I see a lot of comparisons and stances that cause issues. I am tangentially related to the space and am interested in what could be done. I don’t know anyone who works for these companies and do not myself. Nor do I have any financial stake.

  • @AnAmericanPotato@programming.devEnglish
    17•3 days ago

    Ownership is a big problem with VPNs. A bunch of them are owned by the same two or three companies, and those companies are not good.

    I really have no idea what to trust nowadays. A few years ago, Mullvad and Proton were the industry darlings, but they BOTH have far-right ties. Mullvad’s founder donates to far-right organizations, and Proton’s CEO has AI psychosis and doubled down on some ridiculous comments praising Trump.

    It really boggles the mind how anyone can purportedly value privacy and also support any far-right politics. Makes me think they’re all honeypots.

    • duskEnglish
      14•3 days ago

      *1 of mullvads co-founders has far right ties, that is significantly different to “the founder”; but his actions have tarnished mullvad significantly, and I am not aware of the company doing anything about it, they do not appear to have handled it well at all, even though the other co-founder stated he does not agree with the far right sponsorship.

      proton were always dodgy.