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Just opening discussion, haha!

I mean if non-proton conversation isn't allowed, I'm just comparing, haha lol!

Okay seriously though.

The three services I'm exploring are:

  • Email (with email aliases)
  • VPN
  • Cloud Storage
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[–] _thebrain_@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Personally, for a vpn, I really like airvpn. It has been around for ages. It's not huge. It's (seems to be) run by some very nice and super tech-savy people.

No, it's not the fastest. Their default VPN client (eddie, which is just openvpn heavily customized, and is open source) can be clunky, but they support wireguard and regular openvpn connections with a generated config.

A lot of people use it for, uh, sharing Linux iso's, but as a regular VPN service they are pretty awesome as well. They even have a way to tunnel their VPN connection over tor (https://airvpn.org/tor/) which is quite handy depending on where you are. And the Android client can spoof your GPS info to the country where their server is located.

As far as cloud storage goes, run my own nas, and have wireguard tunnel to my house which allows me to access it for any of my cloud storage needs.