moose44

Thank you for this. I appreciate your input. I started a thread [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39205494].

I am from Canada and do have US family.

Does anyone have any tips for moving to the valley at a young age?

I'm very young, not from the US and looking to move to the valley to be around more ambitious people.

Any tips or things I should know? Neighbourhoods to consider? Areas to be in? What to avoid? How to meet people? Hidden gems?

I'm not very tied to any of my emails. I recently did a painstaking digital purge so, switching everything over would be very easy for me.

It's true. In fact, in the US they even lobbied congress to do so: https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/28/house-vote-sj-34-isp-regul...

Like I said above, the best option is to not use technology at all. If you want to use it, you play the odds and attempt to limit nefarious activity against you.

ISPs knowingly collect it and sell it. Proton (at least according to them) do not collect it. You must choose your VPN carefully.

What does that have to do with your ISP having access to this information and selling it? In addition to using public networks?

Additionally, 3rd party cookies may be blocked but cross-site are not.

I agree. I utilize the annual plan so it's a bit cheaper.

Using the internet in general is a false sense of security. If you want total security crush all of your technology and go live in the woods.

The point of cyber security tools like VPNs is to limit tracking, data sharing and reduce the potential for malicious actions to be taken against you.

You can't honestly say not using a VPN is better than using one. What's the alternative? Unencrypted web traffic? Your ISP harvesting your web data and selling it? Exposure on public networks?

With that many queries, do you utilize the business tier or just the pro? Asking because I'd like to get this service on my company's computers.

You're missing the point, however, I'll entertain it.

Most services just offer a paid email. Proton offers all of its services for an extremely low monthly price. Not to mention their security protocols are among the best.

Everyone uses email. Most use a VPN (everyone should) and almost everyone utilizes some form of cloud storage.

I started off purchasing to use their VPN and now actively use all 3.

Agreed. I don't make enough queries a month to need a pro account but would gladly pay if needed.

I concur. I also enjoy the ability to create alias emails. I do use a mail forwarding service but it's nice to be able to split things up.

Nextdns.io is a great (free) addition to this.

The cool part about Proton is they bundle a lot of their services. You aren't just paying for email—you're paying for VPN, encrypted cloud storage and more.

Paying for Proton's services is a no brainer to me. $11 a month for access to VPN, encrypted email, encrypted cloud storage and more.

Will gladly pay to not have my data shared with 772 3rd parties.

Thank you very much. I appreciate it.

Thank you. Trying to work on my mid and end game.

While I understand your point. You've alluded to a greater issue—time management. Everyone has time. You make time for what is important. We all find time to watch TV, sit on our phones and go out. I do not believe a person is booked every single hour and minute of the day. It's a convenient excuse to justify making poor decisions.

Anyone know one for butter?

Easy way to limit your exposure: Local, organic and unprocessed whole foods. Stop eating garbage—you'll feel better and won't have to worry about stuff like this.

Same goes for Keurig pods.

I would suggest sending out way more. It's a numbers game. Starting out fresh for myself took 500+ applications before landing a job.

As a Canadian, housing in Canada is indeed very expensive.

Jeff Bezos — regret minimization framework: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwG_qR6XmDQ

I believe TikTok does this as well?

Xkeyscore?

Xkeyscore??

Is mass spying not already going on?

For those privacy focused, here's how you can remove your information from their public search ability.

https://haveibeenpwned.com/OptOut