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It's not written for the layman but it's interesting to read about how terrible Proton Mail is for privacy since that's the one most people think about first. T
by hatmatrix 6y ago
It's not written for the layman but it's interesting to read about how terrible Proton Mail is for privacy since that's the one most people think about first. The assessment begins with the following and just gets worse.
"SMS is the only option (unless you want to donate, which would reveal your personal information of course); therefore their claim that "ProtonMail does not require any personally identifiable information to register" is a shameless lie. Update: a contact told me that Proton now includes the option to solve a recaptcha (still an evil) for confirmation; however, the option disappears while using a VPN. They must really want that damn phone number if you are using anonymizers! And the claim that you can sign up without personal data is still false."
- vbezhenar 6y agoIf you won’t automatically fight bots, you’ll be spam house and everyone will blacklist your servers. Blacklisted mail service is not very useful.
- penagwin 6y agoThey could at least accept monero as payment so there's a cost to enter without giving away my identity.
- violetgarden 6y agoYyyyup. Wish I saw this a few weeks ago when I was choosing a new mail provider to get off Gmail.
- ClumsyPilot 6y agoI never understood this logic - if your email provider is trustworthy, why do you need to hide your identity from them? If they are not, how can you trust them with your emails? In my mind, email is a utility like telephone and water supply - I don't hide from them, they are meant to keep my identity secure.