Furthermore, Proton claims to keep no logs of your activity and has its no-logs implementation independently audited.
Yeah, of course, all trustworthy VPNs will do that, and I do generally believe that Proton actually doesn’t keep your traffic logs. It’s just that a lot of other VPN companies, like Nord or ExpressVPN, have very aggressive online marketing campaigns where they push false claims, like the claim that using a VPN can make you completely anonymous or even somehow protect you from getting hacked. This leads to most people’s understanding of VPNs being “it’s an app that changes my Netflix country and protects me from all evil”.
So I think it’s good to clarify that there is still trust involved in using a VPN, even if that trust is unlikely to be broken.
Thanks so much. I’ll update the guides on both counts. I’ll also add in a section on Tor.
Furthermore, Proton claims to keep no logs of your activity and has its no-logs implementation independently audited.
Yeah, of course, all trustworthy VPNs will do that, and I do generally believe that Proton actually doesn’t keep your traffic logs. It’s just that a lot of other VPN companies, like Nord or ExpressVPN, have very aggressive online marketing campaigns where they push false claims, like the claim that using a VPN can make you completely anonymous or even somehow protect you from getting hacked. This leads to most people’s understanding of VPNs being “it’s an app that changes my Netflix country and protects me from all evil”.
So I think it’s good to clarify that there is still trust involved in using a VPN, even if that trust is unlikely to be broken.