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What's the consensus about Proton in here?
I have a paid tier. I like it. Beats the shit outta the big G.
I pay for it b/c running privacy focused services is not free. I want a world where we have choices besides Big Surveilence Tech. I could get by with the free tier. I pay anyway.
If you send to other proton addresses, or to other co's with compatible encryption, it can make email E2EE. Otherwise, it's not, like if the other end is on a gmail address or w/e.
It doesn't 100% solve the probs. But it doesn't do G style spying of your email contents. That's worth supporting to me.
Many say its really bad because they are complying with subpoeanas, but email itself is most often not encrypted anyway
But if youre using your acc for stuff that needs actual opsec, use something else
I personally prefer fastmail tho
I use it. It's fine. Any paid email provider is fine really.
I'm staying a free user though because I don't want to get my account deleted if I fail to pay for 6 months due to being in a coma or ICE detention or wrongfully arrested or rightfully arrested.