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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Proton is transitioning towards a non-profit structure (proton.me)

submitted 4 months ago by retiolus@lemmy.cat to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu -2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Protonmail, their flagship product, actually treats 99.9% of emails in clear-text. You can't have end-to-end encryption if the other person at the end doesn't support it. There have been (unverified) rumors that Proton could be a giant honeypot. They did help authorities in the past. Maybe we will understand better who they are in the future

[–] ytg@sopuli.xyz 17 points 4 months ago

They did cooperate with authorities, but they also took their time in disclosures to explain precisely what the user did wrong, and how you can avoid making the same mistakes. At the end of the day, Proton only has the information you provide them. And if you don't encrypt your stuff, it's not safe.

[–] legofreak@feddit.de 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Proton serves privacy, not anonymity. They will not collect, harvest, analyse or sell your data. If you however use their services for illegal things they will forward whatever - usually little - unencrypted information they have about you.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago

I'm surprised people would expect them to behave differently. Do they expect Proton to not comply with lawful warrants?