• DaGammla@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    Using Proton always seemed like a bad idea. People come to Proton in order to deGoogle or de-big-tech but then lock themselves into their ecosystem, defeating the entire purpose.
    Not mention how scummy their PR-Team, their CEO and their Business Practices are.
    So many Proton sponsered content creators spread lies about how Proton Mail is supposedly E2E encrypted or how Proton VPN is supposedly a privacy and security tool.
    Time and time again they have lied about how much data they have and how much they have disclosed to investigating agencies.

    The only way I could ever undestand someone using Proton Mail would be to use their service but behind your own domain, such that migrating away stays easy.

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      2 days ago

      I did this myself in 2023, coming from google. And have now dropped their Eco system for all disconnected privacy friendly options like mailbox.org and bitwarden for example.

      But I also use my own domain and a ton of alias email addresses so wasn’t locked to my proton email address in any meaningful way

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      2 days ago

      Has there been some revelation that ProtonMail isn’t E2EE?

      Or that their VPN isn’t a privacy tool?

      Every so often I’ll see these claims made by random people on the internet but there’s never any truth behind them. It’s usually just some non-technical person who doesn’t really understand the first thing about technology.