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They worked pretty hard as detailed in an archived article changing names and any records they could [1], but you're right - not good enough [2].

As pointed out on this reddit post [3], Proton's appears to contradict itself a number of times.

It's a good thing trust based VPN's are obsolete. After all, trust isn't constant [4] as seen in this article showing how Proton supplied IP addresses to "authorities."

[1] https://archive.ph/wG8t8

[2] https://archive.ph/4bzBm

[3] https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/8x9aik/protonvp...

[4] https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/06/protonmail-logged-ip-addre...



> Created by supposed MIT and CERN scientists

This is a hilarious way to start an ostensibly serious investigation. It's not as if you could easily figure out the answer to that.

At some point, you have to acknowledge that you're a clown.




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