simonlang Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 i wonder if anyone is using this? it's according to it's creators free, easy to access, absolutely save and encrypted. https://protonmail.ch i have got my beta invite today and just created an account. +E.Worm Jimmy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advent Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 When did you request the invite? Did you donate to the IndieGoGo? I wasn't able to but did sign up for an invite a month or so ago and have yet to receive my invite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argi Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 The ".ch" doesn't bring much trust with it tbh. +E.Worm Jimmy and Draconian Guppy 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiranui Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 The ".ch" doesn't bring much trust with it tbh. You don't trust the Swiss? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPressland Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 I think Protonmail is a great idea, while I hate the name, I agree with the need for encryption and privacy. I've been following it for a while as it's been discussed quite a lot over at /r/bitcoin. That said, I think we're long overdue for a complete replacement of e-mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiagosilva29 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 (...) absolutely save (...) https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=protonmail.ch https://protonmail.ch/blog/downtime-august-11-2014 You don't trust the Swiss?Never trust the ones with(out) money. Malago 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 No sir I did not donate anything. When did you request the invite? Did you donate to the IndieGoGo? I wasn't able to but did sign up for an invite a month or so ago and have yet to receive my invite. Fairly long time ago I did the request. I am not at home now so I can't look for the confirmation mail but will update you on this later. I have no idea if this mail service is save but I think if any country can claim somewhat close to neutrality it's definitely Switzerland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 When did you request the invite? 19.06.2014 9:24:PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advent Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 19.06.2014 9:24:PM Thanks, guess I'll be waiting a bit longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Kyle Subscriber¹ Posted September 1, 2014 Subscriber¹ Share Posted September 1, 2014 I just logged into my account for the first time today. It's a really basic email service and I enjoy it. I just wish they open sourced it completely. FYI PGP has been available for Gmail/Outlook/Yahoo for a long time if you are willing to install software on your PC to decrypt the emails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+E.Worm Jimmy Subscriber¹ Posted September 1, 2014 Subscriber¹ Share Posted September 1, 2014 how is this better then ? http://nerdbusiness.com/blog/neomailbox-gmail-alternative i quite like the neomailbox.ch it is a pay service though...and the name sounds slightly less retarded then protonmail. however i will be willing to try to get into protonmail too, if there are additional benefits. i am guessing it is free? but i think paying for service actually is preferable, since you are making a business deal with them, and they have income source, other then scanning your email Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted September 1, 2014 Author Share Posted September 1, 2014 FYI PGP has been available for Gmail/Outlook/Yahoo for a long time if you are willing to install software on your PC to decrypt the emails. and that both sides have to install software for it was the annoying thing. honestly, most people i email with don't even know about it or would not know how to set it up. so i think protonmail is a good alternative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Kyle Subscriber¹ Posted September 1, 2014 Subscriber¹ Share Posted September 1, 2014 how is this better then ? i quite like the neomailbox. it is a pay service though...and the name sounds slightly less retarded then protonmail. however i will be willing to try to get into protonmail too, if there are additional benefits. i am guessing it is free? but i think paying for service actually is preferable, since you are making a business deal with them, and they have income source, other then scanning your email Yes, its a free service. ProtonMail doesn't scan your email because it doesn't have access to your mail. All the encrypting and decrypting takes place on your PC in the browser. and that both sides have to install software for it was the annoying thing. honestly, most people i email with don't even know about it or would not know how to set it up. so i think protonmail is a good alternative. Yeah, that is very true. The ProtonMail encrypted emails are pretty neat. You can even set the email expiration for how many hours after being read that people can't read them any more. +E.Worm Jimmy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+E.Worm Jimmy Subscriber¹ Posted September 1, 2014 Subscriber¹ Share Posted September 1, 2014 Yes, its a free service. ProtonMail doesn't scan your email because it doesn't have access to your mail. All the encrypting and decrypting takes place on your PC in the browser. Yeah, that is very true. The ProtonMail encrypted emails are pretty neat. You can even set the email expiration for how many hours after being read that people can't read them any more. cool beans. yeah, i did not like the software solution. However, what is the business model here? They must serve you ads of something? Just without scanning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Kyle Subscriber¹ Posted September 1, 2014 Subscriber¹ Share Posted September 1, 2014 cool beans. yeah, i did not like the software solution. However, what is the business model here? They must serve you ads of something? Just without scanning? Right now they are getting money from their crowdsourcing, and in the future they will be offering paid accounts with more storage space and potentially custom domain names. +E.Worm Jimmy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+E.Worm Jimmy Subscriber¹ Posted September 1, 2014 Subscriber¹ Share Posted September 1, 2014 Right now they are getting money from their crowdsourcing, and in the future they will be offering paid accounts with more storage space and potentially custom domain names. cool, thanks for expaining. i just got into the waiting list... though i am not sure how long it will take now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jombi Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Unfortunately, a wrong command typed by one of our developers resulted in corrupting the messages table which resulted in losing messages for most of Sunday and the earlier part of Monday (about 20 hours).No thanks. +E.Worm Jimmy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Kyle Subscriber¹ Posted September 4, 2014 Subscriber¹ Share Posted September 4, 2014 No thanks. It's a really early beta that they opened. This type of behavior is kind of expected... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jombi Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 It's a really early beta that they opened. This type of behavior is kind of expected...I don't expect professionals to make such large mistakes - beta or otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anibal P Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Encrypted email has it's place and need, but I bet most of you don't need it, it's pointless for 99% of normal email use and a huge waste of resources to use like that, we use it at work IF needed and we deal in PHI/PII and even that is a small percentage of daily email use Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted September 6, 2014 Author Share Posted September 6, 2014 I don't expect professionals to make such large mistakes - beta or otherwise. Uhm... Microsoft Windows.... But it's open go and do it better then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Norris Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Uhm... Microsoft Windows....What does Windows have to do with anything? There's been some pretty comical/colossal blunders in Linuxland too. +E.Worm Jimmy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted September 6, 2014 Author Share Posted September 6, 2014 I was just giving an example that even a multimillion dollar company like ms releases bad betas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted May 27, 2016 Author Share Posted May 27, 2016 protonmail has an android app now. (maybe since some time i did not follow sorry) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BinaryData Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 On 5/27/2016 at 10:40 AM, Simon Lang 9047 said: protonmail has an android app now. (maybe since some time i did not follow sorry) It was just released within the last few weeks. I've got it, it's easy as hell to use. Rather nice too. simonlang 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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