<Edit> Whoa, didn’t mean to spark this level of heated comments. To be clear, I use Proton Mail as my daily email and really enjoy it.
Apparently the popular sentiment is that Proton Mail is a perfectly respectable and trustworthy service. I have no hard evidence to the contrary.
I suppose the intent of my comment was: don’t do illegal/immoral things, but especially don’t expect Proton Mail to protect you if you are doing illegal things.
Based on popular sentiment, it seems I’d be best just deleting this comment, but in the interest of ensuring complete records, I’ll leave it up. Lol, bring on the downvotes.
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Don’t have any real evidence to substantiate this, but I’ve heard there’s some indicators that Proton is a honey pot for the feds. You can find the occasional youtuber talking about it.
That said, I use Proton Mail to escape the corporate data collection apparatus and really like it. No experience with Tutanota to give a proper comparison.
“I have no evidence, but let me make an unsubstantiated claim and mention there’s YouTube videos about it and then recommend the very thing I said might be problematic”
Bulls*t. What the random YouTubers claim without evidence is also nonsense.
It’s remarkable to allege that an open source and audited app is a honeypot. Well, find it guys, it’s open source.
I didn’t watch the video, because I don’t have 15 minutes to listen to what sounds like a conspiracy theory, but the source link for his info he put in description is dead, so that doesn’t inspire confidence…
Anyway, how would a Swiss company be a honey pot for the feds?
I do think this video lays out a clear case that Proton is not as open and anonymity focused as it could be. While going from those facts to a postulation that it’s a fed honey pot is probably a stretch, to use this as grounds to say “Proton isn’t as trustworthy as they claim to be” seems reasonable.
Yeah, I think that’s a reasonable expectation from the service. The notion that it’s an end-all-to-beat-all service is foolish, but when properly incorporated into an otherwise robust personal protection plan, it can probably help with security.
<Edit> Whoa, didn’t mean to spark this level of heated comments. To be clear, I use Proton Mail as my daily email and really enjoy it.
Apparently the popular sentiment is that Proton Mail is a perfectly respectable and trustworthy service. I have no hard evidence to the contrary.
I suppose the intent of my comment was: don’t do illegal/immoral things, but especially don’t expect Proton Mail to protect you if you are doing illegal things.
Based on popular sentiment, it seems I’d be best just deleting this comment, but in the interest of ensuring complete records, I’ll leave it up. Lol, bring on the downvotes. </Edit>
Don’t have any real evidence to substantiate this, but I’ve heard there’s some indicators that Proton is a honey pot for the feds. You can find the occasional youtuber talking about it.
That said, I use Proton Mail to escape the corporate data collection apparatus and really like it. No experience with Tutanota to give a proper comparison.
Then why post it and spread FUD?
Seriously shit like this is ridiculous and should get you banned. I can make shit up with no evidence as well, but it does no one any good.
In interest of a complete record, the video I found most compelling on the issue:
https://youtu.be/IeXaYR4ed9c
I’d love for you to disprove this guy’s claims. I mean this in good faith and will be checking back in the next couple hours.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/IeXaYR4ed9c
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.
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People please try to remember the rules about substantiating your content/posts.
In interest of a complete record, the video I found most compelling on the issue:
https://youtu.be/IeXaYR4ed9c
I’d love for you to disprove this guy’s claims. I mean this in good faith and will be checking back in the next couple hours.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/IeXaYR4ed9c
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.
Bulls*t. What the random YouTubers claim without evidence is also nonsense. It’s remarkable to allege that an open source and audited app is a honeypot. Well, find it guys, it’s open source.
In interest of a complete record, the video I found most compelling on the issue:
https://youtu.be/IeXaYR4ed9c
I’d love for you to disprove this guy’s claims. I mean this in good faith and will be checking back in the next couple hours.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/IeXaYR4ed9c
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.
I didn’t watch the video, because I don’t have 15 minutes to listen to what sounds like a conspiracy theory, but the source link for his info he put in description is dead, so that doesn’t inspire confidence…
Anyway, how would a Swiss company be a honey pot for the feds?
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In interest of a complete record, the video I found most compelling on the issue:
https://youtu.be/IeXaYR4ed9c
I’d love for you to disprove this guy’s claims. I mean this in good faith and will be checking back in the next couple hours.
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That’s fair.
I do think this video lays out a clear case that Proton is not as open and anonymity focused as it could be. While going from those facts to a postulation that it’s a fed honey pot is probably a stretch, to use this as grounds to say “Proton isn’t as trustworthy as they claim to be” seems reasonable.
Thoughts on that line of thinking?
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Yeah, I think that’s a reasonable expectation from the service. The notion that it’s an end-all-to-beat-all service is foolish, but when properly incorporated into an otherwise robust personal protection plan, it can probably help with security.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/IeXaYR4ed9c
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.
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please stay respectful even when someone spreads fud
In interest of a complete record, the video I found most compelling on the issue:
https://youtu.be/IeXaYR4ed9c
I’d love for you to disprove this guy’s claims. I mean this in good faith and will be checking back in the next couple hours.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/IeXaYR4ed9c
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.
In interest of a complete record, the video I found most compelling on the issue:
https://youtu.be/IeXaYR4ed9c
I’d love for you to disprove this guy’s claims. I mean this in good faith and will be checking back in the next couple hours.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/IeXaYR4ed9c
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.