VPNs, Tor, SPN, decentralized VPNs - so many tools! But how do they stack up against each other!? Tune in to this exclusive interview with Safing to answer my (and many of the community's) questions!

Notice: Throughout this interview (up until the end) I generally ask about Safing's SPN, which is a similar tool to many decentralized VPNs and should offer insight into the differences between VPNs, dVPNs, and Tor. With that said, I explicitly ask about dVPNs towards the end of the interview, and there is a 10+ minute discussion about it - use the timestamps to follow along!

Safing was kind enough to share 50 trial codes with our community! If you want to test it out yourself, leave your all-time favorite privacy/security tool on this post on our forum: https://discuss.techlore.tech/t/safing-spn-free-trial-codes/1901

Other resources: SPN vs VPN: https://safing.io/blog/2022/09/06/spn-vs-vpns/ Our Portmaster Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8cTRhGtmcM

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Notice: Throughout this interview (up until the end) I generally ask about the SPN, which is a similar tool to many decentralized VPNs and should offer insight into the differences between VPNs, dVPNs, and Tor. With that said, I explicitly ask about dVPNs towards the end of the interview, and there is a 10+ minute discussion about it :)

00:00 Introduction 01:43 What is the SPN? 04:50 How does the SPN compare to a traditional VPN? 08:18 Is this all decentralized? 10:04 What phase of development is the SPN in? 11:42 How does the SPN compare to the speed of a VPN? 15:04 Summarizing SPN vs VPN 15:41 Covering SPN's multi-identity system for multiple IP addresses across connections 20:08 Geoblocking perks of the SPN 21:10 How does the SPN compare to Tor? 24:13 Issues with Tor & how Safing attempts to fix some of those issues 26:12 Speed of SPN vs Tor 28:08 Summarizing VPN vs SPN vs Tor 30:28 Integration & history of the Safing ecosystem 34:21 The golden question: Decentralized VPNs - are they legit?! 45:10 Wrapping things up 46:44 Fun announcement for sticking to the end :) #safing #VPN #techlore