Leftyfrens, do any of you use riseupvpn??
There was an insane outage for at least 9 days, but NOW, it's "fixed," apparently. So I open up riseupvpn- oops, still no signal, but now there's one less server listed (though, either way, the bars are blank). It turns out the openvpn networks are not connecting, at all. Reinstalled that shit like thrice.
It's NOT fixed, at all. I know it ain't my computer cause I got my brother to try it, same shit. I know it ain't my network provider, cause one, they barely gave a fuck about the rampant 15 years of piracy, but second, I tried multiple networks, still not getting any kind of a response.
Like some of you might say "ughhh use proton," proton is slow as shit, plus, it wants an ughhh, EMAIL. I'm not giving my email for a shitty VPN shoving it's "deals" in my face when I can support anarchists who don't make such artificial demands. No, seriously, wanting "accounts" for VPNs, is kind of defeating the purpose in a way.
Real sorry leftyfrens but I am in quite the mood for bitching and sincerely hope I am not just going crazy. Pic unrelated.
3 posts omitted.>>838095Don't use proton, it's owned by a right wing moron. I have heard iVPN recommended by many. If you're not using proleslop platforms that block it, and if you're not torrenting, you could probably just use the Tor Network.
>>838128>Don't use proton, it's owned by a right wing moron.I didn't wanna assume, but yeah the fact proton outright makes it a challenge to download the free model to the point where I got bored seems very fitting. Good call, rather just wait.
Turns out riseup is actually still just failing to create proper credentials anyway, at least that's what the logs show. Seems like an issue on their end but I wanted to see if anyone else uses it specifically to make sure.
I've heard about the same issue from other people, but their vpn service has always been flaky, not to complain for a free anonymous service. I haven't been using it for awhile now but I was using it for years since it came out and sometimes it was unusable for months. Considering what happened to A/I, who knows what's going on. You should be very careful with riseup usage, make backups, get your old email off the server (as riseup itself advises) and make a plan b in any case.
>>838151Oh that's no issue unless riseupvpn got compromised itself (ex: ddos botfarm), staying safe is exactly why I don't wanna use my email on any vpn.
>>838100some anon provided the poem but i lost it on my old Windows installation because i was used to Windows 7 installer making a Windows.old i didn't realize fucking W11 installer would just fucking format my whole HDD