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What the hell Proton! (r.nf)

submitted 2 months ago by King@r.nf to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The VPNs you characterise as "shitty" aren't necessarily a bad choice; they're cheaper than the legitimate privacy VPNs. Mullvad is famously 5€ per month, Proton is 4.49€ per month, but NordVPN is 3.09€, Surfshark is 2.19€, and PIA is 1.79€ per month.

If you're really just here to pretend you're in another country (rather than privatemaxing) or hide your torrenting activity from your ISP, the cheaper options can be a perfectly legitimate choice.

[–] 01011@monero.town 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Mullvad doesn't try and lock you in with any auto-renewal shenanigans and was the second service that I know of to offer payment via xmr. The first was ivpn but their server speeds were trash.

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's true. Mullvad will even let you send cash by post to them which is definitely not something you can do with other services.

However, in terms of private payment options, you can always use BTC's Lightning Network with the other options if that concerns you.

[–] 01011@monero.town 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I believe Proton VPN allows for cash mail in. https://protonvpn.com/support/payment-options/

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

It seems you're right. I did not know that.

[–] EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago

they do. They also accept bitcoin

[–] EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago

The first was ivpn but their server speeds were trash.

Their server speeds are great now. I tried them. They just have a very small number of servers compared to those other three

[–] theonetruedroid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Love it. If you want to stay anonymous, might as well go the whole way. Granted TOR should not be used with a VPN.