Good choice.
That is when they started to migrate their services to the U.S.A.
Today, all their products and services, not just Proton Wallet, fall under U.S. Jurisdiction.
Good choice.
That is when they started to migrate their services to the U.S.A.
Today, all their products and services, not just Proton Wallet, fall under U.S. Jurisdiction.
Does anyone recommend Proton Mail? I want to move away from gmail if possible.
#protonmail #email
@Tutanota
#Keet for messaging, #ProtonMail, #GrayJay for streaming, #filen_io for cloud backup, #Obsidian for notes, Organic Maps
...and the ultimate degoogling will be #PostmarketOS
#encryption #privacy #protonmail #India
Why a court ban on encrypted email service Proton Mail has sparked digital privacy fears
Buried in Proton's AI announcement today is a pretty shocking detail about their service
Because of legal uncertainty around Swiss government proposals to introduce mass surveillance — proposals that have been outlawed in the EU — Proton is moving most of its physical infrastructure out of Switzerland. Lumo will be the first product to move.

@lauren
Yep time to move to another email provider. #protonmail #gmxmail
@deirdrebeth @Matt_the_bad_writer If you're interested in user opinions: I've been using #ProtonMail for a couple years, ish, and it works reasonably well for the most part, but a lot of UI actions feel a bit slow (probably necessary to some extent because of the E2E encryption), and there are some, like swipe-to-archive, that behave in unusual ways. But my main gripes are:
- Filtering is *painfully* slow. Any change to filters takes on the order of an hour to take effect.
- Proton vastly restricts the ability to use different email addresses at a custom domain. I can set up a catch-all address to receive anything sent to my domain, but sending mail from any new address requires a settings change, and I'm limited to 16 active sending addresses.
There was also a thing some months ago about some inappropriate political statements made by Proton's CEO, and the company has never tried to distance itself from that AFAIK.
So I'm not exactly displeased with Proton, but I'm keeping my eyes open for alternatives.
Searching #ProtonMail right here will get you lots of threads with folks talking about it. Overall it seems positive, but I haven't done a deep dive as I use Tigertech.net
Perhaps another reason to de-Google. I'm working on the transition and it feels right. GrapheneOS is my next step. Google, and much of the Internet, has become far too invasive.
I switched my PCs to Linux years ago. That was a good move for me. It's been a refreshing change.
AI is everywhere now and getting more powerful every day. I'm just trying to claw back some degree of control over my personal data, though I realize it's too little, too late and perhaps fruitless.
De-Googling feels good at least, just like de-Windowing did!
I'd like to hear what steps are others taking...
#AI #De-Google #Android #Pixel #GrapheneOS #LinuxMint #Privacy #Security #ProtonMail
Still seeking a good replacement for Proton bc they're not rly going in directions I like. Prob is that they are kind of flagship standard, so it'll be about what features we're okay without.
We know about Tuta and that's off the table and I'm not rly interested in "but why" discussions, it is enough to say they've been ruled out for legit reasons.
What we are looking for:
- End to end encryption @ rest (this should be standard for all providers IMO)
- Multiple domains
- Easy backups of entire mailbox (bridge or whatever)
- Not hosted in Five Eyes nation states (ideally)
- Ideally, disdain for AI.
Not rly asking just sharing.
We use #ProtonMail at home. We could add them to our family plan … but I worry their endless email attachments would bust our 6TB limit. And I’m not sure how it would solve the remote tech support problem.
A variety of organizations support a Onion Service.
Tor Onion Service: https://community.torproject.org/onion-services
Any website can also be a onionsite.
EXAMPLES
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Tor: https://www.iykpqm7jiradoeezzkhj7c4b33g4hbgfwelht2evxxeicbpjy44c7ead.onion
Mastodon: @eff
Free Software Foundation Europe
Tor: http://fsfeorg3hsfyuhmdylxrqdvgsmjeoxuuug5a4dv3c3grkxzsl33d3xyd.onion
Mastodon: @fsfe
Proton
Tor: https://protonmailrmez3lotccipshtkleegetolb73fuirgj7r4o4vfu7ozyd.onion
Mastodon: N/A
InfoSec.Exchange
Tor: http://7jaxqg6lfcdtosooxhv5drpettiwnt6ytdywfgefppk2ol4dzlddblyd.onion
Mastodon: @jerry
Finally got through the process of downloading my old Facebook and couple of Instagram accounts data today. Pretty extensive! Had wait several days on Facebook alone.
Just clicked to confirm deletion of ALL my Meta accounts and couldn't be happier!
I have also mostly finished moving all +200 online accounts using my various gmail and outlook emails over to Proton Mail aliases! Coming for you next Google and Microsoft, so watch out!
It's hard work, but take back your data, privacy, and peace of mind from these big tech companies that profit from your doomscrolling and selling your data!
Thanks to all the folks on here, Reddit, and YouTube that have given insight, especially @techlore. Thank you!
(Linux news in original post)
FOSS NEWS
Proton Mail gets Newsletter view to manage all email subscriptions in one place:
https://proton.me/blog/proton-mail-newsletters
(That's really cool. Now we can tell normies that Proton Mail has this feature and Gmail doesn't lol)
Proton Pass adds 14 new entry types, option to create custom types:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/proton-pass-goes-beyond-passwords-and-credit-cards-with-customizable-item-storage/
(Really tempting feature, but personally I would advise against storing every piece of sensitive data in one central database in the cloud. Proton can get hacked any time, like any other company, and also the new Swiss law can force them to hand over all that personal data in plain text, so you can mess up your privacy really badly. I'm not pointing fingers at Proton, but I think this update wasn't quite a good idea, it puts too much responsibility on them.)
Firefox 140 ESR released with unload tab feature, support for adding custom search engines in Search settings, support for keeping more or fewer pinned vertical tabs in view, "Select All" option for bookmarks on Android:
https://9to5linux.com/firefox-140-esr-web-browser-is-now-available-for-download-this-is-whats-new
Firefox 141 beta is available with less memory usage on Linux, ability to drag a tab to the pinned tabs tray and drag it out to unpin it, etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/firefox-141-promises-to-use-less-memory-on-linux-systems-beta-out-now
Mozilla discontinues DeepSpeech, an embedded/offline speech-to-text engine:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mozilla-DeepSpeech-Discontinued
(GNOME: *drops a feature every few releases*
Mozilla: Hold my beer. *drops a service each week*)
(more FOSS news in comment)
Any recommendations for #privacy focused #email providers that will work with a local email client. I currently have #protonmail but I cannot install #protonbridge to use with my local email client. Any other recommendations?
if you have bluesky, please like and forward my post there https://bsky.app/profile/nastasime.bsky.social/post/3lsmpdruo522g
Also use #cancelproton to call out #protonmail for their shit
Wtf @protonprivacy ?? This is a fucking #GENOCIDE being commited by russian citizens, not just "a conflict in Ukraine"! And by failing to condemn it and calling it "a conflict" you are supporting it
https://proton.me/support/pay-russia-ru/
Just 5 min ago I was a proud premium user... Now I'm finding even more dirt on them. Will share it after reading. But their CEO seems to support Trump and they got into trouble in India.
Proton Mail launches “Newsletters” view — a built-in tool to manage email subscriptions without giving up privacy.
No third-party access, no tracking, no ads. Just a cleaner inbox, on your terms. A welcome upgrade from one of the most privacy-respecting email providers.