I’ve been using Proton Mail and VPN for a while now, and I’m just wondering how everyone else feels about them. I have this kind of inherent alight distrust of them just because they seem like they offer a lot for free and kind of have a Big Tech vibe about them, but there’s nothing for me to really substantiate that distrust with, its mostly just a feeling. That being said, I do use their services as mentioned and they work pretty well, even on the free teir. So aside from that one instance where they gave that guy’s info to the feds, is there any reason not to trust them with my data?
No. I don’t trust the Swiss. They’re tied up with US intelligence and they’ll do anything for money (that’s why they’re always neutral). I’ve gotten shit on here before for saying Protonmail might be a honeypot but I’m sticking by it.
Such a point is rather moot – one should not be using email for any form of secure communications, as it is inherently insecure.