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Proton mail Twitter: “ We have a 3 months inactivity policy, so if the account is not a paid account, and if another user requests it, and if the account doesn'
by vbezhenar 5y ago
Proton mail Twitter: “ We have a 3 months inactivity policy, so if the account is not a paid account, and if another user requests it, and if the account doesn't have any activity, sometimes the username will be released.”
- jjcon 5y agoThat seems like a massive privacy issue, no? I don't think any major email provider lets usernames recycle under any circumstances.
- jcims 5y agoIt does afford some repudiability, which could conceivably be good for privacy.
- temp_praneshp 5y agoOne counter example is yahoo, back in 2013[0], unless we want to be pedantic/snarky about "major" [0]https://yahoo.tumblr.com/post/52805929240/yournameyahoocom-can-be-yours https://yahoo.tumblr.com/post/52805929240/yournameyahoocom-c...
- vbezhenar 5y agoI think it’s a terrible policy. What’s worse is that most free email services are similar. IMO inactive email should be disabled and its stored data should be purged, but user data, including password should be kept forever, it does not take much space. And everything should be reactivated after successful login.