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Proton Mail says that the new Outlook app for Windows is Microsoft's new data collection service (www.ghacks.net)

submitted 10 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Also, there's Thunderbird if you NEED a fat client for your email. Except Proton's strength is where the service is located and the security of access. Having a full copy locally on your system kind of defeats that.

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you have properly implemented LUKS I don't see any reason that should be a concern.

[–] privatizetwiddle@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 months ago

Unless you also employ very strict sandboxing, a rogue app or script could read those emails from your running system while LUKS is unlocked. There are plenty of CVEs relating to code execution; an infected JPEG, browser exploit, or any number of other things could expose your Thunderbird email database or the running memory to an attacker, particularly if you use "secure" services like Proton because you're the kind of person who would be targeted by state actors.