ProtonMail and SimpleLogin emails will be blocked from registering on websites

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You are going to be blocked. Please take action immediately! · Issue #362 · ProtonMail/WebClients
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This makes me 😭

UPDATE: Thanks @nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de for this update: The issue has now been commented on and was closed by the maintainer, where they explained why those blocks would be nonsense. But it appears the OP wants to still talk with maintainer privately about it.

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important to emphasize here that email is inherently not very private. Proton is one of the best email providers for privacy, but for things you really need to be private (eg organizing protests in less-than-friendly countries) you shouldn't use email at all.

Which is precisely why I said "as any email service can be".

yes I agree with you lol just trying to be extra clear for people who might be confused

Does proton do anything other than encrypting the email file? TLS should be enough to encrypt the transfer.

They do lots. They open images and other attachments on their servers so they can't be used to track you and filter tracking links when possible.

Okey, that sounds super nice. I might just switch over my email as well to them, not just use them for their calendar.