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Re:ProtonMail Voluntarily Offers Assistance for Real-Time Su... by rolltiide on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @11:46AM (#20041529)
Okay, now try to.

You need an existing account, which you can't get if you:

- disable javascript

- don't verify with a phone number

- get stuck in captcha hell

verify with a phone number is notorious for blocking google voice number blocks and detecting devices that aren't pinging cell towers

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Re:ProtonMail Voluntarily Offers Assistance for Real-Time Su... by maxymoos on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @12:05PM (#20041850)
If I was that concerned, I'd get a burner phone with a prepaid SIM card and create my account from a public computer while covering my face.

Plus, as somebody else already said: having JS enabled seems pretty much mandatory if you want to be able to decrypt your emails client-side.

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Re:ProtonMail Voluntarily Offers Assistance for Real-Time Su... by wolfgke on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @02:17PM (#20043531)
> If I was that concerned, I'd get a burner phone with a prepaid SIM card and create my account from a public computer while covering my face.

In the EU countries, it has (by law) become very hard to obtain an anonymous prepaid SIM card.

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Re:ProtonMail Voluntarily Offers Assistance for Real-Time Su... by dhwidiwb on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @06:56PM (#20046555)
In _some_ EU countries. That's not true for them all.
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Re:ProtonMail Voluntarily Offers Assistance for Real-Time Su... by C14L on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @12:02PM (#20041818)
> disable javascript

How do you want to decrypt your data client-side without running a software to do just that?

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