cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/40877

Email is inherently insecure. If you want or need secure communications, that’s what software like Briar, Matrix, or Signal (yes despite some drama).

Secure emails can always be done manually with PGP and will be a lot hardier than trusting an organization that gives away subscriber payments to Western-backed coup attempts and color revolutions.

  • @fleurc
    4•2 years ago

    Right, so having to comply with swiss laws to log IP after the request by swiss authorities (otherwise the company is gonna be persecuted for it) and saying “We support activism” is all you need to step away from proton as a company. Ok, you do you, but i know for a fact i’m not using Signal which is a glorified SMS messenger and has literally same encryption to Proton, Matrix which is badly designed, and Briar (never heard of it). So how do i send job applications? How do i register to forums? Sorry having an email is good and convenient, if your intent is to break the law, please stop using widely known services. (Breaking the law doesn’t not inherently make you a villain, governments can be evil, however consequences happen people).

    • @GenkiFeral
      2•2 years ago

      if your intent is to break the law, Even in Russia, people can go to jail for blasphemy. i think I’ve heard of similar cases in Australia and the UK, but maybe not just based on blasphemy, but race or voicing the wrong opinion. ‘Right’ and ‘wrong’ have changed and will continue to change throughout history.

      Protonmail has its place, but it is good to be careful about what you say in certain places. Chances are high that if you wrote some unpopular (for the times) opinion or admitted to an unpopular act that your kid or even grandkid might be more likely to also share those views. So, I’d say you are putting your progeny at risk by sloppily voicing opinions or acts.