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ProtonMail Privacy and Security

The cluster focuses on debates about ProtonMail's security features, privacy claims, encryption, logging practices, legal compliance, and comparisons to alternatives like Gmail and Fastmail.

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Sample Comments

rstupek • Jul 15, 2024 • View on HN

What makes Proton Mail more secure than Gmail et. al.?

baobrain • Mar 1, 2017 • View on HN

Problem with protonmail is that it is only end to end encrypted within their system...

mindaslab • Apr 5, 2024 • View on HN

True. Please use ProtonMail paid version if you can.

ShorsHammer • Sep 28, 2019 • View on HN

Protonmail has(claims) client-side encryption.

libx • May 3, 2021 • View on HN

Maybe you do not know about this https://privacy-watchdog.io/truth-about-protonmail/

NabiDev • Oct 23, 2021 • View on HN

Own the whole email provider, use protonmail? Ironic.

EricMausler • Jan 17, 2021 • View on HN

What are your thoughts on protonmail?

PKop • Apr 11, 2024 • View on HN

Using Proton for email means it is. Why use Proton otherwise?

NikolaeVarius • Oct 9, 2020 • View on HN

Is someone making you use ProtonMail?

tamimio • Aug 31, 2023 • View on HN

Regardless, don’t choose proton mail if privacy is your goal, months ago someone got arrested using their service https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28427259