You’ll have to give me some time, but I watched a few of his videos because the general topic interests me and there was one that just made me go “this guy has no idea what he’s talking about”. Happened over a year ago, gonna have to dig around to find that one or a comparable example.
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I shouldn’t have brought him up. He’s very special for better or for worse.
You can tell he’s reading up on his subjects he’s talking about. But I’m not sure if he’s really that knowledgeable all the time.
But I think we can all agree that he’s special 
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While I’m searching… His site has a glaring issue with XSS (cross site scripting), for example:
https://brax.me/prod/status.php?a=<script>alert('lmao');</script>
Like… come on dude.
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I’ve not yet asked 
maybe anyone is using azirevpn?
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I thought I’d try it for a month anyway.
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they have not a lot of servers, but they own all of them
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I don’t need that many servers. I need good servers. If they become popular, I’m sure they’ll get more.
I’ll soon change ISP and get a free VPN from Bahnhof then. They offer one for free. And no, they don’t keep any logs on it. They do it to get away with some laws an ISP in Sweden has otherwise. Today, they have to save logs 24 hours. With VPNs, you get away from it.
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Bahnhof VPN is only for ADSL customers?
No, ADSL isn’t that many people using anymore. Possibly on the countryside.
Bahnhof just fixed a VPN to get around some laws. VPNs do not go under the same rules that an ISP must have in Sweden. An ISP must save logs 24 hours. This does not apply to a VPN in Sweden.
Edit:
Bahnhof has its own fiber network in Sweden and also buys into open fiber networks.
Edit 2:
I think Bahnhof has one of the fastest fiber networks in Sweden. Up to 100Gbit/s available for purchase. 10Gbit/s for ordinary people. 100Gbit/s is for business.
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ProtonVPN is the one I trust the most when it comes to VPNs. It says a lot as I have a hard time with VPNs normally.
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It isn’t often I watch a privacy focused youtube video that isn’t filled with misinformation. His perspective is mostly pretty reasonable.
He does say one thing that is somewhat off-base though. Using a protonmail account to sign-up for protonvpn anonymously is fairly nonsensical. Because they are being provided by the same company you lose whatever level on anonymity that was providing.
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I just watched this clip:
I know he’s made another clip similar to this one. But it opens up the eyes a little. Makes one think a little about VPN. I myself have never trusted VPNs.
Now there are areas where VPN can be good as well. I’m not against VPNs. But relying entirely on a VPN tunnel is a bad idea in my opinion.
I take myself as an example, I have a good ISP that I trust and know that they do not sell user data (Bahnhof). They do not give out IP numbers. Only if it’s serious stuff and not file sharing and similar stuff. They save logs 24 hours.
I’m sitting on a shared IP that several 1000s probably have. I have a public IP as well. My ISP has a free VPN for 1 computer. If you have several computers, it costs a few bucks.
Now it depends a bit on what you have for ISP and how reliable they are as well. Different for everyone in the world.
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That video is basically just marketing for ExpressVPN and NordVPN concealed as an informational video. He talks about those providers and then has affiliate links for them in the description.
The idea that a VPN is not a tool for privacy is equally as flawed as the idea that a VPN is universal shield. A VPN is a tool in your toolbox that you as an individual need to decide the correct way to use to protect your privacy. It can be part of your overall strategy, but it can’t be the entirety of your strategy.
Ultimately, you need to understand what you are trying to protect and from whom.
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Yep, sometimes a VPN can be good. However, it can go wrong if you choose the wrong one as well. There are many and all promise gold and green forests. (Proverbs from Sweden).
I take myself as an example again. For me, a VPN would not help me. I think I would have worse privacy with a VPN. I hand over my data to someone I can not trust.
But I’m lucky to have a good ISP too. Anyone thinking of getting a VPN should go through everything first. Unfortunately, I do not think “ordinary” people will do that. They just read how good a VPN is and that’s enough for them.
I use mullvad together with vopono (https://github.com/jamesmcm/vopono).
That way, only a specific app goes through the VPN and the rest uses the normal internet connection.
You can do the same with ProtonVPN’s client. At least on Windows.
This is my ISP’s VPN:
Doesn’t seem like they have it for Linux yet: https://protonvpn.com/support/protonvpn-split-tunneling/.
Only Windows and Android. But Android is Linux or is it so different that they cant easily “copy and paste” that feature from Android to use on desktop Linux?
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I think Android is not Linux anymore. It stopped being Linux a long time ago. As much as macOS is Unix. Possibly some of it left.