ProtonMail now providing VPN

[Eman]

ProtonMail makes its free VPN service available to everyone

ProtonMail, the encrypted email created by CERN and MIT scientists, has released a new product in response to the administration's roll back of Obama-era internet privacy rules. Starting today, you can try out the company's VPN service, which was in beta testing by 10,000 initial users for a year, by getting it from the official ProtonVPN website. The great thing about it is that it has a free tier that's free forever. It might not be as robust as the paid ones, but it still routes your connection through multiple encrypted tunnels in three countries.

By offering free options, the company can reach more people, especially now that there's a lot more interest in using VPN all over the world. In the US, the new FCC chairman and various Senators want to kill net neutrality in addition to nullifying rules that protect user data. UK Prime Minister Theresa May wants to regulate the internet. People in China, Egypt and other places where the internet is heavily censored also need VPNs to get around restrictions, while others need the service to keep their info secure and private.

If you decide to stick with ProtoMail's service as your primary VPN provider after using it for a while, you can always choose to pay later to help the company continue offering its free services. ProtonMail says it relies on user upgrades to keep the company running, because (in its own fighting words) it doesn't "abuse user privacy to sell advertisements" like "Google and Facebook."

ProtonVPN

 

[MindlessWork]

I use protonmail and will check out the VPN service. If it works for me I am willing to pay for it.

Thanks for sharing this @Eman !

 

[master.on]

ProtonMail makes its free VPN service available to everyone

ProtonMail, the encrypted email created by CERN and MIT scientists, has released a new product in response to the administration's roll back of Obama-era internet privacy rules. Starting today, you can try out the company's VPN service, which was in beta testing by 10,000 initial users for a year, by getting it from the official ProtonVPN website. The great thing about it is that it has a free tier that's free forever. It might not be as robust as the paid ones, but it still routes your connection through multiple encrypted tunnels in three countries.

By offering free options, the company can reach more people, especially now that there's a lot more interest in using VPN all over the world. In the US, the new FCC chairman and various Senators want to kill net neutrality in addition to nullifying rules that protect user data. UK Prime Minister Theresa May wants to regulate the internet. People in China, Egypt and other places where the internet is heavily censored also need VPNs to get around restrictions, while others need the service to keep their info secure and private.

If you decide to stick with ProtoMail's service as your primary VPN provider after using it for a while, you can always choose to pay later to help the company continue offering its free services. ProtonMail says it relies on user upgrades to keep the company running, because (in its own fighting words) it doesn't "abuse user privacy to sell advertisements" like "Google and Facebook."

ProtonVPN

Insteresting

Keep in mind that VPN needs download (that may contain spyware) to work. Be careful
Maybe protonmail in any browser was secure before, not anymore with the potential spyware.

 

[MindlessWork]

Insteresting

Keep in mind that VPN needs download (that may contain spyware) to work. Be careful
Maybe protonmail in any browser was secure before, not anymore with the potential spyware.

I am sure we might have heard about it by now if that were the case. But yes it is a good point there.

 

[Eman]

Insteresting

Keep in mind that VPN needs download (that may contain spyware) to work. Be careful
Maybe protonmail in any browser was secure before, not anymore with the potential spyware.

You're the equivalent to spyware on Meso, sort of like a digital cockroach.

 

[System7]

You're the equivalent to spyware on Meso, sort of like a digital cockroach.

A retarded digital cockroach

 

[master.on]

I am sure we might have heard about it by now if that were the case. But yes it is a good point there.

Ask yourself
Since when does NSA hold press conference on their new spyware developments?

 

[Millard]

How does ProtonVPN turn TOR on and off for all traffic?

 

[MindlessWork]

They don't, and users have to still be on guard as VPN is not always what is cracked up to be.

Ask yourself
Since when does NSA hold press conference on their new spyware developments?

 

[Eman]

How does ProtonVPN turn TOR on and off for all traffic?

Not positive I understand your question, or maybe it was rhetorical, but I believe it's manually turned on and off.

 

[Millard]

How does ProtonVPN turn TOR on and off for all traffic?

Not positive I understand your question, or maybe it was rhetorical, but I believe it's manually turned on and off.

Ok. I just figured it out. You must select and connect to a specific ProtonVPN TOR node. ProtonVPN has only 3 TOR nodes at the moment - in US, CH and HK e.g. CH#9-TOR:

 

[TRT]

So, when Chris one do we choose?

 

[fightandorflight]

ProtonMail makes its free VPN service available to everyone

ProtonMail, the encrypted email created by CERN and MIT scientists, has released a new product in response to the administration's roll back of Obama-era internet privacy rules. Starting today, you can try out the company's VPN service, which was in beta testing by 10,000 initial users for a year, by getting it from the official ProtonVPN website. The great thing about it is that it has a free tier that's free forever. It might not be as robust as the paid ones, but it still routes your connection through multiple encrypted tunnels in three countries.

By offering free options, the company can reach more people, especially now that there's a lot more interest in using VPN all over the world. In the US, the new FCC chairman and various Senators want to kill net neutrality in addition to nullifying rules that protect user data. UK Prime Minister Theresa May wants to regulate the internet. People in China, Egypt and other places where the internet is heavily censored also need VPNs to get around restrictions, while others need the service to keep their info secure and private.

If you decide to stick with ProtoMail's service as your primary VPN provider after using it for a while, you can always choose to pay later to help the company continue offering its free services. ProtonMail says it relies on user upgrades to keep the company running, because (in its own fighting words) it doesn't "abuse user privacy to sell advertisements" like "Google and Facebook."

ProtonVPN

I will be giving the VPN a try. Better to loop in too much security vs not enough

Since the alphabay take down, I'm a little creeped out. Especially since LE intentionally went after users by hijacking hansa. This was a sobering read:

Five Lessons from the Hansa and AlphaBay Busts

 

[8654]

ProtonMail makes its free VPN service available to everyone

ProtonMail, the encrypted email created by CERN and MIT scientists, has released a new product in response to the administration's roll back of Obama-era internet privacy rules. Starting today, you can try out the company's VPN service, which was in beta testing by 10,000 initial users for a year, by getting it from the official ProtonVPN website. The great thing about it is that it has a free tier that's free forever. It might not be as robust as the paid ones, but it still routes your connection through multiple encrypted tunnels in three countries.

By offering free options, the company can reach more people, especially now that there's a lot more interest in using VPN all over the world. In the US, the new FCC chairman and various Senators want to kill net neutrality in addition to nullifying rules that protect user data. UK Prime Minister Theresa May wants to regulate the internet. People in China, Egypt and other places where the internet is heavily censored also need VPNs to get around restrictions, while others need the service to keep their info secure and private.

If you decide to stick with ProtoMail's service as your primary VPN provider after using it for a while, you can always choose to pay later to help the company continue offering its free services. ProtonMail says it relies on user upgrades to keep the company running, because (in its own fighting words) it doesn't "abuse user privacy to sell advertisements" like "Google and Facebook."

ProtonVPN

Good stuff. Appreciate guys like you. Thanks.

 

[MindlessWork]

I also have a funny feeling that secure chat apps are now another target. The new update to Wickr will make only the paid pro version really secure and the free one won't be as secure.

 

[meatball59]

Tried both proton mail and vpn and the only thing I don't like is whenever you log in its in your ISP history but I gave Tor browser and mail2tor a shot and there is nothing in your browser history at all.