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Proton services discussion
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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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I've been using Nord, and I'm on the fence about switching to either Proton or Mull. I'd like to hear how people chose one or the other
Just in case you don't know, you should do an internet search for "nordvpn data breach." I'm not saying you should switch, or that Nord is bad, but you should at least be aware that this situation occurred and it has been a consideration for a lot of privacy first type people ever since.
Yeah, I paid for a year's worth of service, then found out. I'm cheap as hell so I'm gonna ride out my subscription, but I'm definitely switching...I just haven't decided on the service yet
@solitude @LazerDickMcCheese just, saw this thread in passing so went to look. Tech radar piece from closer to the time seems a good critical piece on it. Sharing the link in case it's useful to others.
https://www.techradar.com/news/whats-the-truth-about-the-nordvpn-breach-heres-what-we-now-know
You could setup your own VPN or use Tor
I prefer mullvad because it has the option to pay with monero. It also seems more trustworthy than proton because they don't sell out users (that we know of), or make false claims
If you live in a location that has Amazon, and they sell the Mullvad gift-card type voucher, this may be a good alternative option for payment. It has a code under a scratch-off type material on the back, & then you put the code into the Mullvad app for additional time. No way to tie my Amazon account to that gift card (with a random anonymous code under the scratch off) and then to my Mullvad account. The gift card is also discounted from their normal pricing.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
make flase claims
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
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