Dr. Hax on Nostr: I don't have an direct on second level contacts with any insider knowledge on Proton ...
I don't have an direct on second level contacts with any insider knowledge on Proton or IVPN, so all I know about them is what's public info.
Think about what info you are trying to protect from whom. If you want to prevent your ISP from knowing what sites you visit, and the sites to not know your IP address, a self-hosted VPN works great.
Also defending against the cloud provider hosting your VPN, or a global network observer is far more difficult. Best bet there would be to connect to a VPN over Tor. Here are the tradeoffs:
+ ISP can't see where you're going
+ VPN doesn't know your home IP address
+ websites don't see your home IP
+ you can use websites which block Tor as long as they do not also block VPNs
- VPN may slow down your connections
- Tor may slow down your connections
? VPN may know your name & address depending on how you pay
? VPN may require you to give them a working email address, but usually not a phone number
Think about what info you are trying to protect from whom. If you want to prevent your ISP from knowing what sites you visit, and the sites to not know your IP address, a self-hosted VPN works great.
Also defending against the cloud provider hosting your VPN, or a global network observer is far more difficult. Best bet there would be to connect to a VPN over Tor. Here are the tradeoffs:
+ ISP can't see where you're going
+ VPN doesn't know your home IP address
+ websites don't see your home IP
+ you can use websites which block Tor as long as they do not also block VPNs
- VPN may slow down your connections
- Tor may slow down your connections
? VPN may know your name & address depending on how you pay
? VPN may require you to give them a working email address, but usually not a phone number