In November, we added Secure Core, and today, we’re adding the Advanced Kill Switch.
This feature prevents all outgoing and incoming connections outside the VPN interface, meaning that your device will not be able to access the internet unless you connect to one of our VPN servers. You can learn more about how to set it up here: https://protonvpn.com/support/permanent-kill-switch/
We want to thank everyone who contributed during the alpha and beta phases by testing, giving feedback, and submitting suggestions for improvement. Your input is invaluable. And we’d like to keep getting it!
Please share your thoughts below so we can continue to make improvements based on your needs.
So communicating on Lemmy by linking to Reddit about our super-secure VPN that it wasn’t as super-secure as we thought, so now with the update it will be superr-duper secret-secure with death switch? Right. Ok got it ✅
Proton is a business. And ultimately to remain profitable they have to cater to the majority, and unfortunately the majority continue to use inherently insecure software and platforms. It makes no sense to me from an individual perspective (paying for something like Proton while using an OS full of malware and spyware or a platform that's hoarding and brokering your data) but it makes a lot of sense from a business perspective. If you want to be angry, be angry with the users.
Neither does the fact that they gave up the email account of a climate protestor when subpoena'd to do so, but everyone wants to just memory hole that whenever I bring it up on lemmy or scream about how /obviously/ a company that presents itself as secure and privacy respecting has to comply with the law!
Nevermind that there are more secure and privacy respecting alternatives for both VPNs and Email. Shh. Not important.
Neither does the fact that they gave up the email account of a climate protestor when subpoena’d to do so, but everyone wants to just memory hole that whenever I bring it up on lemmy or scream about how /obviously/ a company that presents itself as secure and privacy respecting has to comply with the law!
Nevermind that there are more secure and privacy respecting alternatives for both VPNs and Email. Shh. Not important.
Oh come on, still beating that dead horse? Isn't it already way dead? Protecting or offering privacy does not mean lawless state. Proton is protecting its users privacy and at the same time, as a swiss company, has to follow swiss laws. The only law that matters is Swiss law.
By the way, about climate protestor, maybe it is time to get the facts straight. It is never mentioned and conviently left out always:
Also, the charges leveraged in the French case were theft and destruction of property, which were well evidenced, substantiated, and quite serious crimes. Their identity was known to police already.
@vexikron which company is more secure concerning privacy (and security) within mails? Can you give examples? Everyone has to comply with local laws…. @protonprivacy
Find me a company that will refuse to comply with a lawful order from the Swiss government and I'll switch today. Until then, you have nothing to complain about.