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submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by jackmaoist@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net

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As much as I like using Proton Mail and VPN, their current offerings have grown exponentially in size.

I would highly recommend anyone here to not put all their eggs in one basket. Proton can and has in the past disabled user accounts for no reason. This means that you will lose access to everything you use with them.

Only use Mail or VPN and use other services for other needs.

Mail -> Tutanota
Calendar -> Tutanota
Drive -> Just make a NAS. I don't trust any provider with file storage.
VPN -> Mullvad
Pass -> Bitwarden or Keepass
Wallet -> Don't buy crypto
Docs -> ~~OpenOffice~~ LibreOffice
Sheets -> ~~OpenOffice~~ LibreOffice
Authenticator -> Aegis or Ente Auth
Meet -> This is fine.
AI -> Run something locally

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[–] JustSo@hexbear.net 15 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Unless you're actively committing crimes, or trying to evade the government

Privacy is more than a hobby horse for an increasingly large segment of the worlds population.

I doubt Proton would even protect a ROM pirate from Nintendo.

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 11 points 6 days ago

In general, Swiss authorities do not assist foreign authorities from countries with a history of human rights abuses.

lmao

[–] bigpharmasutra@hexbear.net 1 points 5 days ago

First, no one is safe from Nintendo. Those bastards are insane.

Second, Proton moved Lumo out of Switzerland already and I believe they are going to start phasing the other services to German or Norway, I forget which one. Not that its necessarily "better" but its something.

Third, they just passed another no-log audit, so they're not just forking the info over to everyone that asks. As far as I understand it, the orders that are complied with are mostly about CSAM.