Given Proton Mail’s fashiness coming out of the woodwork, lots of folks are looking at switching away — but they have a reasonable concern: Aren’t Proton Mail’s privacy features special, different from a normal mail provider?
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@inthehands Sorry, I don't know the subtext and can't find any recent controversies on google?
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@tobinbaker
The Proton CEO made posts about how Dems were too corporate, praised JD Vance and said Republicans are the best hope to rein in big tech or some crap along those lines. Deleted posts but not before torches and pitchforks were out. -
Paul Cantrellreplied to Paul Cantrell last edited by [email protected]
Since this thread gained a little traction, I should clarify:
Proton Mail has done some good technical work AFAICT. I appreciate the effort to make E2EE more usable and more broadly accessible. I’m not so sure it’s a good idea to blur the boundary between “E2EE” and “not E2EE” as their product does, but respect for the heavy lifting they’ve done.
I’m not saying their product is a total hoax or anything! I’m just saying that •in practice•, the actual benefits aren’t as large as you might assume.
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@inthehands The thing is, I'm not sure I can even think of another "credible email provider". I created a payed account with proton for the simple reason that they were the first provider I came across that didn't have a business model based on profiling me to sell ads.
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@jpkolsen
I use Fastmail; it's great. A few replies have mentioned Posteo with appreciation. There are others, I'm sure!
