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Malicious actors are among the best aware of security issues and thus concentrate on the services with the highest security grade. That being the cause of thes
by henearkr 6y ago
Malicious actors are among the best aware of security issues and thus concentrate on the services with the highest security grade.
That being the cause of these services being flagged as malicious is... "unfortunate", to stay polite.
- ryanlol 6y agoNonsense. Fraudsters use protonmail because it’s particularly easy to create new accounts.
- henearkr 6y agoIt's straightforward to create new accounts everywhere, including in GMail. Why to single out ProtonMail then? Personally I have been approached by fraudsters and their email was on GMail, not ProtonMail...
- ryanlol 6y agoIt’s not very straightforward to create gmail accounts with proxies, and google loves to randomly ban fresh accounts.
- meowster 6y agoGoogle loves to ban old accounts you haven't logged into in awhile if you don't provide them a phone number.
- renewiltord 6y agoGmail needs a phone number. Proton Mail doesn't. That's why my email is with the latter.
- herbst 6y agoPhone verification services are like 10 cents on average. Aged gmail accounts available from 30 cents or less
- ryanlol 6y ago> Aged gmail accounts available from 30 cents or less They’re frustratingly unreliable, but definitely an option. Nobody is claiming that fraudsters only use protonmail.
- herbst 6y agoI am using aged accounts regularly and rarely run into issues, you just need the right type of account and know a bit about the protection you are fighting against.
- mattmanser 6y agoThe reality is we're seeing most fraudsters on ProtonMail too, I'm afraid. We considered just banning it as we're quite small, just over 10k members.
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- schappim 6y agoThis is 100% correct. The bulk of fraud on our electronics ecommerce store comes from protonmail accounts. We treat the following domains in emails as sus: https://gist.github.com/schappim/c433ac8cd2e3a17a5ca7996b56cd7518 https://gist.github.com/schappim/c433ac8cd2e3a17a5ca7996b56c...
- shmoogy 6y agoVery legit list, checked for some I know of and they were all here.