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Unnecessary and deeply concerning bow to the new "king"
Proton better shut this dude up as I really don't want to find a new platform :|
bad news, Proton’s official reddit account doubled-down on it as a company position (edit: but it was also him too)
Yikes. I was just about to shell out for Proton VPN, but now I won’t.
I would suggest Mullvad as a trustworthy alternative.
I too can vouch for Mullvad, excellent service and privacy
ugh, gross. i just signed up for a month to try and get away from google and the rest of the us companies bending the knee. how to trust proton that they won't give up your data the second trump asks now? time to get a refund and put it toward infomaniak sigh
Was considering them, now I'm not. I'll keep using mullvad.
No one going to comment the Trump absolutely did not write that? Read it; completely coherent, proper English, all that.
Not one all caps word. No fuckin way he wrote that.
Well... The word "FAIRLY" was written in all caps.
Makes me feel a lot less confident about having a protonmail account. Best alternatives for privacy?
Best? Hosting an encrypted email server in your own house. As a service, mailfence seems to be a decent alternative
Can you elaborate on what software or solution would allow someone to host an encrypted email server? Would outgoing messages be encrypted or just encrypted at rest? What about if you also had your family member on the same setup and you wrote to each other, would it be encrypted?
Tuta?
Enshittifying
How?
They give you poorly disguised ads that you can't unsubscribe from in the form of a "news letter". These appear as emails in your inbox with special styling that sticks out. They've recently started pushing new features in the Calendar that you need to be the higher paying tier to use, but they still have special styling to make them stand out. If you try to use them, you get a huge popup saying you need to upgrade. They've been removing features from the lower tiers and demand you upgrade to keep using it.
Every time I open my inbox, I got a new notification about either upgrading to a paid tier, or the exact same thing but disguised as a feature announcement.
If you're looking for a new home, Disroot has free email services with a one-time payment if you want a custom domain attached. I'm just giving them the money I used to give Tuta every month. I don't want to sound like a shill, so I'll keep it short: I believe in Disroot far more than I ever did Tuta because Tuta was a business and Disroot is a movement. Disroot isn't in a position where a fat cat investor is gonna start squeezing them for a return. Their last finance report also looked pretty good.
I'm tempted, but Disroot has two things that will probably keep me away, unfortunately.
- Email is stored unencrypted on their servers
- The site is associated with political activism
There are technical reasons for #1 being true (and ultimately, even if they encrypted the email, I would have to trust them anyway) but this opens extra venues for exploitation. Coupled with #2, the site may be targeted by activist groups who don't like the politics associated with them, or participants on the service might be automatically associated with it. Personally, either of these issues on their own tends to be enough for me to avoid a service. I respect Disroot but it's probably not for me.
Perhaps riseup if youre an anarchist or posteo if youre willing to pay a low fee?
I use posteo myself. Its alright and reliable. Would try Riseup (kinda got political) but idk anyone to ask for an invite code
Keep in mind this is only one of five board members of the Non-Profit that owns Proton AG
still not a good look when your selling point was being outside of 5/9/14 eyes and you're cozying up to the government of objectively the worst country, privacywise
Still a decision maker and able to convince other members though.
I guess Andy or the proton social media team has started using the corporate bluesky account to discuss it now.
interesting that it's deleted now
anyone got a screenshot?
Wow they really need to get in check. I do have the screenshots
Hilarious, talks about corporate Dems yet is supporting corporate Republicans. Elon Musk is arguably the face of big tech and so acting like Trump is going to 'do something' to big tech is also delusional. Big tech has already gotten out the checkbooks and kissed the ring down in Florida.
Thiel, Musk, Zuck, and Bezos among others.
It's beyond parody that you'd pretend Republicans aren't owned by corporate and tech interests, I quite frankly don't believe he believes it.
ugh gross they think trump, who has big tech ceos lining up at his door, or the republicans, who want to kill encryption and vpn accesses are going to tackle big tech? welp time to get a refund.
We didn't get what we wanted so we choose evil.
Never used em but i feel for people who did.
Makes sense. The little guy did vote for Trump
Not with the obesity rates among the conservative base.
Yes, even obese people can vote. What's your point? Or are you confused about the phrase? It's not literal, FYI
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