NordVPN is based in Panama, which has no mandatory data retention laws and does not participate in the Five Eyes or Fourteen Eyes alliances. It's TOS is not too bad either:
https://my.nordaccount.com/legal/terms-of-service/
I did not consider it because it does not offer GUI client for Linux. Due to dyslexia and ADD, the CLI crap is a no-go for me. After much research, I will be picking between AirVPN, Mullvad, and VPNArea. Still deciding. Only VPNArea is based in a 'safe' area (Bulgaria). The other two are in Sweden and italy.
https://www.privacypolicies.com/blog/isp-tracking-you/
https://www.cnet.com/news/nsa-likely-targets-anybody-whos-tor-curious/
https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/tor-browser-work-relate-using-vpn/
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/nsa-targeting-tor-users
https://daserste.ndr.de/panorama/aktuell/NSA-targets-the-privacy-conscious,nsa230.html
https://privacy.net/what-is-tor/
I was unable to find the previous site that claimed ISPs were reporting TOR use to TLAs, but I'll keep looking.
i'd go with Mulvad - i've read a lot of reviews and they seem to be the most privacy conscious
depending on your setup, running a VPN on your router may be the better idea - this way all clients use it and you need not worry so much about a CLI, though just doing <program> --help will give you the info you need to know
as for the 5/14 eyes countries, i'm not entirely sure it makes a damned difference, but i suppose it doesn't hurt to avoid them
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