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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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Climate activist arrested after ProtonMail provided his IP address (web.archive.org)

submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children)

As always, comments get piled on while nobody understands the real issue. I expect far better quality than Reddit here.

ProtonMail has been exposed multiple times for not being activist friendly.
You are not supposed to use emails for high threat models without referring to this guide https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/email.html
This is not a question of ProtonMail vs Gmail.
This is not a question of self hosting or not.
This is not a question about legalese crap, but what ProtonMail really stands for.
Everybody needs to understand the difference between privacy, security and anonymity and how this is achieved.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I expect far better quality than Reddit here.

Yes, but we need people like you to provide that content. In short, don't expect other people to be that change; that change starts with you. Thanks for the resources and level-headed opinion. People in general who use any service provider for "privacy reasons" should only do so to keep the issuing company from scanning their messages and selling data about you. Email itself, regardless of how it's set up, will fail you if you're thinking it will keep you hidden.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

My privacy community c/privatelife is in the sidebar of c/privacy ;)

Besides, I have provided massive amounts of content in the form of comments on Lemmy, on this year old account of mine. I am also on Reddit, where my r/privatelife exists.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

This is not a question of ProtonMail vs Gmail.

What do you mean by this?
Presumably for a lot of people that is going to be the main, perhaps only, question.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

And that is the problem here. ProtonMail is not going to keep you safe. Gmail is not going to keep you safe. Who is going to keep you safe? Your OPSEC. You possessing the knowledge about how email works, and how privacy, security and anonymity work, and how you will control these elements. These are the things that should be debated, not X vs Y email brand.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 years ago

Ey, thanks for the comment. Really good one. Really useful resource