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@jrcruciani@lemmy.wtf on lemmy.wtf Open parent

ProtonMail provides information used to identify email owner...

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@chilly_legumes@lemmy.ml on lemmy.ml Open parent

Is there any private way to have emails forwarded from a service like GMail to Proton? I know you could forward to an alias on the Proton account, or alternatively forward through a third party (which you would then have to also trust), but I want to hear from people who know more on the topic than me.

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@RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz on mander.xyz Open parent

Private from what? Google sees the forwarded emails anyway.

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@chilly_legumes@lemmy.ml on lemmy.ml Open parent

Yes, that’s basically what I was getting at. So it sounds like as long as Google knows the account emails are being forwarded to (can see the headers) there is no notion of privacy.

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@RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz · Mar 09

The way email forwarding works is: email is being received in full (by Google in your case), they look up processing rules, and send a copy to your Proton account, then optionally delete it. The only thing you protect yourself from this way is Google knowing your IP address every time you check email. They have seen the contents and all headers of forwarded messages.

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