Post #1287274

2026-03-05 21:57 UTC

@wcbdata @adrienne This is also not new. It's happened several times before. I'm a Proton anti-fan, just to be clear. I don't use them and won't until their leadership is not Maga-adjacent. But this seems like some folks might be confusing privacy with anonymity.

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@malstrom@metalhead.club 2026-03-05 23:16

@ohmu @wcbdata @adrienne It's happened before *and* Proton has always been transparent about it. And not "buried in the TOS" transparent. Anyone surprised or outraged by this needs to start considering their threat model before using a service, and understand what you're signing up for.

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@rk@mastodon.well.com 2026-03-05 23:16

@ohmu @wcbdata @adrienne The problem is there’s not much that can be done, ultimately. If you run your own mail server, you’re exposed in a million ways: domain registrar, hosting provider, etc. Short of some sort of “account identifier and pay with an envelope of cash in a hole in a tree every month” anonymous mail hosting isn’t a thing. Encrypted-at-rest is nice but honestly it does add a fair amount of friction and I’m getting old.

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