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Tell HN: Proton is reading and filtering incoming mail
This seems relevant to privacy-conscious folks here:
I just tried to use my existing ProtonMail account as a backup for my Gmail account. Instead of receiving the verification code, I got an email in my Proton inbox that says:
"Your Proton account is currently restricted from registering on third-party services"
Meaning that proton is actively reading (and filtering) mail from certain flagged accounts. Otherwise, how do they know my account just received a matching email from Google with a verification code?
This is not particularly surprising for most providers, but I was not expecting it from Proton. What's the point of all the encryption claims?
- Klonoar 1y agoSubject lines of emails are not E2E in Protonmail, nor have they ever claimed them to be. It's likely that and it's not really news.
- nabla9 1y ago>What's the point of all the encryption claims? The point is that _you_ read them carefully. They are true to their claims. https://proton.me/support/does-protonmail-encrypt-email-subjects https://proton.me/support/does-protonmail-encrypt-email-subj... Va gur orfg UA genqvgvba lbh qba'g pyvpx gur yvax nobir, ohg nfx dhrfgvbaf yvxr "Jul fhowrpgf yvarf ner abg rapelcgrq?" naq gura fbzrbar rkcynvaf vg gb lbh.