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[–] uhmbah@lemmy.ca 43 points 5 months ago (10 children)

Well, I was contemplating Protonmail...

I'm in the process of degoogling and dewindowing. I'll be dammed if I'm going towards ANYthing even related to"artificial intelligence" if I can help it.

Feckin bullshit.

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I'm pretty happy with Tutanota all things considered. There are some tradeoffs back and forth between the two, but I think it's neat they run on renewable energy. And they're very focussed on being open source which I also appreciate.

Maybe an option worth looking into. They're also encrypted (though I wish either them or proton had an option not to be) and have a free tier)

Hope you find what you're looking for!

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I’ve been using Mailbox.org. I tried Tutanota but the domain name was just awful.

[–] radivojevic@discuss.online 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I recommend you get your own domain, then you can’t ever lose your email.

[–] mawhrin@awful.systems 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (6 children)

sure. because domains can be bought, not only temporarily leased.

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[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 1 points 5 months ago

Well it is just tuta now so there is that

[–] uhmbah@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago
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[–] fasterandworse@awful.systems 20 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Eamonn Maguire, author of the Proton Scribe announcement post, responded to my tweet with this: https://x.com/EamonnMagu14645/status/1814062340863651965

We built this as an opt-in alternative to the non-privacy centric options on the market.

Our goal is always privacy by default, we want to make that possible in the GenAI world too given the number of businesses already using it, and the privacy risks other options pose.

We built this as an opt-in alternative to the non-privacy centric options on the market. Our goal is always privacy by default, we want to make that possible in the GenAI world too given the number of businesses already using it, and the privacy risks other options pose.

[–] fasterandworse@awful.systems 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

not sure how legit that account is, actually. It's not the one I @'ed - this one was created in Jan 2024 - either it's his low-key alt or a bot

perhaps his plausible deniability account.

[–] self@awful.systems 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

do you get banned from twitter if you call him a fucking asshole?

I’m working on a more detailed reply on mastodon but to be honest, I’m pretty sure he didn’t read the original post

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[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The good news is I barely use Protonmail (or email at all, for that matter).

The bad news is I have a fucking Proton account. Fuck.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 16 points 5 months ago

they're still least worst, but "oh the fuck no" is the correct reaction

[–] AcausalRobotGod@awful.systems 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Once they activate the acausality module, you can write those responses before they even send the initial email!

[–] SaintWacko@midwest.social 4 points 5 months ago

Alright Eschaton

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 1 points 5 months ago

Most email providers already have this feature it's called automatic out-of-office reply.

[–] barkingspiders@infosec.pub 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

tbf it's only in the business plans and some of the legacy lifer type plans, but yeah, wildin

[–] self@awful.systems 8 points 5 months ago

just a little violation of my trust for the company I pay for privacy and encryption services. as a treat.

[–] Beaver@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It should be an option that is turned off

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 20 points 5 months ago

it was acausally enabled before you clicked on it, for your comfort and convenience, like the new ad tracker built into Firefox 128

[–] self@awful.systems 12 points 5 months ago

alternatively, if the only version of this that doesn’t break Proton’s e2e security model is the local-only version, maybe don’t ship the cloud hosted version of the feature under any circumstances

I’d still hate the feature because the LLM model’s derived from plagiarized work and the labor of exploited workers from the global south, but this didn’t have to be a fucking privacy catastrophe

[–] geography082@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

Never rely on multi services products from a company. I know it’s more practical but you get the real benefits of having spread services.

[–] alansuspect@aussie.zone 2 points 5 months ago (5 children)

I went to Proton for the explicit reason I didn't want Google scanning all my docs. Glad I moved away from them now, hopefully Fastmail doesn't do the same.

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[–] czech@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Glad I stuck with mailbox.org.

[–] irreticent@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm not familiar with them. What makes them more privacy focused?

[–] czech@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's encrypted and based out of Germany (so, outside of five eyes). The ui is shit but if you use an app for email it's great. They also offer anonymous payment methods if you're into that.

[–] self@awful.systems 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

they’re not end-to-end encrypted; their security model involves giving their server both your GPG private key and its passphrase, which makes your inbox and other data trivially able to be subpoenaed by German authorities.

I don’t think this is a replacement for Proton or Tutanota at all.

[–] irreticent@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

It's encrypted and based out of Germany (so, outside of five eyes).

[...] your inbox and other data trivially able to be subpoenaed by German authorities

Germany is a member of the Fourteen Eyes alliance and shares data with 9 and 5 eyes members.

I just wanted to put that out there after @czech@lemm.ee suggested that the five eyes are the only eyes. They share with Germany and vice versa.

[–] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 1 points 5 months ago (25 children)

Great, just as I've decided to switch some services to Proton (mail and VPN).

Now I'll have to reconsider this decision.

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