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Do you trust Proton?
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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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When Proton has a single app available on native F-Droid wirh zero anti-features, not from a different repository,conly then will I use their services. I don't use anything from them now. No Protonmail, no VPN, I don't use them.
https://www.f-droid.org/en/packages/ch.protonvpn.android/
Mail's on Izzy, tho: https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/ch.protonmail.android On the other hand, I don't exactly see a reason to have a mail client on the phone at all. I mean web browsers do exist, and the app doesn't seem to provide any additional benefits.
Also, wdym by "single app"? If as in "at least one", then VPN counts, and if as in "one app that incorporates mall + VPN + whatever else they come up with"... Why?
P.S. I'm not agitating for or against using proton, just curious.
There are reasons why email clients are more secure
Genuine question: which ones?
I said native F-Droid repsitory. I also said with zero anti-features.
In F-Droid settings, under Include anti-feature apps, unselect all or turn off all options, turn off other repositories like Izzy, then do a regular app search for Proton, there is nothing available in F-Droid
The link I've added (VPN) is for native f-droid repo. As for anti-features,
So that's more about server side being proprietary than the app itself (also, mullvad's app has the same anti-feature)
Wether it's due to server or client, Proton is not option.
There are free Telegram clients, there is no way I will ever register with Telegram service.
I am extra harsh of Proton because I reject the concept of proprietary security. They trumpet privacy and security but tell people to trust them for secuity, they can't release server code, but they want everybody to trust that their servers don't have a back up of account info like keys or backup access to account.
I don't use Signal for the same reason, only Molly, and I refuse to install Signal on computer.