I’m trying to get rid of my Google dependency and one of those steps was moving over to Protonmail. Now in the past few days i have been picking up signals that even Protonmail is not as clean as it might be.

Does this really impact the privacy of how i use email and so is moving to Protonmail a step forward from Google, or is Protonmail just as bad?

If so, what could be alternatives?

edit:

Some of the alternatives being mentioned in the comments are:

Email:

VPN:

edit 2 (2023):

There seems to be some new activity around this post. At the time of writing the post (2 years ago) there were some stories going as user @UnfortunateShort described in their comment. This made me question the best options available at that moment. Currently i am still a Proton user, using their Mail and Calendar service, and Mullvad for VPN.

  • @Nevar@lemmy.ml
    1•4 years ago

    I think the best options are Tutanota or CTemplar. Like others, Protonmail sketches me out. It’s run by silicon valley techbros who are proud to host Bellingcat (State Dept propaganda) for example.

    TutaNota, while being forced to share some data, are fighting tooth and nail against it for privacy goals. If they’re both essentially the same service, go for the cheaper one that aligns with your values.

    Ctemplar looks interesting but they’re still too green IMO.