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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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I am unsure if I should remove this post. If 3 people can verify if this product is scammy/garbage and reply “YES” if they want this post removed, I will remove it.
I just made an account to check, it seems to be a bit “too good to be true” in terms of features, and raises a few red flags otherwise.
They give you a free tier where you can use your own domain, they have apps for all major platforms, and the web app is quite pushy (that’s the red flags): you have a list of tasks to do in order to get $10 credit for each task, like importing emails from gmail, downloading the app, etc (all those tasks carry a risk, privacy wise, depending on their code).
Given this behavior and the fact that the platform is from California, it reeks of investor and VC money, and I really wonder what’s their business plan, if they really do what they advertise. There’s a reason every platform that has solid encryption and respects privacy is either a donation based platform, pushing for donations (e.g. signal), or a paid platform with a pretty restricted free tier (or no free tier at all).
Personally I’m gonna close the account and not come back, I’m a bit weirded out, but I wouldn’t bet my bottom dollar that they are ill intended either…
Yeeeeep, that’s it. This post is going to /dev/null.
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We don’t know what it is, but there is history on Lemmy of them listing out every feature, asking I’d anyone used it as they didn’t. Why woupd anyone do that? More blatant in the past, but worth being on guard against them.
Plus advertising e2e encrypted emaill which is impossible unless recipient is same service.
The thing is, E2EE email is what ProtonMail also advertises, so that is not a good enough reason to cherrypick on this post. That is why if there is some particularly huge red flag, that allows to take action easily.
Oh I know. It is your call. I’ve not seen much evidence of tutanova/proton Lemmy adverts. This service is quite new in comparison and there is clearly some astroturfing on lemmy. We don’t know how good or bad they are tbh. The fact they are pushing it rather than relying on word of mouth is a little sketchy.
Whether it is deleted or not, I’ll at least call out advertising so people are aware rather than being led to believe it is recommended.
Its not about my call. I am just being cautious, since I do not want to hammer down privacy services being advertised, in case they may be legit. Privacy services by nature barely get any exposure, since we tend to have laser cannons targeted at any ad or scam.