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points by anonymous908213 7 hours ago | 0 comments

FFS. ProtonVPN is borderline irreplaceable as one of the three or so VPNs that you don't have to trust because they've been tested in court not to have VPN logs. Losing one of them hurts.

[–] aesthesia 6 hours ago

Does this change your estimation of whether they will keep logs?

[–] bunderbunder 5 hours ago

Based on my own usage, one of the things that AI continues to be really, really shit at is data governance. And this is a place where a “move fast at all costs” attitude simply will not do. It is just so very easy to accidentally start leaking data in a way that undermines privacy safeguards.

[–] andrewinardeer 5 hours ago

This issue is not unique to Proton. Tech companies are going either going "a fair bit" to "all" in on AI. Like Proton.

[–] virtualcharles 6 hours ago

Who are the others? Mullvad I assume, although they had their own brush with bullshit not too long ago.

[–] SamDc73 6 hours ago

> although they had their own brush with bullshit not too long ago.

can you elaborate?

[–] meibo 6 hours ago

Their founder recently donated a large sum of money to an extreme far right/nationalist party in Sweden: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullvad#Donation_to_the_%C3%96...

[–] andrewinardeer 5 hours ago

Oh, so no issue with the product. Phew.