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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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[–] SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

What is a reasonable period of time to give them to respond to an email? They could be absolutely inundated with complaints, and it would be unreasonable to expect them to move particularly fast.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Instead of theorizing, just call and ask why they haven't responded. If the answer is "Because we're snowed under", well, there you go. And now they know that you really give a shit because you're badgering them for a response. They get a lot of form letters but very few people follow up. That immediately ups the seriousness in their minds.

Be unreasonable if you have to be. I don't mean impolite. Be nice to the human being on the other end of the line. But be demanding. Your MP works for you. Make them work.