They were one of the first to go.
Have strong opinions, but I welcome any civil fact-based discussion.
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They were one of the first to go.
It really depends on each person’s threat model. But there are a few things everyone would benefit from. Like VPN, email aliasing, password manager, 2FA/MFA. They don’t have any convenience cost and in most cases make your life easier.
If you are interested in learning more:
If you read the blog post you would there are 0 mentions of VPNs there. VPNs have very limited purpose, and it’s just a small tool in the arsenal of privacy.
RCS doesn’t support encryption natively. Google only has proprietary encryption for Messages app.
How about the false positives? You want your name permanently associated with child porn because someone fucked up and ruined your life? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/08/googles-scans-private-photos-led-false-accusations-child-abuse
The whole system is so flawed that it has like 20-25% success rate.
Or how about this system being adopted for anything else? Guns? Abortion? LGBT related issues? Once something gets implemented, it’s there forever and expansion is inevitable. And each subsequent government will use it for their personal agenda.
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Recovery email was tied to Apple, so they asked Apple to private the data they needed. No email content was shared at any point from Proton.
They always complied with legal court orders, as all companies do. It just highlights the fundamental issue with email as a protocol.
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