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What's a good alternative to Proton? (piefed.social)
submitted 1 week ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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Proton is seeming sketchier lately. What alternatives do y'all have in your back pocket? Especially for email, but really any part of the suite.

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[–] 33 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Seconding mailbox. It's a nice no bullshit provider so far.

E2E encryption is a bit of a distraction on email. You're not emailing people on the same provider most of the time, and if you actually need privacy just use a purpose built communication system. With that in mind, it just comes down to something that is in a jurisdiction that you're ok with, and has values you care about.

While you're at it I recommend getting a custom domain if you haven't. It's not much extra work, and will make it easier to switch in the future.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 week ago* (3 children)

    Custom domain 100%. And use a catch all so you can use any address on it, and give a different address to every service/place.

    That should work with most providers, but I made Port87 to make that super easy to manage.

    The best thing about doing email that way is no matter how great a provider is now they can always turn shitty, and like you said, this setup makes it super easy to switch.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    I tried the different address for every service thing and found it way too much hassle. I think at the very least having only one you tell the actual humans in your life is important.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    It normally is a lot of hassle. I tried to make it very easy with Port87.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    I mostly mean the human side of it. Even without something like that the alias part was fine, it was not remembering which one I used when asked in person. Or family members being unable to remember my email because the answer wasn't the same one time.

    I understand why the idea is appealing, I'm just putting it out there for anyone else reading that the human element is a cost I hadn't considered when I started. Personally I don't have enough of a spam problem to warrant committing to it.

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