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Baroque Bloke |
In the SIG Forum Office, Para says: “Sorry, protonmail is no longer allowed as a primary email address. Every time I turned around, some troll was using it, or new registrants with highly suspicious profiles were using it. …” https://sigforum.com/eve/forum...060047994#8060047994 What is it about protonmail that makes it a preferred vehicle for trolls? Serious about crackers | ||
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Shall Not Be Infringed |
From the Proton Mail website:
Anonymity is VERY important for those with nefarious intent...  ____________________________________________________________ If Some is Good, and More is Better.....then Too Much, is Just Enough !! Trump 2024....Make America Great Again! "May Almighty God bless the United States of America" - parabellum 7/26/20 Live Free or Die! | |||
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| Lawyers, Guns and Money  |
I know people who use it... Even people who aren't trolls who just think it's more private. Honestly, I don't know why I use yahoo, other than I have for a long time. "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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| Shall Not Be Infringed |
There's nothing wrong with using it, however we should be grateful that Para has determined that won't fly here! ____________________________________________________________ If Some is Good, and More is Better.....then Too Much, is Just Enough !! Trump 2024....Make America Great Again! "May Almighty God bless the United States of America" - parabellum 7/26/20 Live Free or Die! | |||
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| Member |
I use protonmail as I do not want google (or apple or yahoo or microsoft) to have their AI engines scanning my email (which all these companies do). Many people who are not up to 'nefarious' actions value their privacy and would prefer that business and government entities keep out of their private affairs. Too bad about the trolls using protonmail. They should eliminate the free tier, which presumably is what the trolls are using. | |||
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| Shall Not Be Infringed |
^^^I wouldn't presume ANYTHING...Just sayin' ____________________________________________________________ If Some is Good, and More is Better.....then Too Much, is Just Enough !! Trump 2024....Make America Great Again! "May Almighty God bless the United States of America" - parabellum 7/26/20 Live Free or Die! | |||
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Better Than I Deserve! |
Protonmail is a great service and provides privacy that gmail and the others can't match. I use it for all my banking and financial business. ____________________________ NRA Benefactor Life Member GOA Life Member Arizona Citizens Defense League Life Member | |||
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| Back, and to the left  |
I got a Proton acct in the craziness right after the '20 election was stolen. I went on kind of a tear for security after that crap happened. I even started using their VPN service. Never really used the Protonmail acct. Turns out, I really only needed the alternative in case I ever felt the need to send something more securely. I have always assumed all my 'free' email services aren't private. | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower  |
That's not exactly what I said. ____________________________________________________ "I am your retribution." - Donald Trump, speech at CPAC, March 4, 2023 | |||
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| Experienced Slacker |
It was highly recommended for security/privacy at the time I was looking around, and so I got an account. I've since let it lapse (it has a minimal yearly cost) but I did get the impression they took their own advertising seriously. | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower |
There are, of course, legitimate reasons for needing/wanting encrypted email. Not everyone who registers (or did register) in this forum using protonmail is a person up to no good. It's simply that I noticed that a lot of members who turned out to be troublemakers used protonmail, and a lot of attempted registrations (which I've declined) which had suspicious profiles, used protonmail. Over the past year, I've taken many steps to discourage trolls and scammers. Disallowing protonmail is but one of those steps. | |||
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Objectively Reasonable |
I use their mail, calendar, cloud storage, and VPN pretty much because they're not Google. No complaints with the service at all. The free version is still a free version, which makes it attractive to scammers, so I "get" the policy. | |||
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| Ammoholic |
I use protonmail with my own domain. Yeah, I have an @proton.me address, but I never use it. I suspect the problem is not with protonmail in general, but the free proton mail accounts, which suffer the same issues as any of the other free email accounts. | |||
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Member |
I use protonmail have for couple of years when I moved away from Google mail. I personally love it. ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ | |||
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