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ProtonVPN or Mullvad? Why would you choose one over another? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by CodenameDarlen@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I'm thinking about paying for a VPN, I currently don't use one.

I'd like to use Mullvad but they don't seem to have regional prices, while Proton does.

I wonder if Proton is still a reliable option, Proton is 60% cheaper in my country, probably because regional pricing (but I didn't check if it's really the case).

If anyone has any other suggestion I'd like to hear it.

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[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Their hands are not clean. They should not be trusted.

https://trust.zone/post/proton-privacy-myth-shattered:-journalists-silenced-without-warning

https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/08/encrypted-services-apple-proton-and-wire-helped-spanish-police-identify-activist/

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago

From what I gather these are about the IP Logging, deanonymizing user, and having accounts on temporary suspension.

You could search it why on your own or even read the articles you just cited but basically.

Apparently the user broke swiss law and "Proton must comply with Swiss law. As soon as a crime is committed, privacy protections can be suspended". However, if the user used VPN, they could've gotten away with this tbh. Emails are encrypted so the only thing they got going for them was the IP address, and that was the weak point.
For the deanonymized user, their recovery email was an iCloud email. You don't need to use a recovery email, it's an option that the user chose.
Proton received an alert from CERT, saying that these users were linked to a North Korean APT group. But they couldn't verify (as they can't read encrypted emails), so they did the safe thing and temporary suspended them until they receiver further confirmation.

It seems everything they did was to comply with the laws and 2 of these situations could've been easily avoided by the user. The third case just put their accounts in suspension for some further review.