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Proton AG releases Proton Drive!

FatGrizzlyFatGrizzly Member, Host Rep
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I just received an email about this:
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Since we started Proton Mail in 2014, one of our goals has been to empower you with the best privacy-focused tools to help you protect your data. As part of this goal, we’re now launching Proton Drive!

We’ve spent the past year working to ensure it’s the most private and secure cloud storage service available today. This would not have been possible without the help of the Proton community. More than 500,000 of you provided valuable feedback during the Proton Drive beta period. Thank you for your support.

Proton Drive is now available to everyone, regardless of which plan you’re on.

→ Try Proton Drive(https://drive.proton.me/?utm_source=proton_users&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ww-all-2c-generic-coms_email-g_awa-newsletter_oct_2022&utm_term=unlimited_visionary_users)

Proton Drive offers you the privacy of offline storage and the convenience and reliability of cloud storage.

All files are protected with end-to-end encryption
File metadata is also end-to-end encrypted, including file names, extensions, create/modify dates, etc.
Digital signatures allow you to check the authenticity and integrity of files

And like all Proton services, Proton Drive is open source, independently audited, and Swiss-based. Check out the Proton Drive launch video.()

Proton Drive is available for free, but you can get a premium experience starting at as low as €3.49 per month. Or you can get up to 500 GB of storage and access to the premium version of all Proton services with our Proton Unlimited plan.

Checkout our plans(https://proton.me/drive/pricing?product=drive&utm_source=proton_users&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ww-all-2c-generic-coms_email-g_awa-newsletter_oct_2022&utm_term=unlimited_visionary_users)
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  • emghemgh Member, BF Ambassador

    They also are allowed to store your IP now according to TOS.

    Before they were as good as privacy got, now they’re just halfway better.

  • pbxpbx Member

    Meh. Free plan is too small (1GB) and paid plans aren't cheap enough compared to a DIY setup on a bunch of cheap VPSes...

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  • ArkasArkas Moderator
    edited October 2022

    Not friendly

  • serv_eeserv_ee Member

    @Arkas said:
    Not friendly

    You know, some of the part of privacy must lay on the end user as well. If you're an activist of any kind and you know you're going against your gov. you better take precautions other than using "encrypted email".

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  • ArkasArkas Moderator

    @serv_ee said: You know, some of the part of privacy must lay on the end user as well. If you're an activist of any kind and you know you're going against your gov. you better take precautions other than using "encrypted email".

    I have no idea what you mean.

  • serv_eeserv_ee Member

    @Arkas said:

    @serv_ee said: You know, some of the part of privacy must lay on the end user as well. If you're an activist of any kind and you know you're going against your gov. you better take precautions other than using "encrypted email".

    I have no idea what you mean.

    Easy. Don't be naive and login to your "oh so important encrypted mail" with your own IP.

  • emghemgh Member, BF Ambassador

    @serv_ee said:

    @Arkas said:

    @serv_ee said: You know, some of the part of privacy must lay on the end user as well. If you're an activist of any kind and you know you're going against your gov. you better take precautions other than using "encrypted email".

    I have no idea what you mean.

    Easy. Don't be naive and login to your "oh so important encrypted mail" with your own IP.

    If using Tor is a given then what’s so good with Proton compared to Google?

    Waste of a previously good service.

  • serv_eeserv_ee Member

    @emgh said:

    @serv_ee said:

    @Arkas said:

    @serv_ee said: You know, some of the part of privacy must lay on the end user as well. If you're an activist of any kind and you know you're going against your gov. you better take precautions other than using "encrypted email".

    I have no idea what you mean.

    Easy. Don't be naive and login to your "oh so important encrypted mail" with your own IP.

    If using Tor is a given then what’s so good with Proton compared to Google?

    Waste of a previously good service.

    It's good enough. Until you get on the radar of your politicians.

  • emghemgh Member, BF Ambassador

    @serv_ee said:

    @emgh said:

    @serv_ee said:

    @Arkas said:

    @serv_ee said: You know, some of the part of privacy must lay on the end user as well. If you're an activist of any kind and you know you're going against your gov. you better take precautions other than using "encrypted email".

    I have no idea what you mean.

    Easy. Don't be naive and login to your "oh so important encrypted mail" with your own IP.

    If using Tor is a given then what’s so good with Proton compared to Google?

    Waste of a previously good service.

    It's good enough. Until you get on the radar of your politicians.

    I mean, both Google and Proton releases the IP if required.

    Both keep the IP.

    One is a way more polished product, the other one isn’t, and could get away with it because they didn’t save your IP.

  • serv_eeserv_ee Member

    @emgh said:

    @serv_ee said:

    @emgh said:

    @serv_ee said:

    @Arkas said:

    @serv_ee said: You know, some of the part of privacy must lay on the end user as well. If you're an activist of any kind and you know you're going against your gov. you better take precautions other than using "encrypted email".

    I have no idea what you mean.

    Easy. Don't be naive and login to your "oh so important encrypted mail" with your own IP.

    If using Tor is a given then what’s so good with Proton compared to Google?

    Waste of a previously good service.

    It's good enough. Until you get on the radar of your politicians.

    I mean, both Google and Proton releases the IP if required.

    Both keep the IP.

    One is a way more polished product, the other one isn’t, and could get away with it because they didn’t save your IP.

    But thats my point. If you do "shady" shit try to cover your tracks a little better than just using an encrypted email which stores your data anyway.

    Not trying to imply that being an activist is being shady but couldnt figure a better word right now.

  • emghemgh Member, BF Ambassador

    @serv_ee said:

    @emgh said:

    @serv_ee said:

    @emgh said:

    @serv_ee said:

    @Arkas said:

    @serv_ee said: You know, some of the part of privacy must lay on the end user as well. If you're an activist of any kind and you know you're going against your gov. you better take precautions other than using "encrypted email".

    I have no idea what you mean.

    Easy. Don't be naive and login to your "oh so important encrypted mail" with your own IP.

    If using Tor is a given then what’s so good with Proton compared to Google?

    Waste of a previously good service.

    It's good enough. Until you get on the radar of your politicians.

    I mean, both Google and Proton releases the IP if required.

    Both keep the IP.

    One is a way more polished product, the other one isn’t, and could get away with it because they didn’t save your IP.

    But thats my point. If you do "shady" shit try to cover your tracks a little better than just using an encrypted email which stores your data anyway.

    Not trying to imply that being an activist is being shady but couldnt figure a better word right now.

    And I get that, but if Tor was a given even when using Proton, one could agrue it’s a needless product.

    Using Google with Tor would yield the same result.

  • serv_eeserv_ee Member

    @emgh said:

    @serv_ee said:

    @emgh said:

    @serv_ee said:

    @emgh said:

    @serv_ee said:

    @Arkas said:

    @serv_ee said: You know, some of the part of privacy must lay on the end user as well. If you're an activist of any kind and you know you're going against your gov. you better take precautions other than using "encrypted email".

    I have no idea what you mean.

    Easy. Don't be naive and login to your "oh so important encrypted mail" with your own IP.

    If using Tor is a given then what’s so good with Proton compared to Google?

    Waste of a previously good service.

    It's good enough. Until you get on the radar of your politicians.

    I mean, both Google and Proton releases the IP if required.

    Both keep the IP.

    One is a way more polished product, the other one isn’t, and could get away with it because they didn’t save your IP.

    But thats my point. If you do "shady" shit try to cover your tracks a little better than just using an encrypted email which stores your data anyway.

    Not trying to imply that being an activist is being shady but couldnt figure a better word right now.

    And I get that, but if Tor was a given even when using Proton, one could agrue it’s a needless product.

    Using Google with Tor would yield the same result.

    I wouldn't go as far as Tor to begin with. A simple VPN would give them a more run around to begin with.

  • emghemgh Member, BF Ambassador

    @serv_ee said:

    @emgh said:

    @serv_ee said:

    @emgh said:

    @serv_ee said:

    @emgh said:

    @serv_ee said:

    @Arkas said:

    @serv_ee said: You know, some of the part of privacy must lay on the end user as well. If you're an activist of any kind and you know you're going against your gov. you better take precautions other than using "encrypted email".

    I have no idea what you mean.

    Easy. Don't be naive and login to your "oh so important encrypted mail" with your own IP.

    If using Tor is a given then what’s so good with Proton compared to Google?

    Waste of a previously good service.

    It's good enough. Until you get on the radar of your politicians.

    I mean, both Google and Proton releases the IP if required.

    Both keep the IP.

    One is a way more polished product, the other one isn’t, and could get away with it because they didn’t save your IP.

    But thats my point. If you do "shady" shit try to cover your tracks a little better than just using an encrypted email which stores your data anyway.

    Not trying to imply that being an activist is being shady but couldnt figure a better word right now.

    And I get that, but if Tor was a given even when using Proton, one could agrue it’s a needless product.

    Using Google with Tor would yield the same result.

    I wouldn't go as far as Tor to begin with. A simple VPN would give them a more run around to begin with.

    Sure, but the point is the same: it masks your IP.

    If you mask your IP, then neither Google nor Proton would have your real IP.

    I feel like we’re going in circles, If I protect my privacy from my end, and give any provider an IP that’s not trackable to me, any provider would suffice.

    If I didn’t, Proton would previously suffice, and Google wouldn’t.

    Now, none of them do; might as well use Google.

  • serv_eeserv_ee Member

    @emgh said: I feel like we’re going in circles, If I protect my privacy from my end, and give any provider an IP that’s not trackable to me, any provider would suffice.

    Ah okay, I understood you wrong the first time around, sorry for that.

    I agree.

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  • emghemgh Member, BF Ambassador

    @serv_ee said:

    @emgh said: I feel like we’re going in circles, If I protect my privacy from my end, and give any provider an IP that’s not trackable to me, any provider would suffice.

    Ah okay, I understood you wrong the first time around, sorry for that.

    I agree.

    I’m a bit in my own head sometimes, aruguing like the person I’m talking to know the rest of my thoughts as well.

    Nice! :)

  • VoidVoid Member

    @serv_ee said:

    @Arkas said:
    Not friendly

    You know, some of the part of privacy must lay on the end user as well. If you're an activist of any kind and you know you're going against your gov. you better take precautions other than using "encrypted email".

    Agree. Privacy & Security ≠ Anonymity. Another fact most people fail to understand.

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  • Turbo_PascalTurbo_Pascal Member

    Anyone tried Proton Drive lately? It's kind of cool that it can bundle with other services in Proton Unlimited.

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  • 10thHouse10thHouse Member

    @pbx said:
    Meh. Free plan is too small (1GB) and paid plans aren't cheap enough compared to a DIY setup on a bunch of cheap VPSes...

    They let you upgrade to 5 GB on free if you follow the migration steps, like uploading files, making shared links, etcm

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  • 10thHouse10thHouse Member

    @Turbo_Pascal said:
    Anyone tried Proton Drive lately? It's kind of cool that it can bundle with other services in Proton Unlimited.

    Its good

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  • DataRecoveryDataRecovery Member

    @Turbo_Pascal said:
    Anyone tried Proton Drive lately? It's kind of cool that it can bundle with other services in Proton Unlimited.

    Look through the comments in this long thread.

    A noticeable part of them is basically a debate on whether Proton's extra services are half-baked or not.

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  • 10thHouse10thHouse Member

    @DataRecovery said:

    @Turbo_Pascal said:
    Anyone tried Proton Drive lately? It's kind of cool that it can bundle with other services in Proton Unlimited.

    Look through the comments in this long thread.

    A noticeable part of them is basically a debate on whether Proton's extra services are half-baked or not.

    I'd say overall, Proton products are less feature rich than the big players, but of good value considering Proton's size and privacy focus. Everything has tradeoffs.

  • angstromangstrom Moderator

    This thread dates from October 2022

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