Russia blocks ProtonMail
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Russia blocks ProtonMail
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Re: Russia blocks ProtonMail
#2> implying people would stop sending bomb threats if Proton mail was blocked
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#3I've been considering leaving Gmail for a privacy focused email service but it seems so difficult to switch. So many accounts and services have my Gmail registered, I don't think I could collect them all. Can anybody using ProtonMail (or any other privacy focused email) recommend it? I feel like choosing an email provider these days is as serious as choosing a bank.
Re: Russia blocks ProtonMail
#4Generally speaking, the type of person who uses ProtonMail is also the type of person who will trivially bypass this block.
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#5It isn't just Russia. Every major country is increasing surveillance drastically. As for smaller countries, well they're probably covertly manipulated by the bigger powers to such an extent that their claim for privacy is valid only so long as you don't cross one of the big powers.
And if all else fails, it seems outright bans are being increasingly used.
The best way to pushback against this would be if all of us would choose to deliberately use anonymous services. No govt can afford to ban millions of people including businesses. But of course that won't happen, so everyone's privacy is suffering as a result. It is not inconceivable to think of a future where encryption and Internet access as a whole are regulated and licensed out. That'd be the death knell of online anonymity, which I suspect was always just a flash in the pan... it was never going to last when the masses and their govts got their hands on the technology.
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#6I've been considering leaving Gmail for a privacy focused email service but it seems so difficult to switch. So many accounts and services have my Gmail registered, I don't think I could collect them all. Can anybody using ProtonMail (or any other privacy focused email) recommend it? I feel like choosing an email provider these days is as serious as choosing a bank.
When I switched from gmail to Fastmail I just slowly switched everything over. It took a few years before I was comfortable killing the gmail account. But I got there.
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#7I've been considering leaving Gmail for a privacy focused email service but it seems so difficult to switch. So many accounts and services have my Gmail registered, I don't think I could collect them all. Can anybody using ProtonMail (or any other privacy focused email) recommend it? I feel like choosing an email provider these days is as serious as choosing a bank.
Proton user and content with it overall. Note that you don't need to switch. Make Proton your primary email and keep Gmail alongside. You can do the switching at your own leisure and reconfigure accounts as needed. Can keep Gmail for low-value subscriptions and spamcatcher. Also could automatically forward from Gmail to Proton (or other privacy-aware provider).
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#8I've been considering leaving Gmail for a privacy focused email service but it seems so difficult to switch. So many accounts and services have my Gmail registered, I don't think I could collect them all. Can anybody using ProtonMail (or any other privacy focused email) recommend it? I feel like choosing an email provider these days is as serious as choosing a bank.
When I switched from gmail to Fastmail I just slowly switched everything over. It took a few years before I was comfortable killing the gmail account. But I got there.
Is fastmail as reliable as Proton mail?
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#9I've been considering leaving Gmail for a privacy focused email service but it seems so difficult to switch. So many accounts and services have my Gmail registered, I don't think I could collect them all. Can anybody using ProtonMail (or any other privacy focused email) recommend it? I feel like choosing an email provider these days is as serious as choosing a bank.
I am using both Proton Mail and VPN and am quite happy with it.
In your case deeper problem is that so much of you digital life depends on a single point of failure - your Gmail account and it can go in a blink of an eye.
Trick for a switch is to do one a time. Next time you visit a site, go to setting and set email to your new provider, like timpy+nytimes@protonmail.com or whatever.
Also can advise you password manager, like 1Password, that will make switch and maintenance much easier.
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#10I've been considering leaving Gmail for a privacy focused email service but it seems so difficult to switch. So many accounts and services have my Gmail registered, I don't think I could collect them all. Can anybody using ProtonMail (or any other privacy focused email) recommend it? I feel like choosing an email provider these days is as serious as choosing a bank.
Buy a domain and use an email provider which supports custom domains (and maybe catch alls) and use this domain from now on. Makes switching providers way more easy as you don't use their domain in your email everywhere.