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With unyielding faith, I shall embrace the unfolding tapestry of fate, unencumbered by the burdens of scrutiny, for in the depths of my conviction, trust reigns supreme, unshaken by the whispers of doubt.

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Everyone talks about it, but I'm skeptical about the privacy claims surrounding Venice.ai, particularly given its closed-source nature. It's challenging to reconcile the notion of a privacy-focused AI with the lack of transparency inherent in a closed-source model. Without open access to the code, it's difficult to verify the extent to which user data is truly protected.

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Proton VPN adds ‘Discreet Icons’ to hide app on Android devices and adds more servers for countries with lack of freedoms

One of the stand-out features is 'Discreet Icon,' a new setting allowing users to disguise the Proton VPN app icon and make it appear as a weather, notes, or calculator app.

In countries governed by oppressive authoritarian regimes where many VPN tools, including Proton VPN, are banned, random physical checks performed by law enforcement on people's devices could get them into trouble if a VPN app is found on their apps list.

The second highlighted feature is the addition of the 'Stealth' anti-censorship protocol to Proton VPN's Windows client. This protocol allows users to disguise VPN traffic as regular internet traffic. Previously, the protocol was available on iOS, macOS, and Android.

Proton VPN will start providing new servers in the twelve countries at the bottom of the Freedom House Index and Democracy Index lists, where people need a trustworthy VPN more urgently. These countries are Afghanistan, Bahrain, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Yemen.

Interestingly, the servers are not situated inside these countries, but in neighbouring countries, and simulates an IP address of the target country.

It's clear that Proton's philosophy is quite divergent from Google's philosophy. Google may provide services for "free" but it is using its users' information to serve adverts and working with advertisers. Proton takes the opposite path by charging users for the services, but then providing them with privacy and not working with advertisers. It is good to see, though, that Proton is still providing a pretty robust free VPN service to users (whilst I think Google just recently discontinued their VPN service).

The thing to remember is that privacy does not go hand in hand with free services, as someone has to pay the bills or donate the time/resources.

See https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/proton-vpn-adds-discreet-icons-to-hide-app-on-android-devices/

#technology #privacy #VPN

It's worth noting, however, that in my experience, some websites are able to detect the actual location of Proton VPN's servers, rather than the location they are intended to mask. As a customer of Proton VPN, I find this limitation to be somewhat unsatisfactory.

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After October, Relai requires customer information to continue using their services. No new credit card additions are possible, TODAY, without personal details (KYC) given to the company. Hope this answers your questions. You can try it yourself. #Relai #KYC

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