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@jackcheung4301

Tons of thanks and support. We need more and more people caring about privacy and security just like you on this planet ❤

@RemotHuman

This video being free does have gotchas, there are ads run from google and from sponsor slots, the phrase "you are the product" is to say we're the product and advertisers are the customers

@arthurpizza

For my needs Proton is the only VPN I need. They're fantastic.

@akash_gupta

Can you tell which one of these (if any) can be set up manually within the Android settings, without having to download any apps?

@DarkLink606

IMHO, the motto "if it's free you are the product" should be ditched for good. It's misleading, confusing, doesn't help people to make better decisions regarding privacy. Signal messenger, TOR browser, Tails and Whonix operating systems... these are some of the best tools for helping privacy and anonymity, free, nobody doubts how trustworthy are organizations and developers behind them . Even in VPN territory (as defended in this video), where normally free is a red flag, there are exceptions. Too many important exceptions make a rule pointless.

@GasGiantMoon

I currently use both the rise up vpn and the email service, in my western European region it isn't as slow, it's even quite decent for what it is.

@weathercontrol0

One thing I want to add is that "server side transparency* is impossible, you can't verify what code is running on server, they can publish their code but it takes literally 1 line of code to enable/disable logging and you have no means to verify when they change it

@MysticMylesZ

Proton and 1 or 2 other services are what made me change my mind on the "free you are the product"

I look at things like, how they make money, region, transparency, open source, history, etc etc.

@tramsgar

For me to trust something, I need to be convinced by a good "why" argument: why is the provider providing something? Commercial or community, paid or "free", it doesn't matter. The base motive, as clear as we may see it of course, is the root of my (dis)trust.

@amankumargupta9973

What about the private window with tor offered by brave browser.

@JRD876

Great Content.!
Thanks For The Upload.!

@glennmarquinio3607

Sir,in your opinion which do you prefer to use the most on your phone? Proton VPN or Next DNS?

@QuantumWalnut

My main VPN is Proton VPN.

While I don't use it most of the time, I'm at least sure that they have a understandable business model (freemium suite) to support the operation. If I know how they make money, I feel more secure that I will not become product.

@aryanjohnsharma

NEEDED THIS!!

@KingdomUploader

Great info dude - thank you.

Just now i was going to install the Proton VPN (free). Unless i'm nuts, it is only allowing me to install it on my C: drive - my OS drive. I'm fast running out of space on that drive and would rather not install anything else on it.
Do you happen to know if there's a way to install it to a different drive? If not, can you say how much space it takes up please?
I have a windows 10 PC.
Thanks

@bamboozled_again

imagine  making a video about free vpn and not putting a link for them in the description but everything else no one cares about...

@seetheworldfrommyharley

Another great, to the point vid.  Thanks techlore!

@IgnoreMyChan

Is Veracrypt still safe? It seems so inactive, the stable release is from 1.5 years ago. And it's hosted on sourceforge. Who even uses that anymore?

@westernfxpler

What if I use a VPN together with Tor/Orbot? Is that a bad idea and why?