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RE: The sun sets on Microsoft

in Galenkp's Stuff8 days ago

I used to use Proton with one of the contract jobs I was doing for a while. It seemed fairly adept at doing everything I needed it to do. I think the company I was working with did some work for Proton at one point and that's why everyone was able to have an address. I have been looking into setting something up myself. I did notice a few years ago that Proton did disclose some of their users info in some kind of investigation that was going on. They didn't turn over the emails since those are encrypted, but they did give enough bits of into that the authorities were eventually able to prosecute someone.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/secure-email-provider-protonmail-handed-over-user-data-to-europol/

Not nearly as concerning as what most of the other big companies do with our data, but still important to know.

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Some use emails like Proton some use others, it's a choice people make for themselves I guess, for their own reasons. People who use Facebook and Instagram and Twitter etc. might as well have no cyber security so it doesn't matter for them, they're already fucked.

Yeah, that is a good point. I still think Proton is a solid play. It looks like they have a deal going right now where you can get a year for about $24. I am kicking around signing up and tying it to my domain. I just wanted you to be aware of that news because it happened a bit ago and it kind of slid under the radar I think.

It's worth a look I think and for the 60% off they have currently there's not much to lose.