If you’re going to be giving out advice, you should at least know that Mozilla VPN is rebranded Mullvad VPN. So most of the information on your chart should be exactly the same for both.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/products/vpn/features/
Scroll down to “Convenient,” then “More than 500 servers in 30+ countries,” and click on the link “See our list of servers,” which takes you to the Mullvad website server list here:
https://mullvad.net/en/servers
Unless something has changed, the VPN that Malwarebytes sells is also rebranded Mullvad.
In my opinion, if you’re going to include a VPN like PIA, you should also include who owns them (Kape Technologies - owner of multiple VPNs), and instruct people to do an internet search for “Kape Technologies malware.” I’m not saying don’t get PIA, but people should be able to at least make an informed decision:
“Kape Technologies, originally known as Crossrider, has a history of distributing malware through its ad injection platform before rebranding and focusing on VPN services. While it has since shifted its business model, concerns about its past and corporate practices remain prevalent in discussions about its VPN offerings.”
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/detections/adware-crossrider
Adware.CrossRider
Adware.CrossRider is Malwarebytes’ detection name for a large family of adware targeting both Windows and macOS systems. CrossRider offers a highly configurable method for its clients to monetize their software.
Source and type of infection
Adware.CrossRider is usually installed by bundlers. Programs offering some kind of functionality are combined with the adware component.
Additional reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Sagi#Kape_Technologies
Likewise, inform people to search for “Nord data breach,” so people can again make an informed decision. It wasn’t the fact that there was a data breach, but how it was handled that some had a problem with:
“Evidence indicates the attack most likely happened some time between January 31st, 2018, when the server came online, and March 5th, 2018. The attack was made via a compromised data center account, not an account managed by NordVPN. The data center deleted this account on March 20th, 2018, blocking any further access to the server. NordVPN claims not to have been notified about the breach until April 13th, 2019, more than a year after it happened. It took down the server the same day, and began an immediate audit of its 5,000 servers. The company wouldn’t go public until evidence of the hack emerged some six months later. Why? The blog post stated: ‘thoroughly reviewing the providers and configurations for over 5,000 servers around the world takes time. As a result, we decided we should not notify the public until we could be sure that such an attack could not be replicated anywhere else on our infrastructure.’”
Again, not saying there is a problem with PIA and Nord, just that people should know about these things before making a decision.
As someone else already said, it greatly depends on where you live, which you didn’t mention.
Some random third world country: They most likely could not care less. Even if they have anti-piracy laws, there is no one to try to catch you or enforce those laws. They don’t produce the overwhelming majority of the movies, TV shows or other files that are down/uploaded, so piracy doesn’t affect them.
The U.S.: Use a VPN whenever torrenting, like Mullvad, Proton, or IVPN - https://www.privacyguides.org/en/vpn/. Use qBittorrent and make sure to BIND your VPN to qBit. Do not solely rely on a killswitch, they can fail. If you’re caught uploading files without a VPN, you’ll most likely just get a letter or email from your internet provider. Don’t respond. If you do respond (like if they shut off your internet until you contact them), you’re only answer should be is that you don’t know anything about it, and maybe your neighbor hacked your wifi or into the main line. However, you mentioned the landlord owns the router (so I assume that means the landlord also pays for your internet?), which means don’t be an idiot and put yourself in the position of trying to explain to your landlord (and your wife) why you were downloading / uploading some shitty music or porn. Use a VPN. I prefer Mullvad for anonymity, but Proton has some great Black Friday and holiday sales sometimes. There’s a little more to it than this, but this is the basics. Also, the majority of ISPs don’t care at all that you’re down/uploading files, until they are contacted by someone connected to the file you were uploading. Then, they are obligated to contact you. Eventually, if you keep doing it, your ISP will get tired of dealing with the letters in regards to you and may just cancel your account.
Germany, or somewhere similar: I’d suggest using Usenet. It’s a bit more complicated to setup, but it’s an overall better experience in my opinion. Get 2-3 good indexers and put their info into Prowlarr for searching, get a good provider and put their info into SabNZBD for downloading. Make sure the SSL connection is enabled in SabNZBD (which it already should be by default) and then you technically will not need a VPN, because whatever you’re downloading is automatically encrypted. Obviously, there is no uploading back to the hive while using Usenet. I’d still use a VPN though, so your ISP doesn’t even see what you’re searching for and what websites you’re going to. If interested, Radarr and Lidarr can track movies and TV shows for you. The three apps I mentioned that end with “arr” are part of a group of apps known as the “arrs”. https://wiki.servarr.com/