I’ve been using Express and had a great experience so far, but I may want to try a Proton subscription for cloud space and more emails. It also comes with a VPN service but I’m a little leary on trying something new. Any thoughts on Proton VPN?

  • RachelRodent@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    Don’t use shady vpn’s like express, nord vpn. etc. they’re all shit. At the moment I can only reccomend: Mullvad, Proton and IVPN. I would like to disclose that I am a proton subscriber but also a privacy nut that has done a lot of research about this.

    • gassygiant@discuss.onlineEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      Curious: what makes Nord shady? Their model seemed similar to Proton when I was researching the two. What’d I miss?

      • frogman [he/him]@beehaw.orgEnglish
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        2 months ago

        on the surface they do a lot right. warrant canary, no logs, solid infrastructure, profitable.

        for me, i really don’t like the weird ways that they market. super misleading to imply that they make a person “anonymous” and/or greatly improve your privacy beyond you sending them your information instead of your isp. i also really dont like the lack of transparency, particularly with closed-source clients. i also really don’t like the number of controversies that nord has been in, even insofar as getting hacked. i don’t want my vpn provider to have any, let alone quite a few, of these controversies.

        in terms of the model, proton is transitioning to a non-profit which reinforces why they are so well-regarded by the community. long history of doing right by consumers, where it matters most.