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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Ste41th@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
 

Basically I started with mullvad then turned to proton but after they introduced AI and a crypto wallet I’m just looking for what peoples opinions are.

EDIT: Thank you all for your suggestions and opinions :D

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[–] LittleBobbyTables@lemmy.sdf.org 99 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Use Mullvad, unless you absolutely require port forwarding.

[–] geoma@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago

This is the best answer.

[–] Ste41th@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

Thank you for your opinion

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Proton has port forwarding? Source?

[–] eating3645@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone -2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

God damn that's complicated compared to PIA

[–] Sunny@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Pia is owned by very sketchy Kape Technologies, just FYI.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Yeah but their stack is open source, with no evidence of wrongdoing, and proven no log track record. Their servers have no persistent storage. The threat model isn't the fuckin NSA lol

[–] Sunny@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

While PIA Might not have done any wrong doing, Kape Technologies definitely has. Imo, it's not worth funding.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago

I have a proton subscription but it's not worth the effort to port forward until their app can do it

[–] Fyurion@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I dont know why that has you doing so much, I use port forwarding with proton vpn and all I did was press a button in the proton vpn app and it was on.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

That's the manual setup for use cases like on a server or whatever (a common place where you would need port forwarding)

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Fyurion@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago

Ah that'll do it. Seems more effort has been put into the windows app

[–] FrankLaskey@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Or you already use Proton Mail / Drive etc and want to save a bit of money with Proton Unlimited at 9.99 EUR/USD / mo. That’s why I switched from Mullvad. I do agree that overall though Mullvad is the best in terms of trustworthiness (so far as we know anyway)

[–] TheSun@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

And if you need port forwarding use airvpn. Proton seems more and more sketch every day