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Why Did ProtonMail Vanish from Google Search Results? (2016)

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Re: Why Did ProtonMail Vanish from Google Search Results? (2016)

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Post by alexasmyths »

This needs a full anti-trust investigation.

If it's true that this has happened, then they need to have a regulatory oversight body right up in their operations.

The power of search engine is immense - they could change stock market outcomes, election outcomes, entire economies.

Re: Why Did ProtonMail Vanish from Google Search Results? (2016)

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Post by mitchellberry »

awestroke wrote: post #9

Anyone know a good alternative to ProtonMail with no ties to the Israeli Military? Preferably European.

Mailfence.

I'd be very interested to hear the problems with protonmail, considering all they claim to see is email metadata.

Edit: ok some quick googling says its related to ddos protection, which is still in effect currently, the malicious intent here seems overstated.

The official statement - https://protonmail.com/support/knowledge-base/protonmail-isr...

Re: Why Did ProtonMail Vanish from Google Search Results? (2016)

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Post by dvdkhlng »

awestroke wrote: post #9

Anyone know a good alternative to ProtonMail with no ties to the Israeli Military? Preferably European.

* https://posteo.de/en

* https://mailbox.org

posteo implements multiple encryption schemes: encrypt incoming mails with GPG (making them inaccessible by any end device not having the corresponding secret key). Or encrypt via the login passphrase with transparent decryption on authorized access.

Re: Why Did ProtonMail Vanish from Google Search Results? (2016)

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Post by tobltobs »

Wasn't this at the same time when ProtonMail migrated their site from a .ch to a .com? I would be thankful if I would be able to get such a special treatment from Google for a borked migration. For most of us it is a death sentence when we bork a migration, protonmail gets help and then they whine about it.

Re: Why Did ProtonMail Vanish from Google Search Results? (2016)

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Post by openplatypus »

dvdkhlng wrote: post #15
awestroke wrote: post #9

Anyone know a good alternative to ProtonMail with no ties to the Israeli Military? Preferably European.

* https://posteo.de/en * https://mailbox.org posteo implements multiple encryption schemes: encrypt incoming mails with GPG (making them inaccessible by any end device not having the corresponding secret key). Or encrypt via the login passphrase with transparent decryption on authorized access.

So does Mailbox.org but unlike posteo Mailbox allows using own domain.

The only issue is "German" quality customer support. So be patient and expect to receive terse "no." ;)

Re: Why Did ProtonMail Vanish from Google Search Results? (2016)

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Post by yesenadam »

Joe-Z wrote: post #8
dvt wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did you not read the article? It was eventually "fixed." > ProtonMail tracked this situation through Spring 2016, trying to get in touch with Google to query why it had vanished from search results — and initially having no luck getting a response. It only eventually got an acknowledgment of the complaint in August after it had tweeted at Google staff.

Please don't insinuate that someone hasn't read an article. HN-Guidelines tell us to: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html It wouldn't take anything away from your response just leaving that question out. BTT: Why is this even an article on here anyway when the situation has been dealt with one year ago? The title should already mention that it's from 2016.

I get what you say about not insinuating, though I feel the two people who asked so far weren't so much insinuating as actually puzzled, as it genuinely seemed the parent couldn't have read the article and still thought it was an ongoing issue.
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