Instead of leaving Xitter, they left Mastodon. Proton's trend is not inspiring confidence and this feels like another step backwards.

@protonprivacy@mastodon.social bio now reads "We're consolidating our social media presence due to limited resources and no longer posting on Mastodon. Follow us on Reddit for the latest updates"
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[–] 48 points 2 years ago (17 children)

I've been giving them the benefit of the doubt, but I'm kinda done with them. Anyone have any suggestions for a mail provider? I'm not yet willing to self-host that.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I've been happy with mailbox.org. I left proton after the boot licking. I had been a paying customer for years.

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    Posteo unfortunately doesn't support custom domains.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Yes, for a reason. You have to register with a name and an address to obtain/buy a custom domain at a third party. Your identity could be traced back via this. This is against their very strict and consistent 'zero knowledge' policy.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (5 children)

    Hmm I don't agree. You can always sign up using a foreign mail provider with a domain privacy service.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (4 children)

    Could you break this down in how that works?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)
    1. I register a domain using a service in a country outside of the EU (since Posteo is German).
    2. I also apply a "privacy protection" service, which means my data won't be visible in the public whois (the domain will be officially registered by the privacy service that I use).
    3. I sign up to Posteo and configure my third-party domain.

    This means Posteo doesn't know anything about me, and even if the police raids Posteo they can't find who I am.

    Of course they could, in theory, find out who I am, but that means going to the provider that I used to sign up for my domain, which may be on the other side of the planet outside of German police jurisdiction.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Thanks 🙏, but what you describe is a theoretical option, right? Posteo doesn't offer to integrate such a custom domain afaik - but please correct me if I'm wrong! Do you use Posteo with a custom domain?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    While not exactly privacy focused, I've been using zoho for a while. Really happy with it. I distrust most of the ones that sell privacy as their main thing, because email is not designed to be private.

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