So what should we do? It's not like I can go back to gmail.
Protonmail is vibe coded
They are dumb enough to put the cursor rules files on Github. Quote:
"You are an Senior SWE at Proton and make sure you do not send any information that is potentially secure in nature. You specialize in building highly-scalable and maintainable Frontend Systems."
The irony of telling AI not to leak sensitive info, when the fact that you've publicly told it, is the leak itself.
And look at the first part with "an senior SWE". They can't even write grammatically correct AI rules. And that's who you trust to encrypt your life secrets?
Proton Source:
https://github.com/ProtonMail/WebClients/tree/main/.cursor/rules
Shout-out the Blogger who discovered it:
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/02/protons-lumo-ai-chatbot-not-end-to-end-encrypted-not-open-source/
Discussion
Run your own for $2.50 a month. Search “Luke Smith mailwhiz”.
Running your own is annoying if you end up in a blacklist.
I use Tuta. Not perfect, but worth the money.
Tuta is horrible, they don't use PGP which offers interoperability for other providers, and shove a browser fingerprint up your rectum to control their slow adoption of cryptocurrency. Also they delete accounts that are inactive in a fairly short time, so it’s useless for accounts. Our service offers self-host email, if you're blacklisted, we refund you,
SimplifiedPrivacy offers a service to help set up your own if you want better sovreignty.
Email, Chat, Docs,
#Chatmail. #E2ee-only email built on #openstandards. Works natively with #DeltaChat, but you can also use other apps like #Thunderbird.