Post B78OZsDSuCGYmYMZ28 by black6@noauthority.social
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(DIR) Post #B78NuIGrdzBNQY7sPo by feld@friedcheese.us
2026-06-08T20:19:56.543712Z
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Can someone explain what the value prop of Proton Mail actually is?So you get an email account that can only do encrypted emails to other ProtonMail users so you can only safely email the other people you know that also use it and most people you know are probably not going to be using it because they also don't see the value/network effects benefit to make it worth their time?So, why?It still allows plaintext emails so Proton can still read those as they come in before they get encrypted with your key?Who the hell thought this was a good idea? Who is gullible enough to use this crap? PGP is free if you really want it
(DIR) Post #B78O4DyOTiQMzeDp9E by SK1ZM@nicecrew.digital
2026-06-08T20:25:07.079564Z
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My refrigerator reported me to the IRS for tax evasion, so I'm just going to continue using my original hotmail email from 1997 💅🏻
(DIR) Post #B78OZsDSuCGYmYMZ28 by black6@noauthority.social
2026-06-08T20:30:50Z
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@feld I went the self-hosted email route for a while, and once that became a time-suck I moved the family over to Proton. Not necessarily for the encryption, but for a host who "promises" not to read my mail so that I can be targeted by ads. They've added features, since, which increase the value I get for paying them (password manager, VPN, throwaway email addcesses, cloud storage, etc.)I can't truly trust any entity on the Internet, but Proton hasn't actively tried to erode it.
(DIR) Post #B78OfC2YcxcZiHnVqa by piggo@piggo.space
2026-06-08T20:30:23.562876Z
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@feld same as pgp it also doesn't work so there even is feature parity
(DIR) Post #B78OfDODbuXftkwKFU by sun@shitposter.world
2026-06-08T20:31:46.826304Z
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@piggo @feld pgp works, you'll probably just eventually use it wrong and blow your security
(DIR) Post #B78OlmYvkfwWiq57x2 by RedTechEngineer@snac.lowpassfilter.link
2026-06-08T20:31:08Z
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you can do encrypted to other people, but they need to know the decryption keyCC: @feld@friedcheese.us
(DIR) Post #B78R8APVxvDAxtTlL6 by Kazak@shin.mugicha.club
2026-06-08T20:58:00.434137Z
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I can instantly make an email account without attaching my phone number or any other bullshit
(DIR) Post #B78UIHvr9ekN3F7mLI by zachariastrucks@nicecrew.digital
2026-06-08T21:34:20.952692Z
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When they ask for your email in public and you have to whisper bigboobs69 :blob_hang:
(DIR) Post #B78afT70M0jK6tm8oK by ergo@pleroma.ergofreeman.com
2026-06-08T20:52:39.510744Z
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@feld the idea is the provider cares about provacy and will not betray you or will take measures as to avoid having to violate privacy, the encryption thing is secondary.
(DIR) Post #B78lQTtQGdHbgUTjea by scathach@stereophonic.space
2026-06-09T00:46:49.364502Z
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@feld Honey pot
(DIR) Post #B78lxNU777AdMkKKQa by mischievoustomato@tsundere.love
2026-06-09T00:52:48.213392Z
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@feld i use it because it's not google and i need smth for my email that doesn't randomly delete user's accounts
(DIR) Post #B78mrPTAvAbrjqbdHE by joey@stereophonic.space
2026-06-09T01:02:55.286293Z
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@feld You can send non protonmail users password-protected emails that use symmetric encryption. You only need to both know the passphrase. The encryption is done client side so proton can't read shit.
(DIR) Post #B78o2rh8Q9gQPuA5I0 by joey@stereophonic.space
2026-06-09T01:16:12.758202Z
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@mischievoustomato @feld Yeah I've used them since they started. They are a good service.
(DIR) Post #B78sMD01pmN5oLTiQS by feld@friedcheese.us
2026-06-09T02:02:54.550689Z
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@joey every email service allows you to attach a password protected aes 256 bit encrypted zip file or whatever too tho lol 🫠
(DIR) Post #B78symLIsT50Qioy2a by feld@friedcheese.us
2026-06-08T20:59:16.374720Z
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@Kazak if you hate giving your information away to use a private communication service you may also enjoy Delta Chat
(DIR) Post #B791SRJkPbpxXhkPse by feld@friedcheese.us
2026-06-08T20:58:04.297902Z
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@sun @piggo PGP that doesn't allow you to blow your dick off already exists