[Edit: With guidance from Proton Support, I switched VPN protocols in the application’s preferences menu (protonvpn.com/…/how-to-change-vpn-protocols/), from IKEv2 to Smart, and afterwards I started seeing ads and trackers (etc.) blocked on the application’s GUI again. I’ll post any other relevant info I learn of here.]...
It was my understanding that Proton bought SimpleLogin and would be integrating it into their products, but the aliases created by Proton Pass are not managed by SimpleLogin, correct?...
Sorry for the late reply, however there is a way. When you put an alias into Trash in Proton Pass, the Alias is disabled SL side. If you empty the Trash, the Alias is deleted SL side.
Doesn’t ip.me cover it? That page is made by Proton. While it doesn’t have a “yes you are connected to Proton” box, it does show your connection and thus you can deduct whether you’re on Proton VPN or not.
Let’s not forget that these “technically-correct” but poorly-worded half-truths are what landed them in hot water back when they were forced to log and disclose a user’s IP address for law enforcement back in 2021.
Beating a dead horse, which wasn’t for VPN (VPN under swiss law cannot be compelled to log), but Mail. That is an important difference.
All password managers keep data unencrypted in memory. You can’t encrypt the data in memory because then the application cannot use the data while it is running. It’s an universal issue for password managers, and not something that can be fixed.
While you can obfuscate the data, this is really security theater, because it is trivial to reverse engineer the obfuscation. In the future, Proton Pass may also obfuscate, but it doesn’t actually add any security.
If you enable PIN lock, the data is encrypted locally and cleared from memory when the PIN lock is activated. The security benefit of this in the case of a compromised device is likely marginal, as malware on a device would be able to key log the pin and bypass it in that manner. However, PIN lock can be desirable on a shared device (although somebody with access to the shared device could also install a keylogger…).
In the previous version of Proton Pass, after the PIN lock, it can take up to 30 minutes to clear data from memory, while the new version clears it immediately. It was previously immediate, but a code regression set it back to up to 30 minutes, but this has now been fixed. In general, for the reasons previously explained, we would not advise people to rely upon the PIN to secure against malware or shared devices, and that’s why PIN is not enabled by default, as the security benefit is likely marginal.
By the way, to even take advantage of this, somebody would need to have access to the device and the ability to access the device memory, in which case the PIN is not going to be effective because the device is already compromised. Unfortunately protecting against this type of device compromise is beyond the scope of Proton Pass (or any other password manager).
As a person using 1Password and Bitwarden (just bringing that up as people always recommend Bitwarden in such threads), I personally do find 1Password much better, cleaner, easier. The only downside for me is the open source part, however personally I cannot check that anyway.
For me personally regarding Proton Pass <-> 1Password, there are yet too many features missing and I pefer the UI of 1Password as well, especially with nowadays smartphone display sizes and not having to use both hands to search an item.
What is really cool at Proton Pass is the integrated alias feature.
Thanks! Just as a little side note, Bitwarden offers SimpleLogin, AnonAddy (now renamed) and Firefox Relay integration as well, thus alias creating works with Bitwarden too.
I’ve moved most active and new accounts over to Proton, and I’d like to migrate all my old emails too, but before that I’ll need to be able to search mail content from mobile....
Not a dev but it could be quite different than fairly similar. The encrypted search makes use of the browser storage. This isn‘t even working on iOS due to limitations.
For those of you who have been using Proton Mail for a year or longer, how reliable have you found it? Have you encountered any instances where websites didn’t accept or didn’t deliver to you Proton email address? Have you ever had trouble accessing Proton Mail while travelling?...
The bridge adds quite some load to the API, thus more ressources are needed for that feature. This is the reason that this feature is reserved for paid customers. Remember, paid customers are the only reason why a) Proton can keep existing and b) keep offering free accounts for everyone, with some limitations in additional features. There’s no other source of income.
I just upgraded to the Proton Unlimited plan, and it going great. I’m glad there is now a Windows app for Drive. I started my own business recently and configured my domain to use ProtonMail. With VPN, Drive, and now Pass, I saved money per month by canceling 1password and NordVPN plans....
Hi all, Perhaps a dumb question: I imported my google calendar into the proton calendar. I now seem to have 3 proton calendars (listed as my calendars in proton), but i only want one. The other 2 would then be deleted. I don’t see a way to merge those calendars into the default one. Is there a way, or would i need to...
In the sense that there is not going to be a new plan for now, that is probably correct. However that doesn‘t mean that they are not working on combining plans
Yes currently you can have 1 subscription per account. Proton is however working in changing that, to have more than one active subscription per account.
This is an extremely useful feature, for some Netshield is not enough, and being able to use NextDNS with support for DOH, or any other DNS service would be ideal....
They seriously need to up their client consistency game especially on the Linux side of things considering that is about 40% of their desktop market share.
I do not know where you got these numbers from, however the 40% aren’t correnct. The Linux userbase amounts to less than 1%, atleast on the VPN side. I do however think that this number isn’t very different accross all the userbase.
The truth is that we have Android > Windows > iOS > macOS > Android TV > Linux users. And Linux users amount to less than 1%.
That being said, a new Linux VPN client is currently in development and can already be tested out, more information can be found in the support page as well as on a reddit thread. If you do not rely on a kill switch (depending on your threat model), you could already test that out.
Proton VPN - No longer blocking malware, ads, and trackers? [FIXED]
[Edit: With guidance from Proton Support, I switched VPN protocols in the application’s preferences menu (protonvpn.com/…/how-to-change-vpn-protocols/), from IKEv2 to Smart, and afterwards I started seeing ads and trackers (etc.) blocked on the application’s GUI again. I’ll post any other relevant info I learn of here.]...
What's the difference between a Proton Pass email alias and SimpleLogin?
It was my understanding that Proton bought SimpleLogin and would be integrating it into their products, but the aliases created by Proton Pass are not managed by SimpleLogin, correct?...
API / URL to check if I'm on ProtonVPN
Has Proton added this yet? Most competitors I’ve used always had it. Just go to some url and it will tell you if you’re on Proton....
update protonvpn on iOS stuck/takes forever
anyone also encounters this?
Tip for people considering Proton but not wanting to commit just yet (lemmy.ml)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/5552052...
2023 Proton VPN Review (blog.thenewoil.org)
Proton Pass Retains Passwords in Cleartext Form in Memory (restoreprivacy.com)
Thoughts on Pass vs 1Password?
Hello!...
[Guide] NextDNS + Proton VPN (WireGuard) + DOH3 on iOS / iPadOS / macOS
Disclaimer:...
When will mail content search come to iOS ?
I’ve moved most active and new accounts over to Proton, and I’d like to migrate all my old emails too, but before that I’ll need to be able to search mail content from mobile....
Proton Mail Long-Term Reliability
For those of you who have been using Proton Mail for a year or longer, how reliable have you found it? Have you encountered any instances where websites didn’t accept or didn’t deliver to you Proton email address? Have you ever had trouble accessing Proton Mail while travelling?...
Proton Feels Like the Future
I just upgraded to the Proton Unlimited plan, and it going great. I’m glad there is now a Windows app for Drive. I started my own business recently and configured my domain to use ProtonMail. With VPN, Drive, and now Pass, I saved money per month by canceling 1password and NordVPN plans....
Moving other 'my calendars' to default
Hi all, Perhaps a dumb question: I imported my google calendar into the proton calendar. I now seem to have 3 proton calendars (listed as my calendars in proton), but i only want one. The other 2 would then be deleted. I don’t see a way to merge those calendars into the default one. Is there a way, or would i need to...
Introducing Proton Pass – Proton's password manager (proton.me)
How/Why I use Proton
I’m so glad to see Proton on lemmy! Hello!...
We need custom DNS option with DOH Support in ProtonVPN!
This is an extremely useful feature, for some Netshield is not enough, and being able to use NextDNS with support for DOH, or any other DNS service would be ideal....