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I've heard though, i'll let you know if I get an email from comcast saying i should stop torrenting.

I've reached out to NordVPN regarding this. Audit is ongoing and soon will reach the final stage; however no VPN service has ever been audited regarding their 'no logs' claims. Such ISO standard doesn't even exist, therefore it takes time and a lot of paperwork in order to make it right. And although deadlines are difficult to determine, Nord's staff believes that the results will be out within a month.

NordVPN has not been breached. These accounts were obtained from publicly available databases containing leaked credentials, which were used on other services, (like Yahoo, etc.) and matched by trying to login into Nord's UCP. These things happen because people tend to use the same credentials on different websites; when one leaks, others can be illegally accessed as well.

Most of the leaked accounts are indexed by , it is recommended for everyone to check their email there and change passwords regularly.

Nord notified me, that they are almost done with the solution, which should fix the issue.

They said in their blog post that they are going to get someone to do that soon.

>We understand that these facts alone may not be enough to clear our name. Therefore, we are hiring one of the largest professional service firms in the world to run an independent audit and verify our ‘no logs’ claim. The audit is expected to be completed within 2 months and will independently verify that the accusations are false.

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Very interesting, thanks for posting! To play devils advocate, a lot of this seems to be for tracking how users use the app itself which could help them improve their service. I've developed some apps before and used Firebase, Crashlytics and Google Analytics and I don't think Nord can use any of them to track specific users. They would need to track logins/failed logins to keep users safe from brute force hacks and make sure only paying users can access their service as well. Now whether Facebook and Google have implemented tracking behind the scenes is a whole other question, but from my use of the previously mentioned services I feel confident that Nord can't track users from those services(i.e. the data is randomized). Is there something specific you found that suggests they are collecting/leaking the users' internet activity and/or ip address?

Also what about the third-party audit they had done not too long ago? Granted the audit would only be valid for the specific time it happened (i.e. NordVPN could change their practices at any time) but I would think(and hope) a third party auditor would catch this if it was a problem.

Again I'm not defending Nord, just trying to think about what this could mean and whether it's actually evidence they are tracking your ip and/or internet history when they say they don't...

I think the typical recommendation is to use QBittorrent and in the advanced preferences configure the network interface to use the VPN only. If the VPN goes down, QB will not be able to send or receive.

Try it out by downloading a Linux ISO and connecting/disconnecting from the VPN.

Also go to a site like https://ipleak.net/ and run a test with their "Torrent Address Detection" option, and check for DNS leaks on a site like https://www.dnsleaktest.com/

I really shouldn't respond to this nonsense, but it's using GEOLOCATION services. Just don't let it use it and it has no idea what's up and down on a map.

It has NOTHING TO DO with NordVPN. I repeat, nothing to do with NordVPN (or any VPN).

Now go back to cow-tipping @OP.

Sorry, I don't usually post my own stuff. If you don't feel like clicking through, the long and short of it is that Nord's partner Tesonet was accused of ripping off HolaVPN to put a backdoor in NordVPN that steals your bandwidth and turns your computer into a zombie on a botnet.

I compared the two and I couldn't find any evidence that Nord behaves in the same way Hola does.

I've got receipts in the form of Wireshark captures, but you can do exactly what I did and see for yourself.

In my opinion, Nord is safe to use.

Comparitech gets a kickback when they sell a subscription but I don't get a dime. I would have gotten paid just the same for producing logs showing the opposite, if Nord really were doing what they've been accused of.

Always link the torrent client to the VPN interface. This makes sure that the client will only work through the VPN. On qBittorrent go to advanced settings and set the Network interface to the protocol you are using in the NordVPN app. Usually it is Nordlynx and the Network Interface is also called Nordlynx.

Okay I did some testing and contacted NordVPN support. I live in Canada and found out it’s CBC’s website on how it treats trackers and cookies. Sometimes it works with PC without CyberSec and ad blockers and antivirus software disabled which is annoying but it works. As for iOS (14.7) I used IKEv2 and OpenVPN and they both worked on Firefox with CyberSec off and standard blocking selected. Safari works too but it’s riddled with ads. CBC is just loaded with trackers that NordVPN ends up blocking. I hope this helps!

I need to login but I don't want my provider to know Im logging in via a website

IS there a version that I can download and run that just works with my USERID and Password? I do NOT want to login to a website. Its suppose to not allow connections - ie drop all connections if not connected via NordVPN and instead its routing me to a website !

For those who don't know: 2 years ago, in 2018, NordVPN has hired PWC to audit their system on their "No-Logs" claims. The results came in, and PWC concluded that their "No-Logs" statements were true. The results were truthful as of November 2018.

This new audit provides updated results for May 2020, with the same outcome as the 2018 audit.

This feature was present in NordVPN version 2.7.3 but has been disabled on the Firestick [version 2] in NordVPN version 2.8.6 and also in 3.0.6. I have contacted customer support today asking why this feature has been removed and if they plan on re-enabling it in the next version as this was a feature that I found very helpful. I have noticed that switching on the VPN does sometimes result in content not loading from Amazon servers [e.g. Prime Video i.e. Amazon are blocking NordVPN servers]. This would result in sometimes the home screen not showing any content as the Firestick reported that there was a connection problem to the network [when in reality the issue was being caused by amazon blocking content going through the NordVPN servers]. It maybe that was creating a headache for NordVPN so they decided to switch off this feature.

Not a Nord issue, more like browser fingerprinting. Your Time Zone Offset and Time Zone are most likely being transmitted from browser headers.

https://coveryourtracks.eff.org

> the app doesn't stop running when you exit the program in the UI. There's constant background processes

That's because it's a Windows Service. It's supposed to be always running in the background (that's what a service does). As one person already said, you can go into Services and stop it, set it to run manually instead of automatically, etc. The fact that NordVPN runs as a service on Windows is not a secret. I think the problem here is that you weren't aware of what a Service is or what it does.

NordVPN is not and they are shutting down their Russian servers. They just put up a blog post:

Amazon actively blocks NordVPN servers. It's hit & miss. If you're actively rolling servers and trying to use the site, once it hooks up and establishes a decent connection it'll run fine but it takes a while to get there.

Notice anything in commom there?

All of the hacked accounts had horribly simple passwords.

You can't harp on NordVPN's security when you can't take 15 mins to create and memorise a strong password for your account.

1 - maybe your net is unstable. Try restarting your router

2 - some websites actively block VPN IP's. Unfortunately, with NordVPN this is more likely because they are popular. Try an Obfuscated server.

3 - see 1 ^^. Also, try using cloudflare dns 1.1.1.1 and NordLynx protocol

4 - what makes you think the nordaccount page is dodgey 3rd party? Theyre both similar in design and hosted on cloudflare. It really looks to me like it was made in house.

5 - those you might be under attack from hackers are ads. Personally, I prefer a decent adblocker in my browser as cybersec can block a little too much. Maybe try privacy badger.

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The company is quite big now, so obviously customer satisfaction can vary. One major advantage is more anonymity because more customers to get lost in the sea of servers. If you aren't happy about it, there are literally hundreds of other options, which you could have arguably more satisfying results if you spent your time researching, instead of complaining about one provider. Just a thought...

Hope I helped a bit, and good luck with it all.

Yes, if you're using the NordVPN app, it masks the IP of your device for all software running on it by default (browsers, windows store, steam, discord, etc.). As of recent, there's a split tunneling feature in the settings, which you can use to exclude some apps from running on VPN, but that's not something you're interested in, I suppose.
If you use the browser extension, however, it would only mask the IP for the browser and not other software on the device.

Personally I have a lot of problems with NordVPN on iOS 13, when I lock my screen and unlock later often it have to reconnect and it takes some time, sometimes doesn’t show the vpn icon and have to reconnect it manually, I hope in a good update

/NordVPN. You guys better focus quietly in secret solving the connection situation in pc/Mac bugs and errors which is frustrating and my situation is I install the NordVPN and my computer goes out of internet and the only way is deleting.

This is about the Android app, no about what happens on their servers.

On the website you do not agree to any 3rd party getting your data. Of course this may be different for the Android App which i do not use.

Solutions by other companies do not force you to include trackers. There are vast amounts of Android libraries and many Apps which do not use trackers at all, many of them offering many features. For example to connect to OpenVPN servers.

I see a problem because VPN customers generally (i see there are exceptions) value their privacy. Giving another companies the data "Person X uses NordVPN" violates their privacy.

It looks like NordVPN is playing a game of cat-and-mouse with Amazon: I was experimenting with a few DNS servers and sometimes when connected I get an A record for 185.153.178.5 which is assigned to TEFINCOM S.A. so it looks like NordVPN may have a reverse proxy. This is unusual as `lookups from other locations returnCNAME`s to CloudFront endpoints.

If I switched DNS servers using Custom DNS (or explicitly overriding them on the adapter) I was able to get some better results.

All of Nord servers meets their policies, doesn’t matter where the server resides in, as Nord is incorporated in Panama, all of their servers follows the same no-logging policies. They’ve already proved it twice (https://nordvpn.com/blog/nordvpn-audit/ ).

I've had great luck with NordVPN for over a year, including using it from several countries and devices, including on a cruise ship with a travel router. Speeds are not as fast as a direct connection, but generally are adequate for streaming HD. With my home fiber connection, VPN speeds are generally around 20 Mbps up and down.

Hope this helps.

I use it continuously (24/7) and switches servers randomly and I have zero issues.

No offense, but if you know what you're doing and haven't crapped on your OS, NordVPN works more or less perfect.

Note that NordVPN, even though responsible in the end, can't for-see temporary and random Internet/server outages due to faulty local hardware/personal. That goes for every service rendered.

Summary:

Upon registration the NordVPN App submits your mail address, Android ID and several other things to iterable INC

Also it includes trackers for

• AppsFlyer
• Google Analytics
• Google CrashLytics
• Google Firebase Analytics
• Tune

Not what you would expect from a company with claims to fight for privacy.

Statement from NordVPN:

>Hello there! We use these tools to monitor aggregated data to improve UI/UX and determine the efficiency of our marketing campaigns. They are not related to the user’s activity when using our VPN service. In case you have further questions, do not hesitate to drop us a DM!

That's incorrect. Paragraph 13 alleges NordVPN is infringing. Paragraph 9 lays out the patents they are allegedly infringing on.

The term botnet isn't included in the filing, but I'm not a lawyer. We all know what a botnet is. That's what Hola's patented, call it a residential http proxy if you want. But in practice it's a botnet used for inflating ad revenue.

You use Hola for free, and they lease your bandwidth to shady sites who send hundreds of requests to ad beacons to make it look like they're getting tons of hits.

Nord doesn't do that. I have a side-by-side comparison proving they don't. I've looked at the traffic and showed other people how to do the same thing.

Yes, I would. I'm not trying to tell anyone what to spend their money on, and my goal was only to prove or disprove one particular claim against Nord, but I do think it's one of the better VPNs around right now.

I happen to run IPVanish, but that's only because I have a subscription through work.

I really just got pulled into this because I know Wireshark though, I'm not a VPN expert. I mostly write about streaming media and Raspberry Pi projects.

I couldn't tell you if Nord is the fastest or has good servers in your area. But I wouldn't rule Nord out just because of this lawsuit, since I don't see any evidence to support Hola's claims.

If you get the chance, install Wireshark and compare them side-by-side. When Hola connects to their server the floodgates open and your computer sends out dozens of requests for ad beacons. Nord just doesn't do that, and I promise the difference would be obvious to anyone after just a few minutes.

They didn't really need me for this. I didn't have to do any fancy analysis. Anyone with Wireshark will be able to tell. You could probably just install Hola and watch the lights on your router.

Just uninstall it afterwards, because man is it a mess.

No one is accusing NordVPN of being structurally the same as HolaVPN. They are accusing Tesonet of building which is structurally the same as Hola. The lawsuit accuses NordVPN and Tesonet of using Hola services then ditching them after tesonet built oxylabs.

Was NordVPN using Hola's proxies at anytime during 2015 - 2018? Maybe for getting around Netflix problems? Are they using proxy?

I find it hard to believe that Hola would spend all that money on litigation over a small commission check.

The most troubling thing is that tesonet secretly embedded code in mobile apps to grow the residential proxy network for oxylabs.

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For once, try changing your password to a different one. Your spouse/friend/neighbourhood "hacker" may have guessed/seen your "secure" password "password123" and using it for themselves.

Check here as well: https://haveibeenpwned.com

Bro, scroll down. I clicked your link and at the bottom.

Warrant Canary

We, <a rel="nofollow" href="https://go.nordvpn.net/aff_c?offer_id=15&amp;aff_id=31788&amp;url_id=902">NordVPN</a>, confirm that we take full control of our infrastructure. We have never willingly disclosed any user data or provided any access to user traffic to any third party. We do not collect user traffic logs and have never been compelled to do so by any third party. We have not disclosed any private keys or any information of our users, and we have not been forced to modify our system to allow access or data leakage to a third party of any kind.

As of 2021-09-21 we state the following:

We have NOT received any National Security letters;

We have NOT received any gag orders;

We have NOT received any warrants from any government organization.

We are 100% committed to our zero-logs policy – we never log the activities of our users to ensure their ultimate privacy and security.

• Why the NordVPN network is safe after a third-party provider breach, NordVPN Blog
• NordVPN boosts security with colocated servers, NordVPN Blog

True but with NordVPN config files (invisible to Windows users but the go-to for Linux users) you can see the settings and ensure the cipher and encryption level is suitable. Also certain ports are designated as encrypted. I actually run scripts to test EVERY config file and bin the ones I won't use/ I also sort by 5-eyes, 9-eyes, 14-eyes, 'collaborating' and 'protected'. I also ping the IP in the address to confirm the server location and rename the files based on that. Eg:

proto udp

remote 5.254.80.163 1194

resolv-retry infinite

remote-cert-tls server

auth-user-pass

cipher AES-256-CBC

auth SHA512

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This ensures TLS on port 1194 using AES-256-CBC (more here).

>I just bought 3 years of NordVPN for the sole purpose of hiding my traffic from my ISP. I'm not doing anything illegal I'm just paranoid and I do torrent legal files that get flagged as illegal. How can I do my business via Nord without my ISP seeing what I'm doing?

If you just connect to a NordVPN server you should be fine if you just want to hide your online activities. ​

>For example: I don't know the difference between Dedicated Servers, P2P, Double VPN, or onion over VPN. If anyone could explain that to me, I'd appreciate it greatly.

Dedicated server: you get your own public IP address that isn't shared by other users.

P2P: Servers optimized for peer to peer traffic.

Double VPN: Your traffic is router through another server server so the exit node doesn't know your real up address.

Onion over VPN: Routes your traffic through the TOR network in addition to the VPN.

I had this issue, as well. It's a shame nothing like this is officially supported.

I'm now using this script/program which automates the whole NordVPN process for us Linux users. It's command-line, and has served me very well. It has the function you're looking for.

I also don't have this kind of experience. In the beginning I was faced with slow speeds, but I tried over 50 different servers near and not so near to me, to find the fastest one. I use NordVPN on my Linux box and Android phone. Before you thow the towel in try installing OpenVPN client, conf files for the server you want to use and fire away. I use OpenVPN on Linux, since they don't have a native app on it, and do not notice any disconnects.

Most likely your account has been breached on some database and someone is trying the same passwords for your NordVPN account, you can check that on You may want to change your password or even email

I was in your situation few days ago.. but as the Support said, it's an "ongoing issue". So, basically, you don't have control on this issue.

What I can recommend you is to be patient and "hope" that NordVPN will find a solution.. it's a battle of tech engineers I guess..

And in the meantime, keep your VPN turned on, use torrents or streaming. The old way LMAO

Can someone please tell me why you would leave a 3 year plan on auto renew? You get spammed with emails when it's time to renew anyway.

I would suggest everyone to stay away from NordVPN and all the other trash providers who offers "80% off" for a 3 year plan.

Make sure you turn off or cancel the auto-renew in whatever payment vehicle you are using, such as PayPal. I've had companies hit the auto-renew before I had chance to decline their auto-renew notice, or will ignore the decline of the auto-renew, or I forget to decline the auto-renew in a timely manner. In the case of NordVPN, I forgot, and they renewed the subscription for 3 years, and would not cancel or prorate it. I've already cancelled my auto-renew in PayPal.

Like you, I've been a long time customer, however I don't care for the recent changes in access to the service and will look elsewhere for a VPN.

Well of course there are apps available to connect to NordVPN first and then surf using the VPN. But you do need to login to NordVPN using your login first, but logging your logins are not the problem anyway, not sure if they actually log the logins anyway. They don‘t log your traffic which is more important. On my Mac I‘m using the "NordVPN " and it works flawlessly.

>comment whether NordVPN and uTorrent are compatible

Of course they are compatible. A VPN reroutes all internet traffic.

>uTorrent

The fact that people are STILL using uTorrent baffles me. uTorrent is an awful program that is in general really slow (not to mention ads, and the bitcoin miner fiasco that happened years ago). Please get a competent, modern Bittorrent client like qBittorrent or Deluge.

I had the same issue, emailed support, and they replied with this solution--

1. Shut down the NordVPN application completely.
2. Open the Terminal (Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal).
3. Run these commands:

sudo launchctl unload .helper.plist

sudo launchctl unload .helper

sudo launchctl remove .helper

sudo rm .helper.plist

sudo rm .helper

1. Restart the NordVPN application.

If you need to quit Nord (or any other process) and it doesnt come up in the force quit menu, open Activity Monitor and you can force quit from there.

Check this out

It's a python-based NordVPN manager for Linux. Existed before Nord's tool was out. Has many more options than the current Nord Linux command-line tool.

It's really awesome.

My experience has been mostly okay.

I have a 300mbps connection and top out at about 170mbps on Nord (but it's almost exactly the same on CyberGhost, PIA, and Mullvad since I've used them all).

P2P has been fine for me, averaging about 1-6mbps depending on amount of seeders. *Note: I use full system VPN and in application VPN as well for double VPN. Keeps my torrents IP separate from my system IP.

Netflix works perfectly fine for me on USA servers over server #1700 (For some reason server numbers under that don't work for me)

CyberSec is completely irrelevant if you use an ad blocker but a cool features to have

Kill switch works very well. I use application specific Killswitch and it works well.

There's a reason for that. School network admins don't want kids bypassing blocked websites, so they block many different types of internet 'traffic'. One of these is obviously traffic to and from any NordVPN service.

I don’t know which OS you’re using but an easy/quick workaround could be to use a guest account on your computer, or just make a new user, so that NordVPN is not launched at startup.

Then you can reset your password, get back in to Nord, and download a password manager onto your phone!

I woudn't trust PIA anymore since they pulled this

NordVPN has been great in almost every aspect for me so far. The only issues I had were some websites not working sometimes (like 1 in 200) and rare 0mb/s "drops" on torrents, but that might've been my isp limiting connections for some reason.

ExpressVPN has nothing to do with the Medium article or discovering and/or releasing a blogger's identity. Somebody created a dummy Reddit account, said "I love ExpressVPN" in a post, and then started talking about the blogger under the same account in an attempt to connect that with us. That's awfully juvenile. Please leave us out of this mess.

It's totally possible to do it. Follow the tutorial here, but use the Fedora package manager instead of apt. So, use "sudo dnf install <package-name>" instead of "sudo apt-get install <package-name>". I'm like 99% certain that the packages they use in the tutorial are available in the Fedora default repos because they're fairly standard packages.

NordVPN has worked out great for me. This thread inspired me to do some tests with different locations and my conclusion is distance is one of the biggest factors. You can see the spreadsheet here:

I prepaid for 3 years.

And after saying "no" to their incessant "you need to upgrade" popups on my PC since my windows 10 cannot handle their required .net 4.8 framework, I accidentally uninstalled NordVPN. Now I literally cannot even install the program. Not even "old" versions (I can only find 2020 oldversions) will install.

I'm hosed because of their dumb updated program.

NordVPN doesn't track your activity and there's more than trust to put in unlike what's been commented. There were several independent audits done to confirm their no logs policy and I guess you could count their 10 or so years experience in the field and that they're still able to maintain the trust of users in that as oppositely there would have been related cases by now.

In regards to information, they wouldn't have any information to give even if requested, but ultimately as NordVPN is registered in Panama it doesn't have data retention laws such as one in the US thus they do not need to serve such requests. You should read more here if you're truly interested:

Thanks so much for checking guys.

It turns out it was something to do with OpenDNS. The certificate was from Cisco Umbrella Secondary SubCA... Apparently OpenDNS decided to mark nordvpn.com (and youtube too!) as 'blocked' and therefore decided to intercept TLS? No idea how or why this happened just now.

Same thing happened on another laptop on the same network.

I switched our DNS to Cloudflare and it all works fine.

If I'm not mistaken, due to new Google Play policies, the Play Store version is no longer allowed to block ads. You have to download and install the APK manually from their site. https://nordvpn.com/download/android/

Edit: Yep, found where they talked about it here: https://nordvpn.com/blog/android-app-update/ Make sure to uninstall the Play Store version and turn off auto-updates and then install the APK.

Hello and welcome 🤗

I would suggest you utilize nordlynx since it is faster than other protocols. Unless you have use for the other protocols, I recommend you just turn it on and forget it. This is how you can turn it on:

Since you want to mask your IP while using the VPN, enable the vpn kill-switch from settings to avoid exposing your real IP if the vpn got disconnected.

You can use it while gaming but would use Nordlynx and closes server from me. But you have to read TOS of every game because it may violates same online games. I personally, don’t use it while gaming but I have used it in the past and was placed in EU servers when I connected from French server.

Check before and after you connect to a server to make sure your real IP is not exposed.

Best of luck

Personally, I'd avoid Nord. Their product is good, but I've discovered a couple of red flags over the years. First, their shady marketing - the way they advertise their "discounts" on the front page of the website and carpet bombing advertising strategy on other websites. Second, the fact that it is incredibly difficult to delete your account - you must contact support and then provide proof of identification. The process is very long, I suspect, to keep customers hooked in - there's also the possibility of them selling your data in the future if you can't delete your account easily now.

I haven't had much experience with Surfshark, but I can speak highly of Mullvad VPN if privacy is of primary concern. You don't need to link nearly the same amount of information as with Nord and they wont try and hook you into auto-renewal. The only reason I'm still with Nord is that I got a pretty good deal on a 3-year subscription a couple of years ago - after Nord, I'll switch to Mullvad.

On windows 10 you can use two VPNs at once. So in theory if you connect to the US via NordVPN first and then your work’s vpn then it should be fine. But honestly if you’re connecting to your work’s vpn, regardless where you are, wouldn’t it connect to the US? Does your work need to know you’re in the US? Also, consider getting a router that supports VPNs and slap a US vpn on there if you can get your hands on one.

Yes I also used to have PayPal but they made me switch to a Credit Card. Here is what I got last year:

" Dear customer,

PayPal is no longer available as a payment method. That means your NordVPN subscription won't be automatically renewed after it ends.

To renew it manually, log into your account, check the expiration date of your current plan, and choose a new payment method."

I once pondered this exact thought. And from what I could gather through my own testing the service was within the margin of error regardless of subscription type or auto renew. I speak on the Canadian side of things in terms of speed and reliability of the connection through NordVPN and I can honestly say that it is absolutely unmatched by any other VPN service out there.

Look, while I dont have many issues with NordVPN since it is fast and reliable for me. You might want to research a bit more on other VPN services on privacy focused websites and other privacy focused YouTube channels for a better deal. NORD has a pretty aggressive marketing strategy and it can sometimes clearly be seen that some of these VPN review sites are sponsored by Nord and are a bit biased.

Tldr. Nord is solid but dont refer to one website, research on others too

You are being downvoted, but that is true. NordVPN does turn off certain features when auto-renewal is disabled. Details on this reddit post.

You are not alone. It is extremely unreliable in speed and drops connection on the their backend for their servers every 8-12 hours.

qBittorrent cannot recover from those VPN backend interruptions. Mullvad when I was testing it gave me reasonably steady connections but their port forwarding was a bonus. I will switch to them in a few months.

I’m not even a Linux user but I’m pretty sure there are many guides from NordVPN themselves or YouTube videos that will show you how to do it. Is this a habit of yours where you click one, click twice and give up?

Consider searching how to install it.

Sounds like you were the victim (well, really your credit card company was) of credit card fraud. NordVPN is a legitimate business. It’s the same as if someone used a stolen card at Amazon or Macy’s. Unfortunately it’s quite commonplace these days.

Just tried it. It claims it's leaking the IP address. Well of course it makes that claim. It's trying to scare you into using their product. The only address it detected was a NordVPN IP address. Looks like NordVPN is working fine.

Great! This will hopefully put an end to the fear mongering of changing their policy on logging that has transpired past week on this subreddit. I think it would be absolute suicide for NordVPN to keep logs of traffic. Why even have a private VPN then?

If you are concerned about security, do not talk about what your job is. Reddit has Chinese investors and there are repeated incidents wherein reddit has defended China in the face of logic. I consider this entire site to be compromised. I suggest you do so as well. Contact NordVPN through their official site for an answer. Good luck.

Btw, the commenter by the name Newslooter is a shill for Torguard and WeVPN. He spams it in every possible post/comment. When I pointed this out in r/virtualprivatenetwork, I was promptly banned. Turns out, he's a mod in both r/virtualprivatenetwork and r/NetflixViaVPN

Yes, it will. Using a VPN (any VPN, it's not just a NordVPN issue) results in much higher latency and slower speeds (both upload and download). The higher latency is the primary issue for most online games, such as CS:GO that you mentioned, as there will be a noticeable delay from your input to when the server recognizes it. Obviously, the farther the VPN server is from you and the game's server, the higher the latency.

For the data to be deleted, first it must be stored. NordVPN, being one of the the biggest VPN service providers, would have too much to loose and wouldn't risk to store anything. Paid members can also check Nord's server configuration in PwC audit report under the user control panel.

Anyway, in the end it is always about trust. If you don't trust the service - you shouldn't use it, it's up to you.

Hi guys. I have created an unofficial system tray application for Linux.

The icon is blue when NordVPN is connected and red in all other states.

It's open source if anyone else would like to use it.

Yeah there is a reason to that. Basically to watch US netflix with NordVPN you can connect to any region except UK, JP, CA,FR,GER and IT. In other words you won't be able to view the Spanish Netflix catalog even if they don't support Spain.

Netflix US: You should connect to any of our servers in countries other than the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, France, Germany, and Italy.

Source

Looks like hotmail have blacklisted that particular IP address due to receiving lots of spam from it. I would try a) using a different NordVPN server and b) reporting this to Nord so they can request the server to be deblacklisted and/or follow any procedures they may have to identify the spammer (probably impossible if they actually keep no logs).

How about the application removes the SDKs and sends no data any any time? Their website still uses Google Analytics.

When will VPNs learn that you're selling privacy, using any form of tracking IS NOT OKAY!

Seriously. This is not difficult. Mullvad does not track uses, AirVPN does not track users, this really isn't complicated. Anyone using this application or service is an absolute fucking moron who is gullible to claims made by a provider that clearly isn't taking your privacy seriously.

I can't get the new version so I'm unable to check what code has actually changed, once I get the APK I'll take a look and prepare to be disappointed.

Hey, sorry to hear that. I purchased the 3-year plan today. So far, download speeds are around 68Mbps (I get around 885Mbps without a VPN). It's acceptable, definitely room for improvement. But NordVPN is able to get around my school's network much easier than Windscribe. So far, Netflix, YouTube, and Amazon, work on all the servers that I have tested.

This has been a problem on every VPN service I've tried, unfortunately (PIA and TunnelBear specifically). And usually it's not just a normal captcha, it'll have me do it three or four times (or those frustrating ones where the photos fade and change painfully slowly). Agreed it's pretty infuriating but I don't think there's a good way around it, besides connecting to fresh servers before they've had a chance to add them to their blacklist.

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I know for sure that Google's captchas tend to trust you a little more if you're using Chrome, but I'm assuming that kinda goes against what most of us are going for by using a VPN. ;)

NordVPN has not been compromised. There was already same topic some time ago ;ref_source=link Most likely some new database w/ leaked credentials from other services was dumped on the internet and someone took a chance to match these credentials with your Nord account.

Jesus, do you need a tissue? NordVPN (as well as other VPNs) doesn't solely exist just for you and your viewing pleasure. In fact, we should count ourselves lucky that they stay on top of things like this, because they absolutely don't have to be. Sure, it is annoying as shit sometimes, but you have to deal with it. After all, you can't exactly expect breaking the law to be as easy as going the legal route.

No problems on Android.
Many issues on Windows for me.
On Windows, I can barely browse anything, and can't torrent. As soon as I disable NordVPN. Everything works perfect.
I can tolerate a lot. But making my connection worse than dial-up is not acceptable.

What wording did they use to ask you to pay again? The email I got said

>PayPal no longer available

>We no longer accept PayPal. Choose a new payment method at the best price.

>We'd like to inform you that our partnership with PayPal is ending. That means your NordVPN subscription won't be renewed automatically after it runs out.

>You'll need to choose a new payment method to renew your subscription, and we know it's never convenient. So, to make the change smoother, we have an exclusive deal for you.

But as far as I can tell that's not cancelling my current subscription, just that when I have the choice to renew it in three years I wouldn't be able to use Paypal, since when I log into my account the current plan says its only billed as a bigger sum every three years.

Screenshots of the porn sites you visited, so even if you delete your browser history, your wife will still know. Seriously, I wouldn't know. Are you positive the files are created by NordVPN app? If yes then contact the support.

I'm curious to those who use/have used other VPN services besides NordVPN - Does this seem to be more prevalent among all VPN services, or is it more-so targeted at certain VPN providers (ex ones that don't store logs, permit p2p/file sharing services) or simply across the board with pretty much any VPN provider that isn't super-small?

I've only had limited experience with ones outside of NordVPN and most have all been enterprise level VPNs such as Cisco which are obviously not going to be blocked by really any major US tech companies/services such as Amazon, Netflix, etc.

Audit result is out but not for the public.

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If you have an active sub with NordVPN, you can login in view for yourself because:

"The Report you about to see was prepared to enable NordVPN customers to verify that a report by an independent auditing company has been issued in connection with the no-log NordVPN service.

By proceeding further you agree that the auditing company will not be held liable nor responsible for any loss or damage suffered or costs incurred by you, arising out of or in connection with the Information provided in the report. You also agree not to copy and distribute the content or results of it."

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IMO, the result are lame and nothing much technical. :/

P.S sorry for opening this thread again.

NordVPN has not been compromised; however you have probably used the same credentials - username and password on different websites and one of them leaked yours. Then these credentials have been matched with your Nord account and who knows how many other services. Check your emails at and never use the same credentials with different services you pay for.

Amazon has not been working at all with NordVPN on for awhile in my case. Not just streaming, but getting on the Amazon site period. Tech support from Nord told me they were aware of it and were working on it.

For what it's worth....

I have multiple backups. here are some of my suggestions (in no particular order)

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P.I.A - proved in court TWICE they keep no logs

CryptoStorm - in my opinion the most secure vpn available

ProtonVPN - the devs behind ProtonMail, solid security, located in Sweden

AzireVPN - small company that takes privacy seriously, although slower speeds, more complicated setup

ExpressVPN - most likely the fastest vpn that keeps no logs

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if you want more specific info related to your needs from the vpn (your traffic, devices, etc..) just pm me I have tons of experience with vpn's, and proactive digital privacy as a whole.

I have to point out that ProtonVPN has clarified and the allegations against them are false and seem to be just a smear campaign by PIA.

I'd still like to have an official clarification about this from NordVPN.

I just signed up for the NordVPN 3 year deal and cannot connect to Amazon through any of their U.S. servers, contrary to the help article stating otherwise. I have "Obfuscated servers" enabled. It seems like all U.S. servers appear to be blocked from accessing Amazon sites.

The Canada server appears to hang for 30s - 1 min before the main page loads, and navigation is slow in general.

Discussion of this issue seems to be limited to reddit. If I had known of this significant restriction, I would not have paid for NordVPN. Connecting through Canada is an imperfect workaround; I want my localization to be in the U.S. in order to make purchases through Amazon.

While I love new information, you should most likely keep something like this to yourself as this is how Netflix & Co may find that they need to update their deny-lists and neither you or me wants that.

New VPN nodes are added continously by NordVPN and Netflix & Co are adding them to their deny-lists when they find out they exist. It's a never-ending tale.

Has been getting slower and slower to log in past couple weeks. Today cannot get into Amazon Payments at all using US Server and NordVPN. Spoke to their chat today and they confirmed their servers have been blocked by . They're working on a solution but I'm not sure how long it will take to resolve.

Nordvpn company’s servers are under the jurisdiction of Panama, where there are no mandatory data retention laws, so users can rest assured that their activity is not logged or stored in the NordVPN servers and their privacy is protected. Since they are not storing info they would not have what to give to the BIG BOSS as u said.

I suggest checking your email address on https://haveibeenpwned.com site. If there's a match, change passwords on both your email and nord account immediately. Even if there's no match, still change your passwords and always use different ones for separate platforms/services. With Quoras recent breach, perhaps there's already a new database leaked on the web and somebody matched these credentials to try and get to your nord account.

Yes but nord usually switches you to a p2p server if you are using p2p applications. https://nordvpn.com/blog/service-update-an-automated-p2p-workaround/?_ga=2.257158219.1963978074.1562164679-1042330602.1552889795

Download the version that says OpenVPN below the Mac App Store button

IKE is a newer standard they are now supporting. here is the link to read up on it.

It's an interesting point. Here is what their privacy policy states :

>We do not store connection time stamps, used bandwidth, traffic logs, IP addresses or browsing data.

So according to them, they shouldn't be able to track what a user is doing while using one of their servers through its account. At least, that's how I understand it.

However, here is what I found on an independent website about NordVPN's third-party audit reports.

>That said, NordVPN, like other VPNs, does process some personal information. For example, it keeps track of the user’s concurrent active user sessions. This information is stored for 15 minutes.

So I guess you can't really say that they keep logs because nothing is permanently kept. But they do seem to keep temporary logs and that may be how they managed to find the issue on OP's account.

This sounds really fishy, at first. I would be glad to read NordVPN's staff on this.

I switched to PIA VPN even though I still have 2 years NordVPN left. PIA is a much better fit for me. I guess Nord is more appealing to the less tech-savy individuals. If you really want true privacy you should set up your own OpenVPN or maybe WireGuard, that way not even the VPN provider or whoever got them under their thumb can log your whereabouts.

This whole article only shows their approach to the industry in which they operates. Trying to cover up their mistakes and pull out competitors slip-ups is so low... I mean, to pull out the challenge experienced by ExpressVPN back in 2017 (!!!) it's just wow. Imagine how that CEO went to his colleagues and said - "hey guys, we're f****d up, but let’s find everything that would humiliate our competitors!" Pathetic.

This article did not change my point of view of NordVPN in any way. They are keeping their promises after the 2019 event and improving the security of their infrastructure. Also, as far as I can remember, they have never chosen such low-level tactics against competitors.

I won't be talking about this shame of the VPN industry anymore, because talking about it is an absolute waste of time and energy.