Privacy

31252 readers

885 users here now

A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

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.

In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.

Some Rules

Posting a link to a website containing tracking isn't great, if contents of the website are behind a paywall maybe copy them into the post
Don't promote proprietary software
Try to keep things on topic
If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered
Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience
Be nice :)

Related communities

Chat rooms

[Matrix/Element]Dead
Discord

much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)

founded 4 years ago

MODERATORS

Fastmail vs Proton Mail (lemm.ee)

submitted 6 months ago by rebiots@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

43 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Who of you uses one of the above services, what do you think of it?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I am using Proton Mail, paid account, after having moved from Gmail.

I like it; it's private and secure, and I like the web interface and the new android app. To use mail clients like Thunderbird you have to install an app called Proton Bridge - it's basically a dedicated VPN to ensure your email communication is kept secure when communicating between their servers and your client. I've had no problems when I tried it on windows, but I did have issues on Linux with the app forgetting my credentials and forcing me to start from scratch; each time it starts from scratch it downloads your whole mailbox which is frustrating. I'm on KDE and I think it's to do with the Kwallet and PGP. It seems to be working now but tbh I use the web interface mainly in linux, and the android app on my phone.

I have no regrets using proton mail, and I would recommend it. I didn't have problems with the old android app, but the new one is good and seems to address other peoples experiences of slowness previously.