Privacy Without Compromise: Proton VPN is Now Built Into Vivaldi

Catweazle

@NetscapeNavigator, as every company which will operate in another country, but that will not meean that Vivaldi US is less private. The privacy laws in the US is way worse than the one in the EU, but only says that the company have to fullfit this law, not that the company has to reach this limit if their own is a lot better. The law only can fine less conditions than the law, not better.

NetscapeNavigator

@DoctorG said in Privacy Without Compromise: Proton VPN is Now Built Into Vivaldi:

Are you a lawyer working in IT laws?

I did study business law, yes, and have a degree in business management, which included the study of foreign business relations.

If you have an office in, Japan, for example, you're subject to the laws of Japan. If you have an office in, Germany, for example, you're subject to the laws of Germany. But if you have an office in the United States, your office and company are subject to the laws of the United States. Our laws are very predatorial and assiduous.

SwiftyPop

Did this VPN update make Vivaldi v7.3 already? I thought the last version(7.2) released like a weeks ago.

robbielink

@jon So if I already use Proton VPN on my desktop and have it on all the time should I turn this on or not?

Catweazle

@robbielink, if you use the desktop app (anyway better), you don't need the browser version.

DoctorG

@robbielink said in Privacy Without Compromise: Proton VPN is Now Built Into Vivaldi:

if I already use Proton VPN on my desktop and have it on all the time should I turn this on or not

No, if you use Proton on Desktop VPN you already have VPN, the extension vpn in extension bar is not needed. You can remove it by context menu.

NetscapeNavigator

@Catweazle said in Privacy Without Compromise: Proton VPN is Now Built Into Vivaldi:

@NetscapeNavigator, as every company which will operate in another country, but that will not meean that Vivaldi US is less private. The privacy laws in the US is way worse than the one in the EU, but only says that the company have to fullfit this law, not that the company has to reach this limit if their own is a lot better. The law only can fine less conditions than the law, not better.

If you have an office in the United States, you can be made to comply with Us Laws and official orders. You're subject to Us Jurisdiction and all that details.

newscpq

WOW! That's a great one!

Chas4

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Can the same Pooton VPN account be used outside of Vivaldi?

Pitape

Great initiative! I am a regular user of Proton Pass, Proton drive and Proton VPN. Such European partnerships should be encouraged! As I am a Proton Unlimited subscriber I use it with my own Proton credentials without any issue.
Since version 7.2, I have noticed that Vivaldi is faster than Brave, both on Android and Windows (speedometer 3). Now it just needs to integrate some filtering from ublock origins to be perfect.

WinterWild

Wow these are fantastic news! Great work Vivaldi team, and thank you for this easy to use functionality!

npro

@jon It's a good move, however I'm looking forward to your blog post where you will be saying that you have switched all your PCs at work to a GNU/Linux distribution instead of using Microsoft Windows and MacOS, and using strictly free & open-source software for the development of Vivaldi, that would be called being independent from Silicon Valley.

Chas4

@pitape: In Vivaldi you can add custom ad blocker and tracking blocker lists in Vivaldi settings

Theovojik

@CummingCowGirl Not free if you need to chose an specific country server

hauebe

@CummingCowGirl

Thanks for your answer, I'm not using sync.

Aaron

Funny...To connect to a VPN I need connect a VPN first...

wajahatkhan

Brilliant features Vivaldi. Thank you!

electryon

@Chas4 said in Privacy Without Compromise: Proton VPN is Now Built Into Vivaldi:

@pitape: In Vivaldi you can add custom ad blocker and tracking blocker lists in Vivaldi settings

Pitape said "integrate some filtering from ublock origins".
You can't do what Pitape hopes to be supported. These filter lists are incompatible because the built in ad blocker doesn't support the syntax of these lists. He asked for "ublock origins" filter lists, not just ABP compatible filter lists.

DoctorG

@Aaron That must be the secret firewall filters (Ugliest Worst Countries Firewall) some countries like to run.

Stardust

What about an exclusive Vivaldi feature for Proton addon - no Vivaldi account required (or any other accounts)?