If you’re still using Proton mail:

[woozle@toot.cat]

@mason

Relatedly, it occurred to me that a more valuable thing I could do than offering email hosting is to put together some software which makes it easier to self-host and to be an email provider.

So that's now on my list of tasks (the other end of which is still visible with a good telescope).

@benroyce @draNgNon @alice @slothrop

[dzwiedziu@mastodon.social]

@solonovamax
Yes, but the organisation hiring wankeeteering companies have, or research with, a target demographic.

And marketing data will contain data from which you can assume political leaning and it's strength.

At some point you have to notice a group of ultra-right paranoids, who are ready to put cash in an envelope for your services.

@nileane @gotofritz @slothrop

[runbox@mastodon.social]

@ratfactor @tempusfelix @slothrop
Thank you for the mention, we appreciate it! Thank you for being part of the Runbox Community.

We are committed to operating ethically, and we are private and sustainable by design. Hosted in Norway and protected by some of the strongest privacy laws in the world, and running on 100% renewable energy.

Custom configure Runbox on your favorite email client — including command-line clients. Full IMAP/SMTP/msmtp compatibility.

[pgiulan@federate.social]

@markwyner

Context from Proton: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1rlt75p/proton_mail_helped_fbi_unmask_anonymous_stop_cop/

[mason@partychickens.net]

@woozle @benroyce @draNgNon @alice @slothrop That's a fantastic idea, yes! My only caution there is that if it sets stuff up rather than just suggesting configs and then vetting them, it's worth having it generate before-and-after records of what it found and how it changed things. I'm thinking that either it's a complete hands-off appliance *or* they're going to have to be comfortable sysadminning it.

[simona@mastodon.design]

@danie1 @slothrop why would they take down that personal page if it was only an affiliate link that anybody can put up, and they were not involved with it? Why would they take it down? I sincerely don’t get it.

[woodwonk@mindly.social]

@runbox @ratfactor @tempusfelix

I've hosted my email with Runbox for 5 years now. It does what it says on the tin, simply and reliably. No drama, quite boring (in the best way possible!)

[troed@swecyb.com]

@Infoseepage

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_numerology#Eight

@slothrop

[troed@swecyb.com]

@drsbaitso

"they had some bullshit around vocally supporting Trump and the christofascist GOP"

No, that's not at all what happened - but the truth isn't as juicy as hate campaigns.

@alice @slothrop

[solonovamax@tech.lgbt]

@slothrop @nileane @gotofritz I am not saying they shouldn't terminate any agreement and come out with a post saying they don't support this or anything

just attempting to explain how it could have happened in the first place

[csolisr@hub.azkware.net]

I was already suspicious of Proton being far-right with their support for Republicans, this proves it further.

[woozle@toot.cat]

@mason @benroyce @draNgNon @alice @slothrop

My preferred style is "here are all the options, but you don't have to change anything if you're fine with the defaults" -- kind of like MediaWiki's web-based setup.

...and then a UI which makes it easier to do changes later, once you know more about what you want.

[drsbaitso@infosec.exchange]

@troed

Having reviewed the entirety of your attached evidence I've come to the inevitable conclusion that you've also probably got some bullshit around vocally supporting Trump and the christofascist GOP, and your opinion is worth less than I've paid for it.

@alice @slothrop

[phracker2art@mstdn.social]

@slothrop
Companies like Proton sponsor creators across the political spectrum not because they agree with those creators, but because they're businesses and they're trying to get more customers. I saw Matt Walsh shilling for NordVPN. Does that mean I shouldn't use NordVPN? This insistence on absolute ideological purity that some people on the left engage in is just silly and counter-productive. And for the record, I'm pretty far left myself.

[troed@swecyb.com]

@drsbaitso

"you've also probably got some bullshit around vocally supporting Trump and the christofascist GOP,"

You seem to be quite unwell. I hope you get better.

@alice @slothrop

[troed@swecyb.com]

@alice

Andy was, literally, commenting on that a specific person had previously been a proponent for small tech vs big tech which he saw as a good thing.

That's all. That's all it was.

@drsbaitso @slothrop

[troed@swecyb.com]

@lukeharby

Proton is that decent provider. The hate campaign you're seeing here is mostly just people who seem to have issues with reading comprehension in general.

@slothrop

[elexia@catcatnya.com]

@slothrop ah fuck we wanted to drop them a while ago but still haven't moved everything from it

[troed@swecyb.com]

@Infoseepage

Your fallacy is believing that your culture is the only one in the world. '88' is a nazi dogwhistle in the west since a few decades back - but it means "double fortune" and is part of asian numerology for thousands of years.

Don't be stupid on the Internet.

@gotofritz @gatogatogato @slothrop

[troed@swecyb.com]

@Infoseepage

He's asian.

Since you didn't read it the last time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_numerology#Eight

@gotofritz @gatogatogato @slothrop