How come ProtonMail doesn't let you pay with bitcoin to create an account? They let you "top up" with bitcoin but to create an account you have to use a KYC's payment method. Are they just a CIA honeypot all this time?

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> Are they just a CIA honeypot all this time?

This is the question I am starting to hear from privacy educators now because they have added a bitcoin only wallet. I think that's a question we should always ask but I'm not sure if they are or not.

I stand corrected. There is a free option here that I didn't see: https://proton.me/mail/pricing

Every time I tried to open a free account behind a VPN, they asked for SMS verification. In their documentation, they claim its to prevent abuse. In my experience, they really do want to soft kyc you either with a kyc payment method, a phone number, or an IP address.

I don’t know on which basis but McAfee said Proton was compromised.