A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the FBI.
just really sad to call yourself a privacy company and then feed your customer to the gestapo
people can end up as embarrassing footnotes in history a number of different ways, but being a dishonest coward company in the privacy sphere is basically speedrunning it
I never trusted ProtonMail. Right when you sign up, you’re constantly bombarded with advertisements to upgrade to pro. They’re plastered everywhere with obnoxious banners.
I get that they’re a business and they need money to operate, but the ads are so obnoxiously “in your face” that in my mind their priority isn’t your privacy, it’s your money.
How’s Tutamail any better than Proton Mail? Help me understand. And if Tutamail’s priority is not your money, then what is it? There’s no such thing as a free thing after all (?).
just really sad to call yourself a privacy company and then feed your customer to the gestapo
people can end up as embarrassing footnotes in history a number of different ways, but being a dishonest coward company in the privacy sphere is basically speedrunning it
I never trusted ProtonMail. Right when you sign up, you’re constantly bombarded with advertisements to upgrade to pro. They’re plastered everywhere with obnoxious banners.
I get that they’re a business and they need money to operate, but the ads are so obnoxiously “in your face” that in my mind their priority isn’t your privacy, it’s your money.
Tutamail is the better service.
How’s Tutamail any better than Proton Mail? Help me understand. And if Tutamail’s priority is not your money, then what is it? There’s no such thing as a free thing after all (?).
They’re a paid service with a free tier — of course they promote upgrades. That’s literally how freemium products work.
But ads for a paid plan don’t suddenly mean the privacy model is fake. By that logic every privacy service with a free tier would be “untrustworthy.”
If you prefer Tuta, fine — but pretending Proton exists only to grab money is a pretty shallow take.
Plus, the owner of Proton said that Trump also did good things.
That was the straw that broke the camel’s back.