Protonmail, their flagship product, actually treats 99.9% of emails in clear-text. You can’t have end-to-end encryption if the other person at the end doesn’t support it. There have been (unverified) rumors that Proton could be a giant honeypot. They did help authorities in the past. Maybe we will understand better who they are in the future
Proton serves privacy, not anonymity. They will not collect, harvest, analyse or sell your data. If you however use their services for illegal things they will forward whatever - usually little - unencrypted information they have about you.
Protonmail, their flagship product, actually treats 99.9% of emails in clear-text. You can’t have end-to-end encryption if the other person at the end doesn’t support it. There have been (unverified) rumors that Proton could be a giant honeypot. They did help authorities in the past. Maybe we will understand better who they are in the future
Proton serves privacy, not anonymity. They will not collect, harvest, analyse or sell your data. If you however use their services for illegal things they will forward whatever - usually little - unencrypted information they have about you.