Instead of leaving Xitter, they left Mastodon. Proton’s trend is not inspiring confidence and this feels like another step backwards.
They didn’t even post about this decision! What a shame!
I suggest voting on the following Proton’s UserVoice idea I have just created. This may be the only way of getting their attention.
On Mastodon, Proton is held to a higher standard. That’s why they left for the dumb masses instead.
I’ve been giving them the benefit of the doubt, but I’m kinda done with them. Anyone have any suggestions for a mail provider? I’m not yet willing to self-host that.
Posteo
Posteo unfortunately doesn’t support custom domains.
Yes, for a reason. You have to register with a name and an address to obtain/buy a custom domain at a third party. Your identity could be traced back via this. This is against their very strict and consistent ‘zero knowledge’ policy.
Hmm I don’t agree. You can always sign up using a foreign mail provider with a domain privacy service.
Could you break this down in how that works?
- I register a domain using a service in a country outside of the EU (since Posteo is German).
- I also apply a “privacy protection” service, which means my data won’t be visible in the public whois (the domain will be officially registered by the privacy service that I use).
- I sign up to Posteo and configure my third-party domain.
This means Posteo doesn’t know anything about me, and even if the police raids Posteo they can’t find who I am.
Of course they could, in theory, find out who I am, but that means going to the provider that I used to sign up for my domain, which may be on the other side of the planet outside of German police jurisdiction.
Thanks 🙏, but what you describe is a theoretical option, right? Posteo doesn’t offer to integrate such a custom domain afaik - but please correct me if I’m wrong! Do you use Posteo with a custom domain?
