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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Proton is transitioning towards a non-profit structure (proton.me)

submitted 5 months ago by retiolus@lemmy.cat to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] xlash123@sh.itjust.works 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Proton requires an account, which gives them some of your info, while Mullvad does not, giving you an anonymous account number instead.

If Proton really doesn't log VPN traffic, then it doesn't really matter. But since Mullvad does not have that same personal info, they would be unable to provide law enforcement or 3rd party data brokers any hard data aside from your IP if they wanted to.

[–] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

They support both bitcoin and mailed envelopes of cash. Proton only has the info you give them.