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Re: Proton Wallet – a safer way to hold Bitcoin

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No end to end encryption. No thanks. Plus as an Australian company the government can backdoor it without anyone legally being able to speak about it.

They also got rid of most of their US based unionized employees recently. https://union.place/@fastmailunited/112672408714595554

That’s a plus for some of us - but I’ll stick with Proton.

Re: Proton Wallet – a safer way to hold Bitcoin

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No end to end encryption. No thanks. Plus as an Australian company the government can backdoor it without anyone legally being able to speak about it.

How would you "end to end encrypt" an email going from Super Secure Provider A to Outlook or Gmail? The encryption stops the millisecond it leaves Provider A's servers.

With Proton Mail you can send password-protected emails too: https://proton.me/support/open-password-protected-emails

Re: Proton Wallet – a safer way to hold Bitcoin

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How would you "end to end encrypt" an email going from Super Secure Provider A to Outlook or Gmail? The encryption stops the millisecond it leaves Provider A's servers.

With Proton Mail you can send password-protected emails too: https://proton.me/support/open-password-protected-emails

Correction: you can send links to a website where the recipient can see the text you wrote using a password.

Nothing about that is "email" anymore. The same method can be used to make "password protected SMS" for example. Just send a link to a website and a password. Encryption!

What we need is actual public key encryption/signing support on mail services, but that's not going to happen ever.

Re: Proton Wallet – a safer way to hold Bitcoin

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Even in this cost of living crisis, over the last six months I've been ever so slowly been putting money aside by not dining out, cancelled my streaming services, cutting down on utility usage (heating) and even started collecting aluminium cans to scrape together the USD191.76 I have due on 26th August for 2 years of service. I don't make the big bucks like everyone here but to me my privacy is worth every cent and…

Hi Andrew - This is Irina, I lead brand comms for our community at Proton. Your commitment to protecting your privacy is laudable and heartwarming.

We would love to reward your support and honesty. Please drop us an email at community@proton.me for details.

Re: Proton Wallet – a safer way to hold Bitcoin

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In 2024, seeing someone promote cryptocurrency for its original purpose with a straight face is jarring. After so many years of 99.9999999% scammers and pumping speculators. And if you use cryptocurrency for its original purpose today, you're dealing with a "wretched hive of scum and villainy" much worse than the government fiat currency that was originally criticized.

In 2024, I don't use crYpTo, but I use bitcoin to store my wealth without it being stolen by the banking system via supply inflation.

Re: Proton Wallet – a safer way to hold Bitcoin

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Is Bitcoin still thing outside of habitual gambling circles? I thought only the doomsday cult that is waiting to get rich after a global economic meltdown cared for BTC in 2024.

It's the hardest asset mankind has ever seen. Nothing else is as optimised for storing large quantities of value for long periods of time.

If you have an idea for how it could be optimised further or beaten by something else, I'd be very interested to hear.

Re: Proton Wallet – a safer way to hold Bitcoin

#37

Even in this cost of living crisis, over the last six months I've been ever so slowly been putting money aside by not dining out, cancelled my streaming services, cutting down on utility usage (heating) and even started collecting aluminium cans to scrape together the USD191.76 I have due on 26th August for 2 years of service. I don't make the big bucks like everyone here but to me my privacy is worth every cent and…

Hi Andrew - This is Irina, I lead brand comms for our community at Proton. Your commitment to protecting your privacy is laudable and heartwarming. We would love to reward your support and honesty. Please drop us an email at community@proton.me for details.

Good morning Irina,

I sent an email to that address last night with your name in the subject line. Thank you.

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