Vivaldi, now with added VPN (vivaldi.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Just found my Vivaldi update contained a little more than just bugfixes... it now has Proton VPN built in.

It's actually part of the browser, not an extension, so I'm in two minds whether I like that... or not.

You need either a Vivaldi account or a Proton account, so it's not completely anonymous, but it's a start.

The free-tier of Proton VPN also appears to be bandwidth limited and your exit point is randomised, so... yeah, it's ok...

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/09/privacy-focused-protonmail-provided-a-users-ip-address-to-authorities/

https://cyberinsider.com/protonmail-logs-users/

https://cyberinsider.com/protonmail-data-requests-user-logs/

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Proton will comply with legal demands for information
Proton intentionally limits what data it has access to

Don't trust any cloud service to protect you from the authorities, trust the technical limitations you can verify. Proton is pretty good for this, in fact, one of the best. But like any service that wants to continue existing, they will honor legal demands for info.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

And none of that relates to the VPN which, under Swiss law, is not obligated to retain any logs whatsoever.

this post was submitted on 27 Mar 2025

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