Re:Why ProtonMail is more secure than Gmail
by the_stc on Monday October 23, 2017 @12:46PM
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Our company is not legal (details in profile). We chose Protonmail to start because our biggest concern was getting our emails served to the government on request down-the-line. We pay a significant monthly charge to use their services and feel it is worth every penny.
A lot of people in our industry and others have this same model. It is not that the NSA is after you. It's local law enforcement. In our case, SEC and FBI. For average users, local LE will not have 0 days or anything special. Protonmail is out of reach for a lot of LE and that is important.
The best choice for us when we're fully operational is to run a Protonmail-like setup, self-hosted. Deal with mail issues and spam. It is a pain!
A lot of people in our industry and others have this same model. It is not that the NSA is after you. It's local law enforcement. In our case, SEC and FBI. For average users, local LE will not have 0 days or anything special. Protonmail is out of reach for a lot of LE and that is important.
The best choice for us when we're fully operational is to run a Protonmail-like setup, self-hosted. Deal with mail issues and spam. It is a pain!