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[–] seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 165 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (22 children)

No company is going to legally go to bat for you for $10/mo. I love how Proton nonchalantly calls out the user's dumb move in the article:

Proton provides privacy by default and not anonymity by default because anonymity requires certain user actions to ensure proper OpSec, such as not adding your Apple account as an optional recovery method. Note, Proton does not require adding a recovery address as this information can in theory be turned over under Swiss court order...

[–] classic@fedia.io 7 points 6 months ago (7 children)

What would be a more appropriate email address to use - or just no recovery email?

[–] glorious_puffy@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ideally no recovery mail or you can create burner gmail account with a vpn

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't Gmail require a phone number upon registration? One of the worst choices for "burner" mails.

[–] glorious_puffy@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Do they now? I remember creating 10 gmail account using a free vpn back in 2022. iirc outlook doesn't require a phone number

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh, nice! Where was the VPN server, if you remember? Also heard of it being possible on a real Android device, but not on an Android VM so even harder to fake.

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