I’ve got a couple of e-mail addresses with the main providers, but I’m looking to switch to an ad-free and more secure provider.

I’ve been looking at ProtonMail, but what do you guys use or recommend?

  • @[email protected]
    8•6 months ago

    Is the free tier truly free? The saying, “if a product is free, you are the product” comes to mind.

    • @[email protected]English
      10•6 months ago

      It’s covered by paying users. I’m one and happy to have my subscription cover Anyone who wants a free, private email address.

      • fmstratEnglish
        5•5 months ago

        They can’t don’t access anything…

        Email comes in from everywhere unencrypted via SMTP. Proton may be a great company, but let’s make sure everyone recognizes that email (without E2E PGP) is inherently open to anyone in the chain, including at Proton, who’s snooping.

    • @[email protected]English
      6•6 months ago

      As far as I can tell, yes. I signed up for the free tier before paying for the service, and the worst I ever got was a banner here or there advertising their paid service. Proton encrypts all your data with your password, so they literally can’t access it even if they wanted to. The only info they have on you are things like when you logged in and your IP address (and I believe they’ve turned that info over to law enforcement when required, like any legitimate company would have to do), but their servers are in Switzerland where there are better privacy laws.