ProtonVPN Passes 1 Million Users and Launches on iOS (venturebeat.com)

Encrypted email service provider ProtonMail has launched its standalone VPN app for iOS devices. From a report: The announcement comes more than a year after ProtonVPN launched globally for desktop users and 10 months after it landed on Android, so the iOS launch has been a long time coming. There is, of course, no shortage of VPN apps out there already, but ProtonMail has built a solid reputation in the encrypted communications realm since it was founded out of CERN in 2013. Following the launch of its privacy-focused email service nearly three years ago, the company subsequently added two-factor authentication (2FA), Tor support, an encrypted contacts manager, and of course a VPN service.

ProtonMail offers various pricing tiers for ProtonVPN, ranging from free to $24 per month. Those who choose not to pay can access three countries' servers, with access on one device, but will have slower speeds, while the top $24/month tier offers access on 10 devices with server access in all available countries. In related news, ProtonMail said that ProtonVPN now has 1 million users globally.

Comments

Depends on who you are worried about

[SuperKendall]

It was also reported that the feds have easy access to their network, rendering the VPN effectively useless.

Not at all useless.

To me I don't care if my data on a VPN is easily accessed by various governments, because the hard truth is that it will be accessed by governments, one way or another.

Since that aspect is irrelevant, all I end up caring about is - how much can a VPN help with non-state actors accessing my network traffic?

To me it seems like ProtonVPN is a pretty good choice in that regard. My only misgiving is that the more populate a VPN is, the more desirable a target it is to break... but I feel like the (probable) quality of security that ProtonVPN offers outweighs that greater target profile.