• Proton VPN has hit back at Canada’s proposed Bill C-22

• The proposed legislation could require VPNs to log user metadata

• NordVPN and Windscribe have also slammed the bill

  • XLE@piefed.social
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    21 hours ago

    I’ll still appreciate when if they fight for the right things.

    Proton has a long history of capitulation.

    And they have a history of making promises they don’t keep.

    In fact, it’s so bad that Proton defender @Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus wrote a warning about how their statement here is basically not to be trusted.

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      6 hours ago

      You think anyone is going to jail for you and your 10 bucks a month or whatever the subsxription cost is.

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        5 hours ago

        Direct your ire towards Proton and its false promises, please.

        We are a neutral and safe haven for your personal data, committed to defending your freedom.

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      22 hours ago

      if 3 lines is a long comment for you, you should read more. For the others:

      This AGAIN? They were ordered by a Swiss court to log the IP accessing the mailbox, (which the court granted because the French authorities cited terrorism as a reason, completely overblown charges). They do NOT log IPs by default, and if you do not comply with court orders of the country you are based in, you can close up shop.

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          4 hours ago

          @Photonic@lemmy.world, if you already knew Proton had a history of capitulation, why did you ask? Especially when the next thing you did was pretend it didn’t matter.

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            Mate, I sense a lot of anger in you. Try to calm down a bit. I’m not the enemy here. I want privacy just as much as you do.

            Your definition of capitulation is a bit (and by a bit, I mean very much) exaggerated.

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              “Mate,” you got an answer to your question, but opted to brush it off in several ways. If you did care, take it up with Proton and stop being disingenuous here.

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                22 minutes ago

                Disingenuous? The only disingenuous thing is calling someone else disingenuous just because they have a different opinion. Don’t ever call me disingenuous, because that’s not what I am.

                Your definition of capitulation is absurd and the way you’re going into this discussion is nothing more than Trump-like and scummy. Kindly fuck off with your pedantic and paediatric behaviour and leave the grown-ups be.

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          5 hours ago

          Any service out there that would not comply with these orders, is a service that could not legally operate in these countries.

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            4 hours ago

            Direct your ire to Proton’s false advertising on their homepage!

            We are a neutral and safe haven for your personal data, committed to defending your freedom.

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                1 hour ago

                mabeledo, the links prove they don’t bother practicing what they preach. They don’t even try, until public pressure gets too hot. You don’t need to be a corporate shill.

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                  18 minutes ago

                  What a childish take.

                  Proton cannot operate outside of the law. Swiss laws may be privacy friendly, but that does not imply that court orders can be ignored.

                  But if you think so, then please name a single entity that after not complying with a court order, was still allowed to continue operations or was not fined.

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          21 hours ago

          Well, I know there are some cases. But they are still bound by Swiss law, or soon they will not have a company anymore.

          It’s not perfect on privacy, but I wouldn’t call it “capitulation” either.

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            21 hours ago

            Proton’s homepage has a very different take on Swiss law.

            Our technology and business are based upon this fundamentally stronger definition of privacy, backed also by Swiss privacy laws.

            Proton is based in Switzerland, and your data does not go to the cloud. Instead, it stays under the protection of some of the world’s strongest privacy laws.

            And a very different public message about whether they would capitulate vs defending your freedom.

            We are a neutral and safe haven for your personal data, committed to defending your freedom.

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              20 hours ago

              Well that’s actually what I said, isn’t it? Swiss law, which they have to abide by. Some of the strongest in the world, but not airtight for people who commit crimes.

              The laws protect the company and the users privacy to a certain extent, but that also means Proton have the responsibility to uphold that law, or the law will be meaningless.

              Getting into trouble by repeatedly purposely breaking the law is probably the easiest way for a company to get disbanded. No other companies will work with you, your server contracts will not be extended and you won’t get anything done.

              And neutral is also probably a lawful type of neutral, judging from the many times they mention the law :)

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                18 hours ago

                It’s the exact opposite. Proton says Swiss law backs you. You say that Swiss law binds them to be against you.

                If Proton said what you said, they wouldn’t be guilty of false advertising.

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                  6 hours ago

                  I never said that.

                  Being backed by the law also means working within the confinements of the law.

                  They’re not falsely advertising if they don’t specifically mention they are not going to break the law.

                  I don’t understand why this is such a difficult concept for you.

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                    5 hours ago

                    Being backed by the law also means working within the confinements of the law.

                    They don’t say that, now do they?