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Vivaldi, now with added VPN (vivaldi.com)
submitted 1 month ago by Cyber@feddit.uk to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Just found my Vivaldi update contained a little more than just bugfixes... it now has Proton VPN built in.

It's actually part of the browser, not an extension, so I'm in two minds whether I like that... or not.

You need either a Vivaldi account or a Proton account, so it's not completely anonymous, but it's a start.

The free-tier of Proton VPN also appears to be bandwidth limited and your exit point is randomised, so... yeah, it's ok...

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[-] cupcakezealot 42 points 1 month ago

i do not trust proton to not share data with the us government considering how chummy the ceo is with trump and the republican party.

proton is just another big tech cryptofash broligarchy company and its shameful vivaldi is getting in bed with them

[-] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Y'all are blowing this way the fuck out of proportion.

  1. Proton AG is not based in the US, and they've already shown that they have no access to any encrypted data multiple times.

  2. Proton AG is privately owned by the Proton Foundation, not Andy Yen. Andy is only 1 out of 5 people on that board. He does not have full control, and has only expressed his opinion on a single person that Trump picked. That's it. Was it distasteful? Yes. Does it mean that Andy is a trumper and hellbent on fucking over everyone else? Absolutely not.

FFS, get your facts straight.

[-] cupcakezealot 4 points 4 weeks ago
[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)
  1. Proton will comply with legal demands for information
  2. Proton intentionally limits what data it has access to

Don't trust any cloud service to protect you from the authorities, trust the technical limitations you can verify. Proton is pretty good for this, in fact, one of the best. But like any service that wants to continue existing, they will honor legal demands for info.

[-] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

And none of that relates to the VPN which, under Swiss law, is not obligated to retain any logs whatsoever.

[-] HappyTimeHarry@lemm.ee 4 points 4 weeks ago

You should not trust any company to stand up against court orders.

I like when companies openly show what data they do provide, all of the good vpns do.

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