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Re:PIA VPN to be acquired by malware company founded by form... by arthurcolle on Monday December 02, 2019 @12:27AM (#21680043)
ProtonVPN, I use them for email as well. They got in a bit of hot water for helping with the legal case for one of their users, but generally I like to think that if I'm not committing any crimes I'll be ok, come what may.
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Re:PIA VPN to be acquired by malware company founded by form... by icelancer on Monday December 02, 2019 @12:31AM (#21680063)
Do you have information on that? Quick searches didn't find much for me. Thanks.
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Re:PIA VPN to be acquired by malware company founded by form... by arthurcolle on Monday December 02, 2019 @12:37AM (#21680083)
Here are some useful posts:

https://www.securityweek.com/protonmail-accused-voluntarily-...

https://www.neowin.net/news/protonmail-confirms-it-helped-in...

"Drug dealer post" with ProtonMail response: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/dd5dkk/warning_...

Search for "court order" on ProtonMail subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/search/?q=court%20order&...

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Re:PIA VPN to be acquired by malware company founded by form... by icelancer on Monday December 02, 2019 @12:42AM (#21680105)
Got it. I'm comfortable with their level of engagement here, so long as the encryption wasn't breachable.
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Re:PIA VPN to be acquired by malware company founded by form... by dmix on Monday December 02, 2019 @01:05AM (#21680188)
You also technically don't have to give your real information to a VPN provider.
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Re:PIA VPN to be acquired by malware company founded by form... by arthurcolle on Monday December 02, 2019 @01:13AM (#21680217)
It could potentially be a violation of Terms of Service to provide a false identity to any provider of any given set of services, but I guess you're technically right.
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Re:PIA VPN to be acquired by malware company founded by form... by harias on Monday December 02, 2019 @02:11AM (#21680489)
They don't ask for any identity information right? ProtonVPN even accepts mailing them cash with no return address.

Payment options: https://protonvpn.com/support/payment-options/

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