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Re:Ask HN: What VPN service are you currently using? by Ms-J on Thursday August 31, 2023 @10:49PM (#37346202)
Even in your link people are calling out Proton's BS. Tesonet and Proton go hand in hand.

You haven't addressed any of the communities concerns. What about the second link where "Bynet Data Communications" with ties to Israel's IDF, is providing network services?

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Re:Ask HN: What VPN service are you currently using? by protonmail on Friday September 01, 2023 @06:24AM (#37348915)
Proton is it's own network provider, and does not use services from Bynet, and that's easy to verify: https://ip.me/ip/185.70.42.45
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Re:Ask HN: What VPN service are you currently using? by Ms-J on Friday September 01, 2023 @07:42PM (#37357310)
All that link shows is who is the organization and ASN behind the IP. No one could verify if Proton does or doesn't use services from Bynet Data from that info. Could you address your relationship with Tesonet?
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Re:Ask HN: What VPN service are you currently using? by protonmail on Monday September 04, 2023 @05:11AM (#37378620)
Run a traceroute on the IPs in our ASN and you'll be able to verify. Also see the Reddit link posted above.
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Re:Ask HN: What VPN service are you currently using? by Ms-J on Sunday September 10, 2023 @12:27AM (#37452902)
A traceroute won't show anything relevant to the use of other services. It will only show the path the packet follows and will omit layer 2 equipment, such as a switch. Which then can be further used to export and log data.

From your Reddit link, which I have already addressed, user common_sense7 goes into detail about the relationship with data mining Tesonet and ProtonVPN, direct link: https://old.reddit.com/r/ProtonVPN/comments/8ww4h2/protonvpn... The thread was even locked by ProtonVPN's mods.

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