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ProtonMail doesn't have access to the decryption password as it is not transferred to the server. Instead the client sends a password that's derived from it: ht
by gst 9y ago
ProtonMail doesn't have access to the decryption password as it is not transferred to the server. Instead the client sends a password that's derived from it: https://protonmail.com/blog/encrypted_email_authentication/ https://protonmail.com/blog/encrypted_email_authentication/
- carussell 9y agoThe "client" is a webpage that exists as one of many assets delivered to your browser by the ProtonMail webmail server. The server has access to the password at any time if it wants it.