β‘οΈπ¨ NEW - Proton is cancelling journalists by blocking their mail accounts. This has huge consequences for their reputation and for all the people who thought they were safe by avoiding big tech.
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This is concerning
proton canβt read or sell your emails since theyβre encrypted, but if a swiss court orders it theyβll comply. they might shut down an account or hand over metadata, but not the emails themselves. and no, theyβre not going to court to fight for you over a $10/month subscription.
Can the journalist just make a new one?
Use Tuta.com. Open source email and offers importing + auto forward features for transitioning.
Some companies are better than others but in the end, all companies are centralized and can take action when they want to.
Wtf? I mean, hosting encrypted email is probably difficult. I hope someone proofs me wrong.