Submitted 4 weeks ago by Cyber@feddit.uk to technology@lemmy.world
https://vivaldi.com/blog/privacy-without-compromise-proton-vpn-is-now-built-into-vivaldi/
Just found my Vivaldi update contained a little more than just bugfixes… it now has Proton VPN built in.
It’s actually part of the browser, not an extension, so I’m in two minds whether I like that… or not.
You need either a Vivaldi account or a Proton account, so it’s not completely anonymous, but it’s a start.
The free-tier of Proton VPN also appears to be bandwidth limited and your exit point is randomised, so… yeah, it’s ok…
Regardless if you like Proton or not, having it bundled by default isn’t good. It should be opt-in.
It’s not turned ON by default. It’s just there as an option, you are opting in to use it if you want to use it.
Proton VPN built in Seems like it’s still an extension and can be removed; but personally I’d rather not have random extensions installed with browser updates…
Not really a big problem I don’t think but also:
Glad you beat me to the post. I just signed on to bitch about this. Incredibly disappointed Vivaldi did this. Proton and it’s leadership are clearly no longer oriented with true privacy. Even if I didn’t despise Proton, most of us that care about this sort of thing already have VPN accounts and don’t want this bloat injected into our browser. This feels like Vivaldi finally jumping the shark to me. Each version feels more and more bloated.
I’d use vivaldi if they used Firefox engine
I’d use Firefix if they had Vivaldi feature parity
What this cat said.
I already use vivaldi, but i really wish this was possible too.
Thankfully I have been switching to Zen Browser just earlier this week :) I am very happy with the UI and 'firefox backend' (I get addons from here, not the highly censored google chrome webstore.)
I think they had an issue with a back door needing to be patched, has that been done yet? It seems very sleek otherwise. I’m running librewolf though, so UX upgrade would visually be better for me if Zen does have that fixed
AFAIK that was a telemetry issue that was fixed (but very poorly addressed.) last year. Then someone posted about it recently...
Was that the one with the vertical task bar that couldn’t be changed??
Or is it better now…?
I am using it BECAUSE of the vertical bar. So, I wouldn't know.
I have been using Sidebery in Firefox for ages now... and TreeStyleTabs before that. To me it's natural to use the space in the side of the web, since I almost never scroll horizontally but instead need the vertical space...
For some reason I don’t trust any of these VPNs. How do you actually know what is happening with your traffic on the other end?
Wow that’s a crazy coop I never expected this
cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
i do not trust proton to not share data with the us government considering how chummy the ceo is with trump and the republican party.
proton is just another big tech cryptofash broligarchy company and its shameful vivaldi is getting in bed with them
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Y’all are blowing this way the fuck out of proportion.
Proton AG is not based in the US, and they’ve already shown that they have no access to any encrypted data multiple times.
Proton AG is owned by the Proton Foundation, not Andy Yen. Andy is only 1 out of 5 people on that board. He does not have full control, and has only expressed his opinion on a single person that Trump picked. That’s it.
FFS, get your facts straight.
cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
arstechnica.com/…/privacy-focused-protonmail-prov…
cyberinsider.com/protonmail-logs-users/
cyberinsider.com/protonmail-data-requests-user-lo…
HappyTimeHarry@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
You should not trust any company to stand up against court orders.
I like when companies openly show what data they do provide, all of the good vpns do.