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Perhaps a bit beyond my pay grade, but doesn’t a VPN provider know your actual IP address, and other relevant data? Such that even if you pay with Bitcoin and they keep no logs, they could still point law enforcement in the right direction, if prompted?
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Ava 2y ago

as i quoted above:

"Under current Swiss law, email and VPN are treated differently, and Proton VPN cannot be compelled to log user data."

https://proton.me/blog/climate-activist-arrest

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boston wine 2y ago

Got it - can’t be forced to provide it, based on their jurisdiction. But were a provider to get hacked (or operate in a different locale), the user’s original IP would be a potential weak point? Just curious

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Ava 2y ago

yes