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Learn how to join our 2024 Lifetime Account Charity Fundraiser, your chance to win our most exclusive plan and fight for a better internet.

It says that “100% of the proceeds will be donated” and I recognize a few projects in their list that are worth supporting. While this still feels a bit like an ad, I thought it was newsworthy + something that the Fediverse would be supportive of?

Please share if you see any issues with this, and I can edit it into this post (or take down the post).

Full details on the link in the post, summary:

Join our charity fundraiser before it ends on January 5th

Since 2018, with support from the Proton community, we have financially supported non-profit organizations that share this vision, donating over $3 million to fuel a growing movement for a better internet. For this year’s fundraiser, we’re giving away 10 Proton Lifetime accounts, our most exclusive plan that gives you the most storage and all the features of all our current and future products, forever.

Starting today, you can enter the raffle to win a Lifetime plan. 100% of the proceeds will be donated, along with a $150,000 matching contribution from Proton. Raffle tickets are on sale from now until January 5 at 11:59 PM CET. We’ll announce the winners the following day.

Recipient details:

A portion of the funds will also go to a few organizations from past years, such as Tor, GrapheneOS, and others, as many nonprofits have seen drops in donations and are struggling to reach their budget goals.

this year’s recipients:

  • Freedom House
  • Free Software Foundation Europe
  • Law for Change
  • Ada Lovelace Institute
  • Nothing2Hide
  • Free Press Unlimited
  • The Tech Oversight Project
  • Open Data Institute
  • OpenStreetMap
  • Ladybird
      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        Tuta walks you through it, and I’m guessing Proton does as well. Basically:

        1. Buy domain
        2. Add to your email service (need a paid Proton or Tuta sub)
        3. Configure your DNS entries as per your email services instructions
        4. Create as many aliases as you want and have fun! I separate things into buckets, so shopping, games, etc, but feel free to go wild

        You could also DIY the email service, but you’d have to look up the DNS settings to not get blacklisted by other email services. And even then, they could do an IP blacklist, so IMO it’s worth paying for a reputable service.

        • Rookwood@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          2·
          3 days ago

          Cool, thanks for the guide.

          I already have Tuta. I used to have Skiff and that allowed you to create unlimited aliases with their domain. Alas, it was never meant to last as they were always owned by venture capital.