Proton has ties to Israel. What's a safe alternative? (lemmy.world)

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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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[-] unknowablenight@piefed.social 22 points 1 day ago

Having exit nodes for their VPN is not the same as collaborating with the government. There is no evidence that the Israeli government has access to any of their information, their servers are hosted in Switzerland.

[-] Yliaster@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't running a VPN to a region require you to have a server in that region?

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