But without the key feature of Protonmail, e2e encryption at rest. Almost all protonmail alternatives (tutanota being the exception) talk about “privacy” but don’t actually take this critical step.
If posteo is served a warrant or whatnot in whichever country it’s based, do you really think they’ll do anything differently than Protonmail anyway?
Protonmail only has e2e if you email another protonmail email. It’s impossible to have it across domains, if you actually care about security just use pgp.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe Protonmail stores emails encrypted on disk. So yes, Protonmail could store the unencrypted messages as they arrive, but as long as they don’t have a warrant at the time the message is received, they can’t access it later.
I cannot ask any mail service to break the law (and jeopardize their own families, businesses, etc) just to protect my data. If Posteo is legally served a warrant, I expect them to comply with the legally authorized authorities. HOWEVER, all they can turn over is my encrypted data, because my account is set to automatically encrypt all saved data. Period. If the authorities want to waste their time and energy trying to decrypt that data (of which, only I posses the encryption keys), then have at it - they’ll be super disappointed (and really bored) by whatever they find, but whatever.
As an alternative to Protonmail, I can enthusiastically recommend Posteo as a privacy-centric and ethical email service. Well worth checking out!
But without the key feature of Protonmail, e2e encryption at rest. Almost all protonmail alternatives (tutanota being the exception) talk about “privacy” but don’t actually take this critical step.
If posteo is served a warrant or whatnot in whichever country it’s based, do you really think they’ll do anything differently than Protonmail anyway?
Protonmail only has e2e if you email another protonmail email. It’s impossible to have it across domains, if you actually care about security just use pgp.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe Protonmail stores emails encrypted on disk. So yes, Protonmail could store the unencrypted messages as they arrive, but as long as they don’t have a warrant at the time the message is received, they can’t access it later.
I cannot ask any mail service to break the law (and jeopardize their own families, businesses, etc) just to protect my data. If Posteo is legally served a warrant, I expect them to comply with the legally authorized authorities. HOWEVER, all they can turn over is my encrypted data, because my account is set to automatically encrypt all saved data. Period. If the authorities want to waste their time and energy trying to decrypt that data (of which, only I posses the encryption keys), then have at it - they’ll be super disappointed (and really bored) by whatever they find, but whatever.
I’m also a posteo user and recommend their service. They are paid however, but it’s ony 1 € per month, cash payments being accepted.