Why ProtonMail is more secure than Gmail

Re:Why ProtonMail is more secure than Gmail by adjkant on Monday October 23, 2017 @11:09AM (#15533725)

Gmail isn't floating around any brochures on security though - it's pitch to the majority of its users is "It's Google and Mail and where most people have their emails. You don't want to be that one weirdo at @yahoo.com do you?" and that just about does it. ProtonMail is trying to recruit users with the brochure.

That said, even though the argument is a bit flawed here, I think most attracted by it would still prefer ProtonMail for other sound arguments.

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Re:Why ProtonMail is more secure than Gmail by matt_wulfeck on Monday October 23, 2017 @12:14PM (#15534271)

Do you really believe people use gmail because of its brand?

I don't know about any security brochure, but I know I can setup 2FA to use push notifications (not an insecure SMS number), and can check where all of my logins are from, and have "suspicious" logins blocked automatically, etc, etc. I can also create single-use passwords for insecure devices (such as a youtube password just for my apple TV). Not to mention how amazing they are about spam detection.

I think their security posture is actually excellent.

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Re:Why ProtonMail is more secure than Gmail by turc1656 on Monday October 23, 2017 @03:21PM (#15536152)

Do you really believe people use gmail because of its brand?

Yes. Most definitely. I don't use Gmail and I recently had a discussion with my coworkers about Gmail. When I asked why they use it one person said, "because it's Google" and another said, "What else would I use? Yahoo or Hotmail? Hahahah". A third person responded by saying , "it's just easy because it's Google so it connects to everything else from them."

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Re:Why ProtonMail is more secure than Gmail by adjkant on Monday October 23, 2017 @02:43PM (#15535769)

Yes, absolutely. I would guess at least 90% of the users are simply there by defaulting to it. The tech community is not the target market for Gmail. I never said they had bad security, simply that they were not advertising and trying to attract users from it.

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Re:Why ProtonMail is more secure than Gmail by efitz on Monday October 23, 2017 @01:53PM (#15535288)

There are absolutely people (many of them) who use GMail because of its brand. They most commonly will say "GSuite" though.

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Re:Why ProtonMail is more secure than Gmail by deftturtle on Monday October 23, 2017 @06:23PM (#15537425)

Many people think google is professional. My AP lit teacher said so. I thought it was stupid at the time, but in terms of professional capability, google offers the most services (at the cost of surveillance and advertising). And many other people would question using something like hotmail or yahoo because it's different.

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Re:Why ProtonMail is more secure than Gmail by ionised on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @05:54AM (#15540449)

> Do you really believe people use gmail because of its brand?

Absolutely. No doubt in my mind.

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