Small question about the VPN service, for those of you with subs. Specifically if it's possible to set up someone else's device for VPN use without giving them access to the entire account. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 10 months ago by ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/protonprivacy@lemmy.world

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I have been using Proton only as a burner email service, but I've been intrigued about signing up for the paid version to get a few more of those with less restrictions.

I currently use a different VPN provider for my personal devices, and that's been fine. But I'm sharing some of my device slots with someone else.

Suppose I get a Proton subscription - would I be able to share device slots with someone without granting them access to the drive/emails etc? Obviously I can tell them "Hey I logged you in, don't mess with the settings or it will stop working", and I have full trust that they won't mess around with the settings.

It's cheaper for me to double up on my existing VPN subscription, but hey, I'm all about exploring options. I'm not thrilled about the recent political comments made by people in charge at Proton but I haven't seen enough red flags just yet.

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[-] ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

This might be the best way to go about it. Wireguard has an iOS client and it should be easy to set up. I’ve done this for dumber devices, should be okay.

Or frankly, some others here are mentioning that logging in to one service doesn’t automatically log you into all of them. So maybe I’d be giving my family member more flexibility by not limiting them to a small number of servers as defined in the configs, since each one needs a file and picking among them is annoying if there’s an issue.

That said, going from 5 euro a month for Mullvad to 5 + 10 to add Proton does add up, and to be honest, a second free Proton address and a second Mullvad subscription (and investing in a more local solution instead of getting tied down to Proton Drive) might be better for me.

But I haven’t made any decisions just yet. The 500GB of storage might just end up swaying me.

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