#proton VPN

[textpostsofananon]

My new obsession is jellyfin and the *ARR suite.

What do you mean i can completely automate all parts of a streaming service for no money, completely locally, for free apart from vpn costs due to living in a country who cares about copyright.

Everything about this is amazing. There are no downsides other than your download speed once it's set up

[techmurdoch]

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[blogquantumreality]

Proton has added an arbitration exclusivity clause

Together with the SLA change, we’re also making an update to our dispute resolution policy, including requiring individual arbitration for all disagreements (with certain outlined exceptions) and excluding class, representative, and collective claims.

I plan to be writing a strongly worded objection to this, and I’m disappointed that a pro-privacy (and implicity pro-consumer/end-user) company would resort to a tactic like this.

According to their terms, you can opt out but you have to specifically state as such and do so in writing to this address:

Proton AG Attn: Legal Route de la Galaise 32, 1228 Plan-les-Ouates Geneva, Switzerland

And you have to do so within 30 days of July 26, 2023.

[willcodehtmlforfood]

Previously reserved solely for paid Proton VPN Plus subscribers, the extension is now usable by anyone on a Chrome or Firefox-compatible browser, and that's great news because Proton offers one of the best free VPNs.

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The only real irritation we have with Proton's free VPN equivalent is that you can't select a region to connect to a server in, instead, you are automatically assigned one and can only randomly reroll a new connection after a short delay. This makes it a bit of a pain for streaming if you're trying to watch content that's locked to a specific region.

[bytetrending]

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[applesferablog]

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[programsreview]

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[richardmhicks]

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[para-dweller]

Privacy is in a terrible situation right now.

Especially on the internet. You know, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter(X), Apple, and even Tumblr all collect information about you to show you scarily accurate advertisements among other things.

Why does this matter?

This isn't about hiding information, it's about protecting information. You wouldn't let me know your entire life, your diary, all your photos and text messages, so why do you let random companies do the same?

Privacy Guides - Why Privacy Matters

So how do you stop this?

You can't. But you can lessen this. So I'm going to show you a non-exhaustive list of what I've used and what I know of that may help your privacy. I would recommend you go to privacyguides.org after if you want a better explanation. I'm just here to show you cool things.

Disclaimer

I am not a library on this sort of information and this is what I choose to use. I may be incorrect and you may have differing opinions. Also, this may be too extreme for everybody. Use what works for you. Again, I would recommend you go to privacyguides.org after you read this for a more in-depth and better explanation.

VPNs

You know what a VPN is. You've seen the sponsorships. VPNs are one of the most popular privacy tools, but know that they are not the only tool that you'd need. This list is evidence of that.

I would recommend Proton VPN, Mullvad, and IVPN for most users, as they provide a far better amount of privacy and features than VPNs such as Nord VPN, Surfshark, and Express VPN. If you really want unlimited devices go with Windscribe.

I personally use Proton VPN due to the fact that I use their other services.

Browsers

You should probably know that Google Chrome is basically spyware at this point. The issue here is, almost all Chromium-based browsers are. These include, Edge, Opera, and Vivaldi. The only real exception would be Brave, but they've got leadership issues, which may not be a deal breaker for you.

So what do you use? A Firefox-based browser. This obviously includes Firefox, but most Firefox-based browsers are privacy-focused. The browsers that I recommend are Firefox, Librewolf, the Mullvad Browser, Waterfox, and Brave.

There is also the Tor Browser, but that is a whole 'nother can of worms that I will not go into. All I will say is that if you are in a high-risk environment(such as an oppressive regime) or you need absolutely no one to know that you searched that one thing, you may want to use the browser for anonymity.

I use Firefox as my main browser, with Brave as the browser that I use if something doesn't work on Firefox. I also use Tor if it is a high-risk situation.

Search Engines

Google, Bing, and Yahoo! all log your searches, you need alternatives. This is relatively straight-forward.

I recommend, Qwant, DuckDuckGo, SearXNG, Brave Search, and Startpage. Both Qwant and DuckDuckGo are fairly similar as they both use Bing search results and say that they don't track you. SearXNG is more complex, and I will not go into detail here. If you really want Google search results, use Startpage. And if you don't want your search to rely on Bing or Google, use Brave Search.

I use Qwant, mainly just cause its European.

Passwords

Passwords are the keys to your digital life. And most of the time they're not that great. You know the drill here, make passwords like this- XmaE7PEj2hq9ed$w - but you can't really remember them. For that you need a password manager.

I recommend Bitwarden, Proton Pass, and KeepassXC. Bitwarden and Proton Pass are more convenient, but you are trusting a single entity, reputable ones, but still. KeepassXC isn't as convienent, but you have near full control over what happens to it.

I use Proton Pass, as I use other Proton services.

Email

Email is identity, you almost always use your email in order to register for sites like Tumblr, and sites that aren't anything like Tumblr. Companies like Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo! all use your email inbox in order to gain more information about you for their companies. There are quite a few email providers, but I've only used and recommend two.

I recommend Proton Mail and Tuta Mail. Both are good email providers, although Proton would be better if you use other Proton services, like I do.

I use both Proton Mail and Tuta Mail for separate email addresses.

Aliases

Email Aliases are also very important for private email. Your email is your name, if you want to private, you'd go under pseudonyms. That's what email aliases are.

I recommend and have used Simplelogin and Firefox Relay. Email providers like Proton and Tuta also give you aliases when you pay. I don't know how well these work, but I assume that they work the Same as Simplelogin and Firefox Relay.

I use Simplelogin.

Devices/OSes

Phones

Now let's turn up the extremity to 11 as we look at your devices. Phone-wise, avoid Apple, they say that they care about your privacy, but they don't. Apple is better than Google, but I'd only recommend using an iPhone if you already have one, and it still has support left. If that's the case, then follow privacy guides like this one by Techlore(His channel is also really great for privacy guides). You should probably use a Google Pixel. Sounds weird as it's owned by GOOGLE, one of the companies that we don't want to be tracked by, but if we go with the Pixels we can use custom ROMs.

Most ROMs exist for your privacy, they are based on the Android Open Source Project(AOSP) which means they can run most of your favourite Android apps without messing them up with Google. In order to run most of your apps however, you're going to need some way of running Google Play Services. This is a backbone black-box that Google forces most of your apps to use in order to function. CalyxOS and LineageOS with MicroG both have MicroG, an open source implementation of Google Play Services. GrapheneOS just straight up uses Google Play Services but sandboxes it so that it can't get its tentacles all up in your phone.

I recommend going like this:

You have a modern-ish Google Pixel phone, go with GrapheneOS.

You don't have a Google Pixel, but your phone is still supported by CalyxOS, go with CalyxOS.

Your phone isn't supported by either of these but still is supported by LineageOS with MicroG, go with LineageOS.

Your phone isn't supported by any of these, you can do as much degoogling as you can.

Techlore also has a fantastic guide on Android Privacy.

Desktops/Laptops

Apple isn't actually that bad here, its better than Windows at least. But Linux is KING when it comes to privacy and security. There is definitely a learning curve here. Pin the terminal, you're going to use it a LOT. Also be aware that on Linux you won't have every single app that you're used to. If you don't really want that hassle, just go with Mac.

Linux distros that I recommend(for beginners) are: Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pop!_OS, and Elementary OS.

I use Ubuntu as it's the only one that I could get working on my computer.

Other Pieces of Advice

Use an Ad-blocker! Ads are terrible for privacy as companies can get their trackers in completely unrelated sites via their ads. I use and recommend uBlock Origin.

Don't use any personally identifying information online. Don't use your real name, a picture of you, your voice. The less you give to the internet, the more private you are.

Mix and Match! Explore what works for you. You might be okay with changing OSes but you might be a bit too reliant on GMail. That's fine! Just use what works.

Again, please go to privacyguides.org after this. This did not even scratch the surface but I hope this was useful to you in some way.

[companionwolf]

Mets v Braves in a . .. special game . Idk what makes it special. Most oblivious baseball fan in thew world right here. Something about national wild cards?

[scopophilic1997]

tumblr is blocking VPNs! Starting today you cannot log in with a Proton VPN active. A VPN is required to use the web now. It provides security and privacy protections. TUMBLR IS NOW BLOCKING THOSE SECURITY AND PRIVACY MEASURES with the buggy updated they pushed through today. Please write tumblr and express your concern.

[thetrekkiehadthephonebox]

writing informative posts for tumblr is always trying to find the exact right line between staying blandly informative, without being too authoritative on things I'm not an expert on, while wanting to get the word out, without relying on panic-inducing language, but also not wanting people to underestimate the problem, and also not blame people inadvertently for things that actually aren't their fault....

[ryanthedemiboy]

It's a good time to start using Firefox (a browser), a VPN*, Signal (for messaging), the search engine duckduckgo, an encrypted email client*, Dropbox for data storage, LibteOffice, a passcode/password on your devices with no biometrics, and the ability to stop talking about illegal things you may be doing online. Or person, for that matter, but especially online.

*which isn't based in the US, doesn't keep logs, and preferably isn't in a country that will give the US all their info if they ask.

Note: VPNs protect your internet service provider (ISP) from knowing what sites you visit. Your ISP will know you're using a VPN. None of this does prevents sites from knowing you. If you give it your face, it has your face. If you give it your name, it has your name. Etc.

[secret2007]

comrades i am in shanghai

[mossmould]

got a clearly tracked ad many moons after I was prompted to ask Tumblr not to track me. literally a pet store i mentioned going to last night. Fucking insane that this is normal now.

Even if you directly say do not fucking track me, they go and do it anyways. i set my VPN server to Puerto Rico, far away from my true location. if i get an ad for something in my state i’m ddos’ing tumblr lmao

I recommend y’all get some kinda VPN. specifically one that does not keep logs and is relatively inexpensive.

i use proton vpn. they don’t keep logs. and they have a decently functioning app. they’re working on a linux port but it works well already tbh.

[badolmen]

*stumbling away from my first successful video game torrent like a newborn deer on wobbly legs*