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'There is no universe in which Proton VPN compromises its no-logs policy' — Proton joins the backlash against Canada's surveillance bill (www.techradar.com)
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• 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

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[–] XLE@piefed.social -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's the exact opposite. Proton says Swiss law backs you. You say that Swiss law binds them to be against you.

If Proton said what you said, they wouldn't be guilty of false advertising.

[–] Photonic@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I never said that.

Being backed by the law also means working within the confinements of the law.

They’re not falsely advertising if they don’t specifically mention they are not going to break the law.

I don’t understand why this is such a difficult concept for you.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 1 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Being backed by the law also means working within the confinements of the law.

They don't say that, now do they?

[–] Photonic@lemmy.world 1 points 26 minutes ago

And you had to remove your comment here…. Did it prove you wrong? Is that why you removed it?How disingenuous of you.

Yet you still can’t find a comment where I said anything even remotely disingenuous towards you.

Guess that was just your daddy Trump’s rhetoric again…

[–] Photonic@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (3 children)

Why would they have to?

Do they really have to specify when they cite the law that that the law works for them exactly like it does for everyone else?

They never say they are above the law or will break the law either. Now that would be false advertising.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 0 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Why would they have to?

Proton is a privacy service. If the best thing you can say about its deception is that they aren't violating the law, you have a very low bar.

[–] Photonic@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Where did I mention it is the best thing about them?

No really. Please quote me.

And if you can’t, you may have found the actual straw man argument in this discussion. Good luck!

[–] XLE@piefed.social -1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Their advertising is already false advertising, Photonic. Stop making up strawman scenarios to defend the dishonest corporation.

[–] Photonic@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

What part of my argument is a straw man to you?

Is the straw man in the room with us right now?