ProtonMail often touts its Swiss jurisdiction and privacy guarantees, but at the same time, it is complying with a record number of data request orders going through the Swiss legal system. ProtonMail is one of the most popular secure email services in the world, having launched in 2014 via a crowdfunding campaign. It promises a …

they scrubed there no ip logs policy years ago

  • Pasta Dental@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    Idk for most people, but the reason I use proton mail is to avoid google parsing everything I receive to send me ads. I “have nothing to hide” on a legal pov, I’m not a criminal, the worst offence I do is like Jay walking or crossing at a red light on foot when there is no one at midnight. I don’t use proton services to protect myself from the law (or in other words to avoid the consequences of my acts), I just want to be a customer instead of a product.

    • Fluid@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      10 months ago

      This exactly. This is the audience for proton mail, and their success while sticking to this model is hope for us all

    • M500@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      10 months ago

      YOU JAY WALK!?

      You are a disgrace!!! How do you sleep with yourself?

      DISGUSTING!

      /s

      But that’s a really great point. It’s easy to thinking of your threat model as all or nothing. And you are right. I’m not hiding from the law. I’m hiding from advertisers. If the government acquires my information then it was a mistake on their part as there is nothing there to find other than emails from my bank.

    • Onii-Chan@kbin.social
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      10 months ago

      This is exactly why I use Proton as well. I’m not worried about law enforcement, I just want Google and other big tech’s tentacles out of my fucking business. I don’t want to be advertised to.