Privacy @lemmy.world cm0002 @lemmy.world 4mo ago

Proton CEO embraces Trump for "standing up for the little guys"

Unnecessary and deeply concerning bow to the new "king"

Privacy @lemmy.ml ShotDonkey @lemmy.world 4mo ago

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Makes me feel a lot less confident about having a protonmail account. Best alternatives for privacy?
- Tuta?
  
  Enshittifying
- Best? Hosting an encrypted email server in your own house. As a service, mailfence seems to be a decent alternative
  
  Can you elaborate on what software or solution would allow someone to host an encrypted email server? Would outgoing messages be encrypted or just encrypted at rest? What about if you also had your family member on the same setup and you wrote to each other, would it be encrypted?
- Perhaps riseup if youre an anarchist or posteo if youre willing to pay a low fee?
  
  I use posteo myself. Its alright and reliable. Would try Riseup (kinda got political) but idk anyone to ask for an invite code
  
  disroot.org maybe
  
  I like them
The fuck? Way to flush the credibility they built down the drain.
- Money.
I guess Andy or the proton social media team has started using the corporate bluesky account to discuss it now.

https://bsky.app/profile/proton.me/post/3lfrqm6wpzs2p
- interesting that it's deleted now
  
  anyone got a screenshot?
  
  Wow they really need to get in check. I do have the screenshots
- We didn't get what we wanted so we choose evil.
  
  Never used em but i feel for people who did.
- Muted and blocked. Got it.
Was considering them, now I'm not. I'll keep using mullvad.
Yikes. I was just about to shell out for Proton VPN, but now I won’t.
- I would suggest Mullvad as a trustworthy alternative.
  
  I too can vouch for Mullvad, excellent service and privacy
ugh, gross. i just signed up for a month to try and get away from google and the rest of the us companies bending the knee. how to trust proton that they won't give up your data the second trump asks now? time to get a refund and put it toward infomaniak sigh
I was wondering, is proton as trustworthy as everybody says? I generally dislike it because its closed source, but that makes sense considering they have to host servers. but this makes it seem... uncredible. any alternative to protonmail?
Speedrun any% to kiss that ring
Proton better shut this dude up as I really don't want to find a new platform :|
- bad news, Proton’s official reddit account doubled-down on it as a company position (edit: but it was also him too)
I believe that but it would be good to have a source and an archive of the original tweet.
FFS. Unfortunately there really isn't a good alternative to Proton right now (don't @ me about Tuta until you've seen how much downtime they had recently).
Does anyone have info on the ‘two anti trust bills’ the official account is talking about?
- The two antitrust bills associated with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer are:
  
  American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA): Sponsored by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, this bill aimed to prevent Big Tech platforms like Amazon from favoring their own products over competitors' in online marketplaces[1][3].
  
  Open App Markets Act (OAMA): Led by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, this bill sought to curb Apple and Google's dominance in the app ecosystem by promoting fair competition and limiting self-preferencing[1][3].
  
  Despite bipartisan support, Schumer did not bring these bills to a vote, effectively stalling their progress[1][3].
  
  Citations: [1] Schumer Kills Bills Big Tech Feared Most | TIME https://time.com/6243256/schumer-kills-antitrust-big-tech-bills/ [2] Senate leader Schumer met with Microsoft President Brad Smith to ... https://fedscoop.com/senate-leader-chuck-schumer-met-with-microsoft-president-brad-smith-re-anti-big-tech-bills/ [3] Schumer Accused of Caving to Big Tech as Antitrust Bills Languish https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/12/17/schumer-accused-caving-big-tech-antitrust-bills-languish [4] faq https://www.google.ca/policies/faq [5] Big Tech And Its Congressional Allies Kill Most - HuffPost https://www.huffpost.com/entry/big-tech-antitrust-bills-chuck-schumer_n_63a20cd6e4b0aeb2ace81d7d [6] Progressives pressure Schumer to call a vote on tech antitrust bills https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/22/23273924/progressives-antitrust-reform-bills-klobuchar-chuck-schumer-aico [7] With clock ticking, battle over tech regulation intensifies https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/27/antitrust-tech-battle-congress/
  
  Thank you very much!!
They use examples of when they did pro-left actions in the apology and explanation , but they never once proclaimed with their official account support for the left, and that's the difference.

The apology and explanation fell way short of the mark. He tried to appease the facists and alienated Proton top clients.
Makes sense. The little guy did vote for Trump
- Not with the obesity rates among the conservative base.
  
  Yes, even obese people can vote. What's your point? Or are you confused about the phrase? It's not literal, FYI
Maybe he is talking about height?

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