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Proton has ties to Israel. What's a safe alternative?
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Complete bullshit by a trolling OP. Israel is cancer, but OP is doing an obvious smear on Proton to try to agitate leftists. Case in point: Mullvad and most other VPNs have exit nodes in Israel.
It is a dumbfuck corporate decision that has absolutely no more bearing on your VPN's privacy than routing through the US or Australia. You are truly completely confused.
Also "its" doesn't have an apostrophe when used as a possessive, you fucking idiot.
Just because mullvad and most other VPNs do something, doesn't mean it's good.
Israel is known for a level of surveillance that most other countries aren't.
The rest of what you've said is just ad hominem I'm not interested in.
The idea that you're not interested in being called out is not unusual.
You have a bone to pick with Proton. It is evident as you've singled them out without mentioning this is industry standard. You have a problem with the VPN industry that you are solely blaming Proton for in your post title.
You are a weird little agitator and deserve many more ad hominems. Get wrecked.
I responded to the aspects of your argument that weren't personal attacks. Personal attacks, yes, I am not interested in.
''Industry standard'' doesn't mean anything. Government surveillance and everything this sub stands against is ''industry standard''. Just because everyone's doing it doesn't mean it's a good thing.
I ''singled out'' Proton because it was the VPN I used the most prior. I'm not sure why that's a problem.
Are you able to discuss things based on criticisms of logical reasoning and evidence, or are you going to continue to respond with personal attacks? I am open to critique.
Proton is garbage though. They immediately disabled my account after I set it up, as I'm on some blacklist by some brazillian firm, they didn't tell me that part, they said suspicious activity. I do nothing illegal, or spammy either, I read the news and use some social media.
Anyway they gave me no way to appeal. The other main one that doesn't require a phone number or existing email let me appeal and approved it.
Now why am I on some shady blacklist that tech companies use to discriminate against people for? I can only speculate, but I suspect it's an Israel thing.