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Can anyone compare this with Fastmail?

• ocdtrekkie 10y ago
  As a happy FastMail customer, I can tell you they do not attempt to have the end to end encryption that LavaBit or ProtonMail have. FastMail prefers to offer a lot of advanced features which do require their servers be able to see your data. There is a huge tradeoff between privacy and features, and while I'd argue by policy FastMail protects your privacy better than something like Gmail that uses your data for their own purposes, FastMail isn't that type of service.
• tyingq 10y ago
  The most noticeable difference is that Protonmail's approach means "no standards". No SMTP or IMAP. All emails must be sent and received via the web interface or mobile app. That also makes it hard to switch away if you choose to leave them. Your data is captive. I don't think that their intentions are bad...it's just the nature of how it's designed.
  • ahakki 10y ago
    That is true. But just so you know: I am a paying protonmail customer and received an email just today where they anounced tha IMAP/SMTP support is in closed beta. I do not know how this is implemented and what the exact security implications are. Here is an exerpt from the email: Dear ProtonMail Plus Subscriber, We are happy to announce the beta program for a new product that adds IMAP and SMTP support to ProtonMail. We call this project the ProtonMail Bridge. The ProtonMail Bridge is among the most requested features by the community and lets you send and receive encrypted emails from within your mail client of choice. The Bridge supports any client that uses IMAP/SMTP including Outlook, Thunderbird, and AppleMail. We will be choosing only a few dozen people to start so if you are interested in participating please fill out the following form by the end of this week: