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- Category
- VPN · SaaS alternative
- Cost
- Paid
- Country
- Gibraltar
- Licensing
- Mixed
# PROS AND CONS
+ what works
- +Anonymous account IDs, no email required at signup
- +Accepts cash and Monero in addition to cards
- +Repeated public Cure53 audits, including a no-logs audit
- +Desktop and mobile clients are GPLv3 on GitHub
- +Multi-hop and AntiTracker DNS filtering on the Pro plan
− watch out for
- −Paid only, no free tier or trial
- −Port forwarding was removed in September 2023 to deter abuse
- −Smaller server fleet than mainstream VPNs, around 140 servers across 35-ish countries
- −Server backend code is not open source
# PRIVACY NOTES
IVPN issues a random account ID at signup and asks for no email, name, or other identifier. Plans can be paid with card, PayPal, Monero, Bitcoin, or cash mailed in. The service has been through repeated independent audits by Cure53, including a 2019 no-logs audit and ongoing annual infrastructure reviews. Operator is IVPN Limited (formerly Privatus Limited), registered in Gibraltar, so requests run through Gibraltar legal process.
# REPLACES
icloud-private-relay
# TAGS
#wireguard · #openvpn · #audited · #anonymous-signup · #multi-hop
# DOES THIS WORK FOR YOU
# NOTES FROM PEOPLE WHO TRIED IT
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