meat sandwich vegan because the bread is vegan.
• The age of a VPN isn't a good indicator of how secure it is. There could be a trustworthy VPN that's been around for 10 years but uses insecure, outdated code, and a new VPN that's been around for 10 days but uses up-to-date, modern code.
• Some VPNs, like Surfshark VPN, operate in multiple countries. Legality may vary.
• All of the VPNs claim a "no log" policy, but there's some I trust more than others to actually uphold that.
• Tor is special in the port forwarding category, because it depends on what you're using port forwarding for. In some cases, Tor doesn't need port forwarding.
• Tor technically doesn't have a WireGuard profile, but you could (probably?) create one.

Takeaways

• If you don't mind the speed cost, Tor is a really good option to protect your IP address.
• If you're on a budget, NymVPN, Private Internet Access, and Surfshark VPN are generally the cheapest. If you're paying month-by-month, Mullvad VPN still can't be beat.
• If you want VPNs that go out of their way to collect as little information as possible, IVPN, Mullvad VPN, and NymVPN don't require any personal information to use. And Tor, of course.

ODS file: files.catbox.moe/cly0o6.ods

I made a spreadsheet comparing different open source VPN providers.

Part 2 here

Providers

• IVPN
• Mozilla VPN
• Mullvad VPN
• NymVPN
• Proton VPN

Notes

• Please do not start a flame war about Proton.
• Please do not start a flame war about cryptocurrencies. Monero is the only cryptocurrency listed because of its privacy.
• The very left column is the category for each row, the middle section is the various VPN providers, and the right section is which VPNs are the best in each category.
• IVPN has two differing plans, which is why "Standard" and "Pro" are sometimes differentiated.
• For accounts, "Generated" means a random identifier is created for you to act as your account, "Required" means you must sign up yourself. Proton VPN allows guest use under specific conditions (e.g. installed from the Google Play Store), but otherwise requires an account.
• Switzerland is seen as more private than Sweden. Gibraltar is seen as privacy neutral.
• All prices are in United States Dollars. Tax is not included.
• Pricing is based on the price combination to achieve the exact time frame. For example, Proton VPN does not have a 3 year plan but you can achieve 3 years by combining a 2 year plan with a 1 year plan.
• The availability section is security based. Availability is framed around a GrapheneOS and secureblue setup.
• The Proton VPN Flatpak is unofficial, but based on the official code.
• Availability on secureblue is based on the ujust install-vpn command. Security features must be disabled on secureblue in order to use the GUI for IVPN and Mullvad VPN, but not for Proton VPN. Mozilla VPN and NymVPN are available as Flatpaks, which are safer than layering packages.
• I wanted to include more categories, such as which programming languages they are written in, connection speed, and security, but that became far too difficult and complex, so I decided to omit those categories.

Takeaways

• NymVPN is very very new, but it's off to a strong start. It wins in almost every category. I actually hadn't heard of it until I started this project.
• If you want a free VPN, Proton VPN is the only one here that meets that requirement.
• If you want to pay week-by-week, IVPN is the only one that allows that.
• If you're paying month-by-month on a budget, Mullvad VPN is the cheapest option.
• NymVPN is the cheapest plan for anything past 1 month.
• If you want to use Accrescent as your main app store, IVPN is the only VPN available there for now.
• If you want to pay for a bundle of apps, including a VPN, Proton sells more than just a VPN.
• Mozilla VPN is terrible. The only thing it has going for it is a verified Flatpak, but NymVPN also has that so it doesn't even matter.

The 8232 Project

2025-10-10 20:53:49

VPN Comparison 2.0

After making a post about comparing VPN providers, I received a lot of requested feedback. I've implemented most of the ideas I received.

Providers

• AirVPN
• IVPN
• Mozilla VPN
• Mullvad VPN
• NordVPN
• NymVPN
• Private Internet Access (abbreviated PIA)
• Proton VPN
• Surfshark VPN
• Tor (technically not a VPN)
• Windscribe

Notes

• I'm human. I make mistakes. I made multiple mistakes in my last post, and there may be some here. I've tried my best.
• Pricing is sometimes weird. For example, a 1 year plan for Private Internet Access is 37.19€ first year and then auto-renews annually at 46.73€. By the way, they misspelled "annually". AirVPN has a 3 day pricing plan. For the instances when pricing is weird, I did what I felt was best on a case-by-case basis.
• Tor is not a VPN, but there are multiple apps that allow you to use it like a VPN. They've released an official Tor VPN app for Android, and there is a verified Flatpak called Carburetor which you can use to use Tor like a VPN on secureblue (Linux). It's not unreasonable to add this to the list.
• Some projects use different licenses for different platforms. For example, NordVPN has an open source Linux client. However, to call NordVPN open source would be like calling a meat sandwich vegan because the bread is vegan.
• The age of a VPN isn't a good indicator of how secure it is. There could be a trustworthy VPN that's been around for 10 years but uses insecure, outdated code, and a new VPN that's been around for 10 days but uses up-to-date, modern code.
• Some VPNs, like Surfshark VPN, operate in multiple countries. Legality may vary.
• All of the VPNs claim a "no log" policy, but there's some I trust more than others to actually uphold that.
• Tor is special in the port forwarding category, because it depends on what you're using port forwarding for. In some cases, Tor doesn't need port forwarding.
• Tor technically doesn't have a WireGuard profile, but you could (probably?) create one.

Takeaways

• If you don't mind the speed cost, Tor is a really good option to protect your IP address.
• If you're on a budget, NymVPN, Private Internet Access, and Surfshark VPN are generally the cheapest. If you're paying month-by-month, Mullvad VPN still can't be beat.
• If you want VPNs that go out of their way to collect as little information as possible, IVPN, Mullvad VPN, and NymVPN don't require any personal information to use. And Tor, of course.

ODS file: files.catbox.moe/cly0o6.ods

VPN for Privacy & Security | IVPN | Resist Online Surveillance

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^IVPN

After making a post about comparing VPN providers, I received a lot of requested feedback. I've implemented most of the ideas I received.

Providers

• AirVPN
• IVPN
• Mozilla VPN
• Mullvad VPN
• NordVPN
• NymVPN
• Private Internet Access (abbreviated PIA)
• Proton VPN
• Surfshark VPN
• Tor (technically not a VPN)
• Windscribe

Notes

• I'm human. I make mistakes. I made multiple mistakes in my last post, and there may be some here. I've tried my best.
• Pricing is sometimes weird. For example, a 1 year plan for Private Internet Access is 37.19€ first year and then auto-renews annually at 46.73€. By the way, they misspelled "annually". AirVPN has a 3 day pricing plan. For the instances when pricing is weird, I did what I felt was best on a case-by-case basis.
• Tor is not a VPN, but there are multiple apps that allow you to use it like a VPN. They've released an official Tor VPN app for Android, and there is a verified Flatpak called Carburetor which you can use to use Tor like a VPN on secureblue (Linux). It's not unreasonable to add this to the list.
• Some projects use different licenses for different platforms. For example, NordVPN has an open source Linux client. However, to call NordVPN open source would be like calling a meat sandwich vegan because the bread is vegan.
• The age of a VPN isn't a good indicator of how secure it is. There could be a trustworthy VPN that's been around for 10 years but uses insecure, outdated code, and a new VPN that's been around for 10 days but uses up-to-date, modern code.
• Some VPNs, like Surfshark VPN, operate in multiple countries. Legality may vary.
• All of the VPNs claim a "no log" policy, but there's some I trust more than others to actually uphold that.
• Tor is special in the port forwarding category, because it depends on what you're using port forwarding for. In some cases, Tor doesn't need port forwarding.
• Tor technically doesn't have a WireGuard profile, but you could (probably?) create one.

Takeaways

• If you don't mind the speed cost, Tor is a really good option to protect your IP address.
• If you're on a budget, NymVPN, Private Internet Access, and Surfshark VPN are generally the cheapest. If you're paying month-by-month, Mullvad VPN still can't be beat.
• If you want VPNs that go out of their way to collect as little information as possible, IVPN, Mullvad VPN, and NymVPN don't require any personal information to use. And Tor, of course.

I want to upload the ODS file, but I don't know of any places to upload it that don't require an account. If anyone knows, I'll update this to include it.

The 8232 Project

2025-10-08 22:08:52

VPN Comparison

I made a spreadsheet comparing different open source VPN providers.

Part 2 here

Providers

• IVPN
• Mozilla VPN
• Mullvad VPN
• NymVPN
• Proton VPN

Notes

• Please do not start a flame war about Proton.
• Please do not start a flame war about cryptocurrencies. Monero is the only cryptocurrency listed because of its privacy.
• The very left column is the category for each row, the middle section is the various VPN providers, and the right section is which VPNs are the best in each category.
• IVPN has two differing plans, which is why "Standard" and "Pro" are sometimes differentiated.
• For accounts, "Generated" means a random identifier is created for you to act as your account, "Required" means you must sign up yourself. Proton VPN allows guest use under specific conditions (e.g. installed from the Google Play Store), but otherwise requires an account.
• Switzerland is seen as more private than Sweden. Gibraltar is seen as privacy neutral.
• All prices are in United States Dollars. Tax is not included.
• Pricing is based on the price combination to achieve the exact time frame. For example, Proton VPN does not have a 3 year plan but you can achieve 3 years by combining a 2 year plan with a 1 year plan.
• The availability section is security based. Availability is framed around a GrapheneOS and secureblue setup.
• The Proton VPN Flatpak is unofficial, but based on the official code.
• Availability on secureblue is based on the ujust install-vpn command. Security features must be disabled on secureblue in order to use the GUI for IVPN and Mullvad VPN, but not for Proton VPN. Mozilla VPN and NymVPN are available as Flatpaks, which are safer than layering packages.
• I wanted to include more categories, such as which programming languages they are written in, connection speed, and security, but that became far too difficult and complex, so I decided to omit those categories.

Takeaways

• NymVPN is very very new, but it's off to a strong start. It wins in almost every category. I actually hadn't heard of it until I started this project.
• If you want a free VPN, Proton VPN is the only one here that meets that requirement.
• If you want to pay week-by-week, IVPN is the only one that allows that.
• If you're paying month-by-month on a budget, Mullvad VPN is the cheapest option.
• NymVPN is the cheapest plan for anything past 1 month.
• If you want to use Accrescent as your main app store, IVPN is the only VPN available there for now.
• If you want to pay for a bundle of apps, including a VPN, Proton sells more than just a VPN.
• Mozilla VPN is terrible. The only thing it has going for it is a verified Flatpak, but NymVPN also has that so it doesn't even matter.

VPN for Privacy & Security | IVPN | Resist Online Surveillance

Audited, open-source VPN service with WireGuard, killswitch and tracker blocker. No logs, no false promises. Anonymous signup with 30 day money back guarantee.

^IVPN