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protonmail blocks account creation through tor (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 days ago by cookie019@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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so now proton completely blocking account creation through their onion adress? I have standard protection, javascript enabled. Time to swith for those who use this service as they are ditching tor and switzerland?

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[–] francois@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

While on dread recently I stumbled across this old post regarding issues with their onion adresses https://encryp.ch/blog/disturbing-facts-about-protonmail/

When a user makes a new account with Protonmail on TOR they are re-directed from Protonmail’s “.onion” to “.com” address. This breaks your secure encrypted connection to their onion address, enabling your identification. There are absolutely no technical reasons for this feature. In fact, the only other websites that operate like this are suspected NSA/CIA Honeypots.

[–] cookie019@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 days ago

Yes, I knew this info, there is a lot of strange things with company

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