cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/40877
Email is inherently insecure. If you want or need secure communications, that’s what software like Briar, Matrix, or Signal (yes despite some drama).
Secure emails can always be done manually with PGP and will be a lot hardier than trusting an organization that gives away subscriber payments to Western-backed coup attempts and color revolutions.
The takaway is that Protonmail and anyone who pays for their services is an active terrorism enabler in Hong Kong and Belarus. I’m surprised they don’t fund Islamic extremists in Xinjiang too after hearing that.
I’m all for Hong Kong and Belarus being their own state/autonomous, but most companies should not take sides - certainly not so publicly.