• Proton VPN has hit back at Canada’s proposed Bill C-22

• The proposed legislation could require VPNs to log user metadata

• NordVPN and Windscribe have also slammed the bill

  • Vinstaal0@feddit.nl
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    1 day ago

    The best way to prove you don’t hold any logs is by doing on audit on it.

    In the story you explained it would be better to not use a VPN since Dutch providers don’t share your name when somebody comes to them with a list of IP’s.

    Thank you for the response though!

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      20 hours ago

      Mullvad got the best advertising ever in this regard: they literally got the police at the door and the police didn’t found a shit, hillarious

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      1 day ago

      To be clear, a VPN provider effectively works the same way as an ISP. If you use a Dutch VPN, it will follow the exact same rules as a Dutch ISP. Given, you should verify that it actually is based out of that location and not just incorporated there with no office and a PO box. In a DMCA situation, the DMCA agents generally are never told the identities of anyone by an ISP or VPN provider. But the ISP or VPN provider forwards the notice to the user with the associated account as they’re legally required to do. If the worst case scenario happens and you get your VPN service cut, you’ve still got your ISP and can just move to a different VPN provider. Having your ISP service cut, on the other hand, may leave you with no service options at all. You don’t get privacy with a VPN, but you do get a stopgap like that.

      Edit: Also signing up for VPNs that don’t record your personal information is probably a good practice as well.