Recommend a good VPN service
 

Can anybody recommend a VPN service.

Here's a whole slew of em if you don't mind a two week logging policy.
http://www.vpngate.net/en/

Recommend a good VPN service
 

None. Use your own VPN service on your own hosted server. There is no guarantee that a VPN provider will delete.log files, prevent DNS leaks, or use proper encryption.

It depends on what you're looking for. If you're looking for anonymity, then you'd probably be better off going for a commercial solution. If you're looking for encryption, then, if you have the necessary knowledge, install OpenVPN on a linux server.

On the other hand, if you're only looking for web anonymity, then you can try using TOR.

They claim I2P is more secure. (And by they I mean they). I tried it was so slow it was unusable. Took five whole minutes for Google to load.

With Tor there's the slight snag that if you block port 443 (I think), it becomes useless. A trusted VPN can bypass all of that.

I made a post recommending sshuttle @ http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...1/#post5540611

It's the simplest encrypted VPN like solution to try.

I get the feeling that Opera browser made a free vpn but haven't tried it.

OpenVPN is not difficult to install and configure. There are countless tutorials in online documentation to help set up OpenVPN. The OpenVPN documentation is also a great resource. Just be sure to change the SHA1 HMAC authentication to SHA256 HMAC, use a tls key. If you are concerned about encryption, you can connect to openvpn and then tunnel all applications over SSH.

I wouldn't recommend Tor unless your internet connection is anonymous, your machine is patched with something like grsec, PaX is set up, and you have other things like a HIDS to protect your file system.

Some people like to tunnel Tor over their VPN so that their ISP cannot see they are running Tor. Additionally, some people like to use a obfs4 Tor bridge to connect to the Tor network once their traffic leaves the VPN IP and enters the Tor network. However, I do not recommend purchasing your hosting service unless you have the bitcoin to do so...

Opera's VPN is for data compression, not for anonymity.

I don't think what you're saying makes any sense, really. That's only an app. VPN adds an overhead. So saying that one uses VPN exactly for data saving is an oxyomoron.

It might even use data compression, but that's an auxiliary function. "We are the first major browser maker to integrate an unlimited and free VPN or virtual private network. Now, you don’t have to download VPN extensions or pay for VPN subscriptions to access blocked websites and to shield your browsing when on public Wi-Fi."
http://www.opera.com/blogs/desktop/2...r-windows-mac/
From the link:

I can confirm that the Opera proxy did* allow access to sites my ISP blocks and it did* seeem to be a little faster sometimes so I would class it as a "real" proxy even though the original purpose did appear to be a speed increase and nothing else.
*not used it since Vivaldi so may be trying it soon.

OK, that's completely different from what I thought you were talking about. Opera Max does set up a VPN on your phone to pipe everything through a compression proxy, but it's not the same. I thought that's what you were talking about.