they scrubed there no ip logs policy years ago
What are they supposed to do as an internationally known and used company? Reject legal proceedings and ignore official national laws?
Change their advertising
And what advertising is that precisely? No data ( emails, passwords, drive files ) were shared with the authorities. So the data is still secure and private.
As far as I can tell they haven’t falsely advertised.
I’d give them bonus points for transparency ( publishing how many court ordered subpoenas they receive on a yearly basis ) compared to other companies that don’t.
Other companies which are prominent in the privacy/secure email scene face similar issues.
I think you’re mixing up anonymity with privacy. It can definitely be more anonymous, but you would need to take steps for that yourself ( Tor, VPN, … ).
How though? They advertsize themselves as the privacy-conscious Google alternative which they very much are. Idk if I’ve just not been exposed to (their) ads, but do they make all kinds of unreasonable claims like being outside of all legal jurisdiction?
Stop mentioning 0 log stuff on their products. That’s all
LMAO, the downvotes. Stop the bootlicking, please, asking for not lying in the promotions is not that big of a deal
Tldr: Yes, still secure and private.
Idk for most people, but the reason I use proton mail is to avoid google parsing everything I receive to send me ads. I “have nothing to hide” on a legal pov, I’m not a criminal, the worst offence I do is like Jay walking or crossing at a red light on foot when there is no one at midnight. I don’t use proton services to protect myself from the law (or in other words to avoid the consequences of my acts), I just want to be a customer instead of a product.
YOU JAY WALK!?
You are a disgrace!!! How do you sleep with yourself?
DISGUSTING!
/s
But that’s a really great point. It’s easy to thinking of your threat model as all or nothing. And you are right. I’m not hiding from the law. I’m hiding from advertisers. If the government acquires my information then it was a mistake on their part as there is nothing there to find other than emails from my bank.
The article is actually pretty balanced. Yes Proton is secure and private, but if you’re hiding from law enforcement, don’t expect a third party to take the fall for you.
If you’re hiding from the LEOs in any real way you sure as fuck aren’t using email.
