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submitted 1 day ago by Yliaster@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Proton VPN/mail. It's often recommended as being safe, but I'm not so sure.

It has servers in Israel. Ties to Israel are never a good thing. Palantir, Epstein, etc are tied to Israel, and Israel also is known for its surveillance. It is also true that it's completely legal there for them to access and monitor any and all information that passes through VPNs or networks there.

I'm looking for a safe alternative that's privacy-conscious and isn't linked to Israel. Both mail and vpn (it's fine if they're separate). Please let me know if you guys know.

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[-] Egonallanon@feddit.uk 16 points 1 day ago

Do you have information on proton's Israel links? I know they used radware several years ago but no longer do.

[-] Yliaster@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

If you open the app Israel is literally listed as a server. It's not hard to find.

[-] Egonallanon@feddit.uk 1 points 3 hours ago

That's it? they've got some metal hosted in the country somewhere? I was expecting more.

Looking through the thread it seems you're very keen on the end of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people and privacy which is good but going after proton won't help on either front here.

If you want to help stop the murder look into the BDS and the organisations they're currently running boyoctts against and focus your efforts on those as those organisations are the ones propping up the Israeli state and allowing/assisting it to commit it's crimes. community action against targets that matter will have a far more meaningful effects than going after a handful of servers. To this end also look up Palestinian organisations where you live to work with. The Palestine Solidarity Campaign in the UK is good example.

And on the privacy side I feel you seem to miss the point of how VPNs work. If you avoid ever setting your exit point to Israel then Israel will never see your traffic and be able to surveil it. Unless you have some evidence that Proton's network has been compromised I can't see any technical reason to avoid using Proton or any other provider running endpoints in Israel.

this post was submitted on 20 Feb 2026
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