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[-] ItsMyVault101@piefed.social 3 points 4 days ago

Do you need an account to use Proton VPN?

[-] XLE@piefed.social 8 points 4 days ago

If you download it from the FDroid store, yes. If you download it from the Google Play Store, no.

(I just tested this to make sure, because I know it sounds weird.)

[-] ItsMyVault101@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

so either way is Mullvad VPN much more privacy focused, because there you just generate a random number and to this number you deposit money, no need for any credentials.

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 4 days ago

ok so if you do it through google play it uses your google account I assume with like something like saml.

[-] pkjqpg1h@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago
[-] smeg@feddit.uk 3 points 4 days ago
[-] ItsMyVault101@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I was asking because I used Mullvad in the past and I love the fact that not even they know who you are because to them you are just a random generated number, which occasionally gets 5€ deposited.

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 3 days ago

You can use a free or paid account but some time last year (I think) they also made it so you can use it without even logging in (on android at least)

[-] Alb@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Yes but it is free (email address) with an acces to 5 countries (Netherlands, Romania, Japan and 2 others i never used). To extend it worldwide you have to subscribe to a premium account.

this post was submitted on 12 Feb 2026
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