Interesting post on /r/VPN regarding countries preferable for hosting privacy services.

[greenclaydog 6]

The best countries for online privacy: an investigation (x-post r/privacy)

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/VPN/comments/5mld49/the_best_countries_for_online_privacy_an/

 

Thoughts?

[zhang888 1065]

the list:

 

1: Estonia

2: Iceland

3: Georgia

4: Japan

5: Armenia

 

Georgia, where Wordpress and Youtube are sometimes blocked and the only 2 of the 3 residential ISPs are tied to government?

Armenia, where during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict last year major parts of the country were disconnected from internet?

 

I hope nobody is taking this list seriously.

[greenclaydog 6]

 

the list:

 

1: Estonia

2: Iceland

3: Georgia

4: Japan

5: Armenia

 

Georgia, where Wordpress and Youtube are sometimes blocked and the only 2 of the 3 residential ISPs are tied to government?

Armenia, where during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict last year major parts of the country were disconnected from internet?

 

I hope nobody is taking this list seriously.

 

And you see kids, this is why information should be vetted before It's posted on Reddit. 

[OpenSourcerer 1363]

Georgia, where Wordpress and Youtube are sometimes blocked and the only 2 of the 3 residential ISPs are tied to government?

Armenia, where during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict last year major parts of the country were disconnected from internet?

 

I hope nobody is taking this list seriously.

 

Edit:

 

Several users have pointed out, correctly, that there are privacy violations existing in some of the top countries or countries of note. This is important to be aware of - nowhere is perfect. The two best nations, Iceland and Estonia, still engage in some data retention. I would be amazed if any of these countries conducts no online surveillance, and in some cases (e.g. Slovakia) we know for a fact that they do. The countries listed above are there because they are better than any other countries that were investigated, in either Freedom House's opinion (ranked countries) or my opinion (unranked). They are not there because they are perfect privacy havens - I don't think such a place exists!