Disturbing facts about ProtonMail
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Some disturbing facts and my personal experience with Proton AG

I just came across these "disturbing facts about proton mail". Let's say, hypothetically, that I administer a small org that now wants to move away from proton.

I guess I should just learn pgp, but that would be a tough sell for any boomer members.

EDIT: thanks for all the responses! It seems like my intuition was correct: email is inherently insecure, and proton is no worse than other email providers insofaras you don't let their marketing cause you to drop your guard. If it's illegal, keep it offline.

  • makotech222 [he/him]A
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    2 years ago

    If you are doing something sensitive, you just have to encrypt the text yourself, and physically hand the keys to whoever needs to receive it, and let them decrypt it outside the email client.

    • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Edward Snowden revealed that the US government cares least about the content of emails. Mr. Snowden revealed the US Law Enforcement cares most about who a person is talking to, the dates & times of the emails, and the subject of the email.