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protonmail blocks account creation through tor (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 days ago by cookie019@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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so now proton completely blocking account creation through their onion adress? I have standard protection, javascript enabled. Time to swith for those who use this service as they are ditching tor and switzerland?

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[-] XenGi@feddit.org 7 points 6 days ago

Proton always felt like a scam to me. Their claims on privacy and security are questionable at best.

[-] 3abas@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Their software is open source and you can verify it yourself.

[-] XenGi@feddit.org 4 points 5 days ago

You can't verify that they actually run that on their servers.

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[-] Fizz@lemmy.nz 6 points 6 days ago

I got that same error when I was setting up my account.

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this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2025

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