Gut, wenn der energiepolitische Schwachsinn der CxUAfD bleischwer wie ein Gullydeckel auf die Füße fällt. Manche Leute lernen nur, wenn es sehr sehr konkret wird.

Nett, wie du hier der CxUAfD im selben Atemzug nur Inkompetenz und Lernwillen unterstellst. Tatsächlich wissen die beide sehr genau, was sie da tun, und in wessen Namen. Und wenn die Leute im Land unruhig werden, weil ihnen die Energiepreise unterm Arsch explodieren, muss halt eine neue Blitzableiterdebatte her. (Warum drehen die im Flüchtlingsheim eigentlich immer die Thermostate so weit auf? …)

Fine. Now that the obvious things have been stated, can we please also identify the figureheads of Brexit, Johnson and Farage, as Russian assets, and proceed accordingly?

Wenn du dich binnen desselben Jahres dabei erwischst, in einzelnen Fragen die Positionen des Papsts und die des iranischen Mullah-Regimes zu teilen, dann ist das kein gutes Jahr…

Ja, unter Firefox/Librewolf mit starker Härtung/Addons schon. Unter Chromium auch erst, dann lädt das Cookie-Banner.

If the CEO of a privacy company supports political forces that are deeply anti-liberty and anti-privacy, that does constitute a “need” to switch, don’t you think?

people just hold on to the CEO bullshit take on US politics

…echoed and reinforced by Proton’s business account. That’s not a nothingburger. Trust is a privacy company’s greatest asset - and an asset easily destroyed if the company is found to have political leanings that are inherently adverse to privacy and freedom.

would self hosting be the way to go then in this case?

Absolutely. 👍 Running your own Nextcloud (+ calendar + contacts addons, + office if you like) gives you most of what Proton has to offer: docs/filehosting, calendar and contact sync (via calDAV/cardDAV). You can even tack on notes, photos, a password manager and more if you like, although I think there are better specialised tools for each of these. (For me, that’d be Joplin, immich and keepass + Syncthing.)

also how good is using proton solely for mail and vpn? or should i diversify more?

Personally, I would always separate my e-mail provider (which is prime real estate for identifying me personally) from my VPN (which is supposed to make me harder to identify). Whether that’s true for you (and worth the little bit of extra cost) is up to you.

Lemmy.ml is essentially a Stalinist echo chamber.

Hello, Animal Protection Services? Yes, this guy right here.

"Happy birthday! And may you every day keep my not-so-wonderful secrets.

In the bigliest adoration and gratitude like the world has never seen before
Agent Krasnow"

Endlich, ein Mann von Kultur! 😍 Natürlich ist diese Steilvorlage auch vom Postillon schon verwurstet worden.

US President Donald Trump said Friday that

You can stop reading right there. 47 is full of shit, and we need to stop taking anything he says serious unless an adult has confirmed it and there’s corroborating evidence for it.

They did the Maths! 👏 Thanks for saving me the time.

Nee, lass die mal lieber politisch stellen und durch gute Reformpolitik halbieren!

Kurios! Erst gestern habe ich hier auf Lemmy etwas zu einer von mir geplanten Initiative geschrieben (Kontext: Verbot von wearable tech in der Schule). Heute taucht’s direkt in den Medien auf. (Ich bin dankbar für weitere Stimmen/Input in dem verlinkten Thread.)

It [IVPN] just seemed like the most similar choice

A lot of things are similar indeed, with one essential difference: the raid on Mullvad did prove their no-logs policy was no bullshit. I haven’t found anything similar on IVPN.

Nym seemed interesting, but I don’t believe they offer Wireguard configs?

Good call, they don’t. When is that relevant, though? When you want to connect a headless machine, such as a server?

I’m still running out a mullvad subscription but I’ll be switching that to IVPN when it expires.

I’m in the same boat: still on Mullvad, but eager to switch due to… things. May I ask what your main reason is to consider IVPN above all others? I’m still stuck choosing between IVPN, Proton and Nym.

Tips hat. That’s some cleverly painful poetry, good Sir!

I’ll keep it short, but provide links for further reading. First off, I don’t think proton is “bad”, or anyone is trash-talking them legitimately. Both their jurisdiction (Switzerland), dedication to FOSS and good audit results make them a solid choice.

Diversification is my main reason why I’d never go all-in on Proton. Over the years, they’ve grown an ever more complete suite of apps (e-mail, calendar, VPN, password manager, docs, AI) that does share some similarity with the Google app suite in that you’re essentially putting all eggs in one company’s basket - and a lot of trust with that. If Proton got hacked, got subverted by a three-letter agency, or just got taken advantage of by a rogue employee, the effects would be much more impactful than if it had just been your e-mail provider, just your VPN service, just your…

Also, Proton’s official social media account echoing CEO Andy Yen’s private statements on U.S. politics haven’t helped convince people that the company is, indeed, politically neutral and solely focused on privacy.

Rebranding zu “Basierte Motorenwerke” wann?