PrivacyWayFinder

I am currently using Proton VPN (free tier) which is set to Always-ON and Block Connections on disable.

Today while I am going through my Gmail security option, on the devices/sessions I found my real location mentioned over there. Even when I use desktop I always connect to VPN.

On this issue I got couple of doubts:

• Is this because I am using a free tier VPN? so it's not functioning properly etc...
• Else google fixed my location based on my previous location history? I used my google applications without VPN for many years, I am just learning & following privacy tips recently.

I use Aegis as my 2fa. Today on new token creation I observed that there's hash function set to SHA-1, later checked all my tokens and the result is same type of encryption used for all. So I have edited all my tokens to SHA-256 as a result my totp doesn't authenticate. Do I have to rescan my tokens for updating to SHA-256 or it doesn't work like that?

Security: SHA-1 < SHA-256 < SHA-512

Speed: SHA-1 > SHA-256 > SHA-512

My doubts are: Why can't we use SHA-256? Is it because TOTP requires less time so faster one(SHA-1) is chosen? Can we use SHA-256 for TOTPs?

Scrambled Exif vs Metadata Remover

Websites and apps are not loading, sometimes buffering on connecting with majority of servers like Netherlands, Japan etc.. available on free tier.

I am also getting this message/popup while running proton VPN for long time i.e. "Device limit exceeded, join plus..." though i am using single device. lol

I know I know nothing comes for free and you need to compromise lot of stuff when it comes for free.

But I just want to address there are more issue with free tier proton vpn after the recent update (keeping timeout for changing servers, not able select server of you choice among the 5 free tier servers like previously).

I am thankful for you people increasing freebies like extended drive space from 1gb to 5gb and added two other countries i.e. Romania and Poland for Proton VPN free tier but at the same time changed the other features like mentioned above. This make me feel that old one is far better compare to now.

Afterall, these are maybe the tactics used by the company on persisting to buy their plus tier.

The video is old which was randomly suggested to watch but just checking that it's still a thing.

That content creator said many things about proton mail, idk whether they are falsified i.e. the reason I am posting.

• ProtonMail is subject to surveillance due to its location in Switzerland. As a member of the 14 Eyes surveillance alliance, Switzerland shares data with foreign intelligence.
• ProtonMail's CEO has made statements and taken actions that have disappointed privacy advocates. The CEO is seen as prioritizing profits over privacy.
• ProtonMail logs user activity by default, scanning for criminal behavior. This level of logging is problematic for privacy.
• ProtonMail has shifted away from strong encryption. While it used to focus heavily on encryption, it has pivoted away from this, which concerns privacy experts.--