ProtonVPN all the way ;)

The best public option is Proton imo. With paid subscriptions you even get access to Secure Core servers where Proton runs their own data centers instead of hiring 3rd-parties like NordVPN, etc.

Case-point: Nord has been hacked before bc of third-party data centers. Proton has no breaches so far and does regular security audits, has plenty of servers outside the 14 Eyes Alliance, and actively fund privacy focused projects.

Mullvad is a close second bc of their anonymous payments.

It really depends on the quantity and sensitivity of the content I’d say.

But Proton has replaced everything I used Google for (Drive/Email). Proton will work for a good 90% of everyone most likely.

It’s a good philosophy but that’s just it. Crypto should’ve remained closeto it’s philosophical roots.

The government legalizing manipulation of crypto by making them “assets” ruined any real implementation by tethering it to the fiat currencies. So crypto is now a moot point sadly that doesn’t retain it’s original anarchist intentions.

I know a lot about Monero and Ring Token technology. Used it plenty. Doesn’t matter. Still tied to fiat and manipulation by proxy. Even if private. What’s the real issue with this tethering you ask?

Authoritarian Control

Governmental overreach being able to examine any of your accounts and almost see a one-to-one with your deposits is a red flag. No, they cant see the amounts on the other end (Monero’s private ledger). But all security is an illusion, especially for the now government backed tech like this. Eventually Ring tech will be broken by AI, ML, Quantum, or many. Plus, the exchange reports your purchases and sells that data too (legally now).

Even if you use LocalMonero and do it in-person, you have IP Addresses (bc no VPNs usually), messages between seller and buyer, and purchase amounts potentially all under the authority of private entities. Unless you’ve some serious connections.

All the government has to do is make it illegal to participate in crypto at all and now it becomes dead tech again (for better or worse).

Thank you for your input though! Not trying to be defeatist or an alarmist. Just a clarification on my opinions of where the hypothetical train went off the rails.

💯 👑 Here @db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com, you dropped this

Honey here! Getcha honey!

Definitely no honey pots here, just honey!

I get it philosophically, but…

crypto = no underlying value (unless it was a 1:1 ratio with some measurement of electricity like a bond almost, ideally being a unit of energy we exchange unto itself)

so for now…

money = government

Plus, we’d need someway to independently run, manage, and maintain an autonomous system outside of the government controlled infrastructure. Which, unless we make serious energy/education/resource breakthroughs is not going to happen anytime soon sadly.

No, you caught me :)

That’s a very helpful clarification, thank you.

Still sounds shady though. The research should primarily, if not only, be done by college and academic researchers I’d say. The ones who probably should be doing the publishing as well… js. its not all roses like they make it appear imo sadly.

The world’s most intense match of Minesweeper you’ve ever seen!

Boo!!!

“We don’t fully know or understand the ecosystems down there and how fragile they are yet… but yeah, go ahead and run an underwater vacuum over it, sure!”

Fuckin’ idiots

Next spawn

But don’t worry everyone, the U.S. Justice Dept says it’s TOTALLY not genocide… 🙄

This is so Gnu to me!

Bro what a lie

What birthday gifts ???

I am my own worst enemy

But fr bro take a ta m♡lly, relax, and re-evaluate

There’s a potion for that

Thanks brb :)

Hey we’re both the assholes of the world, there’s enough room for two on this throne

Should we call this “blind-eye economics”? I just kinda like the sound of it lol

So glad in-line gifs work on lemmy now 😀

Tidal has the highest artist payouts typically, besides YouTube I believe.

Make your choices ppl.