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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Proton has respond on reddit (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by Engine606@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] fredposner@lemmy.ml 17 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

I loved proton years ago... even did a paid account for a while. This isn't their first wtf moment and won't be their last. The problem for me, its that I expect more carefulness and thoughtfulness from a company that promotes encryption and privacy.

Showing me how easily you make mistakes is a quick way for me to question how well you're safeguarding the platform.

I've moved away. Will take some time for them to earn back the trust, but honestly... I don't see a huge need for them anymore. I simply don't consider email secure. If you want real secure communication (that you can host on a server yourself) Matrix and XMPP are a much better choice.

Anyway... the response is nice. Just doesn't fix anything.

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 22 hours ago

I mean I'm sure they pay more attention to safeguarding data than some random french YouTube channel, that's why they didn't think too much about the sponsorship.

[–] hirihit640@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 hours ago

They care about privacy and security, not marketing. They probably hate that they have to do marketing in the first place. It's honestly relatable.