I've tried it all, Mullvad, AirVPN, PIA, IPVanish, free chink shit VPNs, VPN services that offered "lifetime" for 10 bucks months before they went bankrupt, etc., and I could tell you stories about me and a smorgasbord of quirks, features, protocols, policies and the ilk regarding the services I've tried, but honestly, none made me feel very secure, even though I always got pre-paid credit cards at gas-stations out of town, circulated crypto around for days, got Starbucks Giftcards from Ameriburger country, etc. as payments for these. Is there a solution for real privacy other than "unleash a (literal) botnet and bounce your traffic through that"? Most people that do the less legal stuff I know swear by AirVPN because "muh ssh tunneling" and "muh AirVPN exit nodes" but their company doesn't seem trustworthy. IPVanish, PIA and that kind of garbage is just cheap lowest common denominator shit and Mullvad is a meme VPN that literally accepts cash per mail.
inb4 PIA stood up in court!
I'd bet my ass that was a glow-in-the-dark ops so we feel safe. That site looks like it was designed by and for utter pajeetards
How to maximize privacy?
My strategy is:
Circulating between VPN providers every 30 minutes (OpenVPN or gtfo)
Transparent Tor Routing (If your solution doesn't allow for Tor you can take your memeshit and fuck right off)
Connecting to the internet exclusively over anonymously bought simcards (I usually bulk-buy 100 euros in credits for my provider at once, that lasts me 6 months with unlimited internet at 25mbits, I have read the 4G triangulation whitepapers, there are only 2 towers where I am, that means accuracy is only about 1-10km according to my napkin-calculations)
I use a single separate device for checking official mails connected to my name
I bought a lot of crypto in cash and mainly use that for purchases
My private phone runs a version of android I compiled myself (no google and only allowing root access to apps I personally developed) but I do most of my daily tasks on a linux kernel emulator and just VNC into it on my phone
Phone reboots after 3 failed passphrase attempts, remains encrypted (I am trusting Jewgle androshit stock encryption here I know, but irl hardware attacks aren't my top priotity)
Laptop is always encrypted as it should be
Any other tips or is my autism as good as it gets?
I swear I am not LARPing about this I wasn't aware of how insanely autistic I must sound until I finished writing down what I do in my daily life.
also inb4 The consumer bullshit advice thread!
I've seen how people post in there, it's even more low effort than in a usual thread.