Privacy/encryption is a top priority

Large Gmail archive needs migrating over. If possible, I’d need to receive emails sent to my Gmail account (even if I can’t answer them from that Google email adress).

I recently switched from Gmail to Proton but I’m already looking to switch again.

I just want a mailbox that’s safe and nice. Much like Ente really. I tried Tuta because they are “friends” but I only saw negative feedback…

EDIT: I choose mailbox.org!

  • SteveEnglish
    15·
    3 months ago

    They don’t support Rump.
    During his first term, Protons president said one specific thing Rump did isn’t automatically terrible for everyone, it may help Proton and other small online providers. And he was right at the time. That’s as close as anyone at Proton ever got to saying anything nice about Rump.

    Proton realy is the best you’ll find out there. None of the others are very close yet.

    • James R Kirk@startrek.websiteBanned from communityEnglish
      11·
      3 months ago

      It’s so weird how any time someone mentions Signal, Proton, or other convenient privacy-focused alternatives to big tech someone on Lemmy will magically appear to say “No, don’t!”

      • XLE@piefed.socialEnglish
        12·
        3 months ago

        That’s because on competing platforms like Reddit, this criticism is censored while the latest Proton company line (from their official accounts) is given preference.

        If you want to see some real AstroTurf in action, check out the official Proton deferral to a completely anonymous and poorly written Medium post.

    • alpha1beta@piefed.socialEnglish
      7·
      3 months ago

      This. Sooo many internet smoothbrains saw this as if Proton put on a MAGA hat and stormed the capital. They said one pragmatic thing, given the current circumstances at the time.

    • XLE@piefed.socialEnglish
      31·
      3 months ago

      That’s untrue: they said far more. It’s really strange to me how Proton defenders never show you their official statement. Here is one (emphasis mine):

      Here is our official response, also available on the Mastodon post in the screenshot:

      Corporate capture of Dems is real. In 2022, we campaigned extensively in the US for anti-trust legislation.

      Two bills were ready, with bipartisan support. Chuck Schumer (who coincidently has two daughters working as big tech lobbyists) refused to bring the bills for a vote.

      At a 2024 event covering antitrust remedies, out of all the invited senators, just a single one showed up - JD Vance.

      By working on the front lines of many policy issues, we have seen the shift between Dems and Republicans over the past decade first hand.

      Dems had a choice between the progressive wing (Bernie Sanders, etc), versus corporate Dems, but in the end money won and constituents lost.

      Until corporate Dems are thrown out, the reality is that Republicans remain more likely to tackle Big Tech abuses.

        • XLE@piefed.socialEnglish
          1·
          3 months ago

          The cope is the most important part. They aren’t criticizing Democrats in a vacuum, they’re doing it to say JD Vance, the Trump administration, and (in the post that sparked this) Donald Trump and his corporate captured Republican judge are all good.

      • SteveEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        All that about the dems being captured by corporate interests is true. Had been true for a few decades since Clinton won.

        None of it equates to supporting Rump.

          • SteveEnglish
            3·
            3 months ago

            Vance was the only one to show up. That’s all they said. That’s what happened. Stating what factually happened isn’t suport.

            • XLE@piefed.socialEnglish
              11·
              3 months ago

              In the increasingly slim chance you aren’t just pretending to be ignorant, the official Proton statement makes it clear that all Republicans are the better option, so yes this is praise of Vance.

              • SteveEnglish
                2·
                3 months ago

                At the time the Republicans were making some noise about holding big tech accountable. Proton thought they may have ment it. But then big tech made the right donations and all that fell apart.

                Nothing anyone at Proton has ever said, has indicated general support for Republicans or Rump.

                  • SteveEnglish
                    21·
                    3 months ago

                    And at the time, several years ago, that was true.
                    Again, nothing any of them have said, in any way, is any kind of general endorsement of Republicans or Rump.