Now that we’ve laid a foundation in this ProtonVPN review with all of the various features, we can talk a bit about how those translate into pros and cons for us as users.īecause as much as I like Proton VPN, there are a couple things I wish I could change. A VPN wasn’t initially designed to be a privacy tool, so this use of Tor allows you to take advantage of privacy not offered by traditional VPNs. This last feature is more important than you might realize. It’s a slower connection, but it sends your data through a random set of nodes that even Proton can’t know. Tor over VPN Option: For those who don’t trust a centralized company to provide privacy, Proton VPN allows you to connect to the private Tor network through a VPN.This means that nobody can watch what websites you’re accessing. DNS Leak Protection: The software protects not only your browsing traffic, but also your DNS queries.For most users, this is more than enough.

Up to 10 Simultaneous Connections: Whereas some of the more popular commercial VPN providers like ExpressVPN give users five (5) simultaneous connections, ProtonVPN offers an above-standard ten (10).

Personally I think the Proton company isn't malicious and just really bungled up the launch of ProtonVPN by going at it together with / through TesoNet, and their VPN efforts will forever be tainted by that.īut, that has very little to do with their mail branch, which preceded ProtonVPN and which so far seems a pretty good offering to me if you want your mail to be encrypted-at-rest. > Does that mean ProtonMail also is no longer trustworthy? In general, I guess a personal VPN is more private on a micro level (no VPN provider that can spy on you) but less private on a macro level (any determined actor can trace your DO VPN back to you since you are the only user) Hell, in a weird way, if PIA somehow turned out be a NSA honeypot they would be even better for that purpose since they'd essentially be untouchable by copyright holders. I mainly want copyright hounds and data miners (including my ISP) to stay out of my way.

I guess that depends on your threat vector. I feel like all the public VPNs are like big honeypots I'd rather stay away from. I just run my own VPN from a $5/month DigitalOcean droplet.

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