In 'The Terminal List', the main character shows how he's using proton mail to keep 'anonymous'. If Hollywoke is recommending something ...
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No, Proton was ordered to turn over data, and complied.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/secure-email-provider-protonmail-handed-over-user-data-to-europol/
The first couple paragraphs indicate that only IP addresses were shared. Is there anything that shows that email contents were shared?
Using an independent VPN (IDK which) to access the servers might be enough.
It was stated around this or another event a couple years ago that Proton is pretty integrated into the Globohomo network, and that their database system was running similar to other email providers such that it's effectively the same as giving your shit directly to whatever state agency you thought you'd be avoiding.
I have no opinions on this, I think VPN's and everything else is fucked anyways. Decades ago the surveillance state shut down everything good anyways. P2P gpg encryption services, personal encryption lockers shut down, etc.
Id say Mulvad is a damn good vpn, they got attacked by the feds and forced to turn things over...and the feds found nothing because they had nothing