this post was submitted on 22 Feb 2024
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Why would a company dedicated to privacy concerns even entertain connecting to Google? I would imagine the customers using Proton would leave services that don't value privacy, so why is it being invited back in? Seems like Proton may be changing which customers they value while holding onto name recognition. Enshitification continues.
Sounds like a shady deal with Alphabet for a financially struggling company that may or may not have a board which decided they liked money better than their customers one day.
Don't let people tell you that "everything's fine, don't jump to conclusions". I have no idea who that is or if they have a stake in this outside or a random Lemmy user, but I would imagine a lot of people would have a financial or other interest in ensuring the public continues to think Proton is safe and private.
Be willing to question and verify. Don't be complacent.
To encourage people to migrate, it's par for the course.
They don't communicate anything back to Google, they just import from it, set up mail forward and suggest that you can set up the accounts you're familiar with with your proton email (which you can do with any email account, without Google having any access to your emails). You're reading way too much into this.
If you're that paranoid, don't trust any private company with your information and run your own private mail server.