• fredposner@lemmy.ml
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    19 hours ago

    I loved proton years ago… even did a paid account for a while. This isn’t their first wtf moment and won’t be their last. The problem for me, its that I expect more carefulness and thoughtfulness from a company that promotes encryption and privacy.

    Showing me how easily you make mistakes is a quick way for me to question how well you’re safeguarding the platform.

    I’ve moved away. Will take some time for them to earn back the trust, but honestly… I don’t see a huge need for them anymore. I simply don’t consider email secure. If you want real secure communication (that you can host on a server yourself) Matrix and XMPP are a much better choice.

    Anyway… the response is nice. Just doesn’t fix anything.

    • hirihit640@sh.itjust.works
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      7 hours ago

      They care about privacy and security, not marketing. They probably hate that they have to do marketing in the first place. It’s honestly relatable.

    • /home/pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      19 hours ago

      I mean I’m sure they pay more attention to safeguarding data than some random french YouTube channel, that’s why they didn’t think too much about the sponsorship.