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submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Due to the recent announcement of Proton moving to a non-profit structure (although not becoming fully non-profit) I've decided to take another look at them and really, Proton Unlimited is an enticing offer. However, the fact of everything from mail, to accounts, to storage being in one place is somewhat disconcerting. Also I recall them being decent, but not particularly outstanding at refusing to provide data to outside sources, there was a situation a while back where they handed over information of a climate activist.

To be fair, mail is insecure by default and if you're going so far as to write to another Protonmail user you might as well use something actually secure and I am not exactly planning on breaking the law so I'm not too worried about data being handed over to authorities, yet it still leaves a bitter taste in my mouth and with the state of politics where I live there certainly is a concern that, being queer, I should also be a bit weary of governing bodies as well, as laws may change in the future.

Basically, by switching to Proton I'd be putting a lot of trust in them, instead of splitting it up between things like Mullvad, Bitwarden, etc. and besides a password manager (and to some extent my email provider), while dramatic, a single failure at any point wouldn't be a total disaster. Are they trustworthy enough for the convenience benefits to be worth it to any of you?

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[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

I think they're trustworthy, but not the best in all those categories - I think tuta is better for mail (no dependence on google services), mullvad is better for vpn (linux app actually works with wireguard, and doesn't have a hard dependence on networkmanager), and keepassxc + syncthing is better for passwords, although to be fair I haven't tried proton pass

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

mullvad is better for vpn

Except if you torrent and have poor upload speeds, as it doesn't support port forwarding.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Anymore yeah they used to allow it. A even better option for uploading is seeding to I2P. the bigger we can get i2P the better.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

You're talking about this, right?

That sounds promising. Know any good sites that can help me get started, or at least learn more?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

The official site is best to get started. Personally i find it the most easy to run a container and configure a secondary Firefox profile: https://geti2p.net/en/

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Thanks, I'll check it out.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

This is my opinion exactly. Plus they don't have a way to upgrade storage without a family or business plan. I just want a google drive alternative for the sake of migrating away from google, not security, though it's a nice bonus. Right now you can't increase the storage on the basic plan, you can upgrade to unlimited but it only gets you 500 gb but costs a lot more. If they had a $5/month plan for 2 tb of storage and no other services I'd sign up right now.

this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2024
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