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Are private email providers worth it? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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I think I know the answer, bit maybe I'm missing something

Since proton only sends and receives encrypted emails to other proton accounts, that means that when you get or send an email to someone else, they have to send / receive unencrypted and there is no way for us to verify what they are doing. Right?

Also if most accounts are google Microsoft, they still get 90% of my emails. By switching to proton I think I've gained nothing, while losing convenience , added another trust point, and having two different companies have my data instead of just one

Proton drive, calendar and VPN I think are fine

Sorry for the poor syntax. I'm at work working on email related things, and this topic kept distracting me. I might correct it later

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[–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago

OK. Let's leave this topic here, because we are talking about different things and have different concerns. It seems I know all I need to know about the topics you described, because I started this thread asking to check if there is something I'm missing, but none of the answers have mentioned anything that I didn't know. Proton emails are encrypted at rest, and use LTS while sending and receiving. But none of this guarantees that they are not scanning / profiling me because they do have access to the plaintext emails while they enter and while they leave. I wasn't looking for alternatives. I was just checking if it was actually worth the switch considering there are no privacy guarantees.

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