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proton is privacy greenwashing
How so? i know only about the CEO saying stupid things. But the technical aide?
Repeated misleading marketing on both their social medias and websites such as the false "no-log" claim that got someone arrested
Interesting. I'll read up in that.
Also: check your permissions to prevent possible rights escalations. (And yes, I know that it relies more on the sudoers file but I am sure there is some attack surface there ...)
Yeah IRL for most things I actually use a separate account not in the "wheel" group that doesn't have sudo access and use a Nix module that locks down directory permissions lol
proton are an ai company, and an email provider. do the math there.
I had a 2 year subscription with them, using their vpn and email. I stopped using them after approx 6 months of product use, customer support, and paying attention to their social media manipulation, and repeated lack of attention to product quality. Throwing away the other 18 months of subscription.
They are a very dodgy company, trying to be the next google, which is ironic considering how many canadian patriots are now heading there due to trump/google.
Their brand is very popular with their zombie fans who struggle to think, but are very quick with upvotes, and downvotes.
You're pretty vague for a "non-zombie". What's the issue with being an email provider? Also, they have an AI chatbot, I'm not sure they're training any models, and I don't know of any issue they've had with that product. Lastly, define them being a "dodgy" company.
I believe I made it obvious I wanted going to bother dealing with proton fanboys again?
People can make their own minds up by paying attention, or they can just follow the crowd, not my problem.
Not even close to a fanboy. Just someone that calls out a non-existant argument when they see one.