# Anyone using VPN? Performance? Recommendations? **URL:** \ **Category:** Technology\ **Created:** [July 31, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/anyone-using-vpn-performance-recommendations/3263 "2023-07-31T23:45:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![robertpri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@robertpri](https://community.clark.com/u/robertpri)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/anyone-using-vpn-performance-recommendations/3263/1 "2023-07-31T23:45:02Z")
Just use it for financials? Or? ---
**Author:** ![pokerpro79](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e57/32.png) [@pokerpro79](https://community.clark.com/u/pokerpro79)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/anyone-using-vpn-performance-recommendations/3263/2 "2023-08-01T02:31:38Z")
I tried mcafee and Norton but they slowed speeds considerably. SurfShark works well. But I’m always leary of all these vpn companies that are established outside of the United States. ---
**Author:** ![robertpri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@robertpri](https://community.clark.com/u/robertpri)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 3:05am UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/anyone-using-vpn-performance-recommendations/3263/3 "2023-08-01T03:05:53Z")
> [@pokerpro79](#): > > I tried mcafee and Norton but they slowed speeds considerably. SurfShark works well I’ve had the same results. Poor performance. Surfshank is also a concern. I’m getting ads for VPN’s from Malwarebytes, and PC Matic. I use them both so might try their VPN’s. ---
**Author:** ![robertpri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@robertpri](https://community.clark.com/u/robertpri)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 7:16am UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/anyone-using-vpn-performance-recommendations/3263/4 "2023-08-01T07:16:08Z")
> [@pokerpro79](#): > > established outside of the United States. So you cautiously use it for…financial stuff? Or…? I’m conflicted. I use 2FA everywhere, plus Yubikeys. Safe enough? I don’t know ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Dunham](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.clark.com/robert_dunham/32/1954_2.png) [@Robert\_Dunham](https://community.clark.com/u/Robert_Dunham)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/anyone-using-vpn-performance-recommendations/3263/5 "2023-08-04T13:23:21Z")
TOP VPN has been bedeviling me with advertising pop-ups. I believe it is a product of Advanced System Care, a product suite I have used happily for years after learning about it on the Clark message boards in the 1990s+/- but the constant barrage of pop-ups has purely turned me off. I avoid anything sold by pop-up. ---
**Author:** ![glasspilot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@glasspilot](https://community.clark.com/u/glasspilot)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/anyone-using-vpn-performance-recommendations/3263/6 "2023-08-04T15:52:39Z")
I use Proton VPN on my Firestick. Pretty happy with it. Proton is based in Switzerland. ---
**Author:** ![mikie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@mikie](https://community.clark.com/u/mikie)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2023, 1:54pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/anyone-using-vpn-performance-recommendations/3263/8 "2023-08-07T13:54:34Z")
Proton is free if you don’t do the upgrade. ---
**Author:** ![ochotona](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.clark.com/ochotona/32/293_2.png) [@ochotona](https://community.clark.com/u/ochotona)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/anyone-using-vpn-performance-recommendations/3263/9 "2023-08-09T22:29:59Z")
I use Google VPN which comes with Google One membership. Performance is good. It’s on all my family devices. It’s a good feeling to be encrypted. ---
**Author:** ![marcf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.clark.com/marcf/32/3244_2.png) [@marcf](https://community.clark.com/u/marcf)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/anyone-using-vpn-performance-recommendations/3263/10 "2024-07-01T20:38:27Z")
I’m using ZoogVPN for free. Works well. Not sure what I had too give up in return though! ---
**Author:** ![keith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f05b48/32.png) [@keith](https://community.clark.com/u/keith)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 6:03am UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/anyone-using-vpn-performance-recommendations/3263/11 "2024-07-03T06:03:38Z")
Now that pretty much every website uses encrypted connections, using a VPN isn’t as critical as before. It is more for keeping the sites you visit private instead of defense against hackers. ---
**Author:** ![ochotona](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.clark.com/ochotona/32/293_2.png) [@ochotona](https://community.clark.com/u/ochotona)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 4:08am UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/anyone-using-vpn-performance-recommendations/3263/12 "2024-07-07T04:08:31Z")
Google VPN is dead. Gone to the Google Graveyard. I’m using Proton VPN now.