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I'm happy to use a service that is not Gmail or Outlook. And I like the fact that I can use my custom domain easily. In the end I'm not really using it though,
by stabbles 9y ago
I'm happy to use a service that is not Gmail or Outlook. And I like the fact that I can use my custom domain easily.
In the end I'm not really using it though, simply because none of my contacts uses it. In that case ProtonMail is simply begging the question when it comes to privacy and security:
You can set an expiry for emails to non-Protonmail recipients, meaning they just receive a link to the contents of the email. Obviously you must also password protect it (otherwise gmail / outlook will just follow the link). Now the point is: how do you safely communicate the password?
Either you know how to safely communicate a password; in that case why not send the message without ProtonMail? Or you do not know how to safely communicate a password; what security does ProtonMail offer then?
- nothrabannosir 9y agoDepends on your threat model. If you're protecting against dragnet surveillance and retroactive targeted surveillance, after your link expires, then just putting the password right there in the e-mail body, with an expiring link, should work fine. For now. Especially if it's not life-or-death, but you'd just "rather not appear in the data set, if avoidable." To each their own :)