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Secure fast VPN to protect identity and hide location. Bypass geo-blocks to stream content globally. Offers free basic and full-featured paid versions.

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  1. Outline VPN icon
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    Outline VPN

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    Journalists need safe access to information to research issues, communicate with sources, and report the news. Outline lets news organizations easily provide their network safer access to the open internet.

    185 Outline VPN alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • AppImageHub
    • Homebrew
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    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Encrypted VPN
    3.  Multiple languages
    4.  Decentralized
    5.  Portable
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  OpenVPN
    8.  Shadowsocks
    9.  No Logs
    10.  AES-256 Encryption
    11.  AES Encryption
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  2. NymVPN icon
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    NymVPN

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    NymVPN is a decentralized VPN that uses a mixnet and zero-knowledge encryption to shield traffic and metadata from surveillance. With WireGuard for speed and a mixnet for privacy, Nym ensures no tracking and no central points of failure.

    51 NymVPN alternatives
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    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • AppImageHub
    • Arch Linux
    • Flathub
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Flatpak
    • WireGuard
    • F-Droid
    • GitHub

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Decentralized
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  AES-256 Encryption
    5.  Built-in VPN
    6.  End-to-End Encryption
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  WireGuard
    9.  No Logs
    10.  VPN Kill Switch
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  4. Lantern icon
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    Lantern

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    Lantern allows you to give or get access to the internet through other users around the world connected by a trust-based peer-to-peer network.

    146 Lantern alternatives
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    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Homebrew

    Lantern Features

    1.  Anonymous Proxy
    2.  Block Trackers
    3.  Anticensorship
    4.  Online Anonymity
    5.  Hide your IP
    6.  Peer-To-Peer
    7.  Direct P2P Sync
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    Comments about Lantern as an Alternative to Hotspot Shield
     
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    Four reasons: 1) very unobtrusive, 2) very easy to use, 3) FREE of cost, and 4) open source. Reason # 4 is the most important for me; open source allows you to inspect and compile the software (binary download also an option), which means that you need not trust anyone.

    Positive comment •Oct 24, 2016
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    • Some users think Lantern is a great Hotspot Shield alternative, some don't.

    • Lantern is Freemium and Open SourceHotspot Shield is Freemium and Proprietary
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    ProxAllium

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    ProxAllium is a Free and Open Source front-end for Tor which makes it easier for normal everyday people to make more out of Tor! With ProxAllium, you can circumvent censorship and be secure while using public internet hotspots (you can also be anonymous but only upto some...

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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Wine
    • WineBottler
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Built-in VPN
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Bypass Censorship
    7.  Online Anonymity
    8.  Tor
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