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Proton is transitioning towards a non-profit structure (proton.me)

submitted 4 weeks ago by retiolus@lemmy.cat to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] marcie@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

I was sketched out by their move to get rid of inactive free accounts, but this is nice to see. Really hate the idea that if I'm unplugged just for a bit I lose a ton of contacts.

[–] Librerian@beehaw.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

You need to be unplugged for 12 consecutive months for Proton to delete your account because of inactivity though, which seems fair for free tier accounts. A simple login is enough to prevent this, you do not need to send an email or whatever, simply log in once a year. You also get reminders sent to your recovery email before this happens. Data storage for inactive free tier accounts isn't free for Proton.