Just wanted to add another thumbs up for protonmail.
I took me about a week to get the invite. I donated after receiving it so I wouldn't know if donating speeds up your processing time.
Topic: Protonmail accepts Bitcoin - Keep your email private ;-> (Read 1710 times)
The fact that your mail is stored in a secure way may not mean much.
Your mail travels through a couple of nodes until it gets stored on the safe servers. And those nodes are not secured. Also the sender..is that secured too?
And then.. what's the point?
That's why you should encrypt text with GPG for outgoing mails.Your mail travels through a couple of nodes until it gets stored on the safe servers. And those nodes are not secured. Also the sender..is that secured too?
And then.. what's the point?
And I want to know if I donate to proton mail will I get my account faster/instantaneously?
How do we know Protonmail will not close down in the future? It's unlikely the big providers like gmail and yahoo will close down, but the small ones might find it's not paying and close. You could lose all your old emails if that happened.
Such risk always exist. But they're registered company, not some teenager in his basement running some project. If they were to close down, I assume they would give a notice in advance to give everyone a chance to backup their emails.
How do we know Protonmail will not close down in the future? It's unlikely the big providers like gmail and yahoo will close down, but the small ones might find it's not paying and close. You could lose all your old emails if that happened.
The fact that your mail is stored in a secure way may not mean much.
Your mail travels through a couple of nodes until it gets stored on the safe servers. And those nodes are not secured. Also the sender..is that secured too?
And then.. what's the point?
That's why you should encrypt text with GPG for outgoing mails.Your mail travels through a couple of nodes until it gets stored on the safe servers. And those nodes are not secured. Also the sender..is that secured too?
And then.. what's the point?
And I want to know if I donate to proton mail will I get my account faster/instantaneously?
I am not paranoid. I use yahoo and gmail. I think this is the opposite of paranoid.
Just I didn't really understand the point of such mail service.
The fact that your mail is stored in a secure way may not mean much.
Your mail travels through a couple of nodes until it gets stored on the safe servers. And those nodes are not secured. Also the sender..is that secured too?
And then.. what's the point?
That's why you should encrypt text with GPG for outgoing mails.Your mail travels through a couple of nodes until it gets stored on the safe servers. And those nodes are not secured. Also the sender..is that secured too?
And then.. what's the point?
And I want to know if I donate to proton mail will I get my account faster/instantaneously?
The fact that your mail is stored in a secure way may not mean much.
Your mail travels through a couple of nodes until it gets stored on the safe servers. And those nodes are not secured. Also the sender..is that secured too?
And then.. what's the point?
That's why you should encrypt text with GPG for outgoing mails. Your mail travels through a couple of nodes until it gets stored on the safe servers. And those nodes are not secured. Also the sender..is that secured too?
And then.. what's the point?
The fact that your mail is stored in a secure way may not mean much.
Your mail travels through a couple of nodes until it gets stored on the safe servers. And those nodes are not secured. Also the sender..is that secured too?
And then.. what's the point?
Your mail travels through a couple of nodes until it gets stored on the safe servers. And those nodes are not secured. Also the sender..is that secured too?
And then.. what's the point?
Looks like new users are getting invites faster.
Think your email's private? Think again
http://www.ted.com/talks/andy_yen_think_your_email_s_private_think_again
http://www.ted.com/talks/andy_yen_think_your_email_s_private_think_again
Thanks for the link. I think they encrypt all communication in such a way, that not even they have access to the content. If they are being forced to provide the email, they will provide it in it's encrypted form.
It's scary to think that most of us, just accept the status quo.... "They snoop, we just have to accept it"
I always imagine a scenario where a person from some government organization is allowed to sit with you and your family in your living room, whilst you watch TV to make sure you abide by the rules.
They invade you privacy in the electronic world, and we just do not care.
Protonmail is an email provider that attempts to keep your email private. They are based in Switzerland and do not have to adhere to disclosure laws like the other service providers based in other countries. {They have their own laws}
They are accepting donations to expand and grow their services to accept more accounts in future.
https://blockchain.info/address/1Q1nhq1NbxPYAbw1BppwKbCqg58ZqMb9A8?filter=2
https://protonmail.ch/
They have reached capacity but donations will keep them going to protect your email privacy.
If you know of any other email service providers with this goal, please share with us.
If they accept Bitcoin donations, we will support them, because our privacy is important to us.
Looks good, thanks for the heads up op, always nice to know safe ways to have a god damn email those days, something difficult. For now registration is closed tho. They are accepting donations to expand and grow their services to accept more accounts in future.
https://blockchain.info/address/1Q1nhq1NbxPYAbw1BppwKbCqg58ZqMb9A8?filter=2
https://protonmail.ch/
They have reached capacity but donations will keep them going to protect your email privacy.
If you know of any other email service providers with this goal, please share with us.
If they accept Bitcoin donations, we will support them, because our privacy is important to us.
Think your email's private? Think again
http://www.ted.com/talks/andy_yen_think_your_email_s_private_think_again
http://www.ted.com/talks/andy_yen_think_your_email_s_private_think_again
I requested invitation on July 2014, received invitation in January 2015. Expect some delay when requesting it.
wo, half an year of waiting! They must severely be short of fund to expand their capacity quickly. I wonder what is the source of their revenue, otherwise how can they survive!I'm just going to recommend them. Everyone should sign up with it and use as primary email or at least secondary. Safety and privacy comes first in times like these.
Didn't they send out all invites in January 2015? I got mine on then too.
In such case, the waiting time depended on when did you request invite.
I requested invitation on July 2014, received invitation in January 2015. Expect some delay when requesting it.
wo, half an year of waiting! They must severely be short of fund to expand their capacity quickly. I wonder what is the source of their revenue, otherwise how can they survive!I'm just going to recommend them. Everyone should sign up with it and use as primary email or at least secondary. Safety and privacy comes first in times like these.
I requested invitation on July 2014, received invitation in January 2015. Expect some delay when requesting it.
wo, half an year of waiting! They must severely be short of fund to expand their capacity quickly. I wonder what is the source of their revenue, otherwise how can they survive!I'm just going to recommend them. Everyone should sign up with it and use as primary email or at least secondary. Safety and privacy comes first in times like these.
How they did this? If they encrypted your email, And how the receiver open it, if their use another mail provider?
You could ask Kevin in the thread on Reddit
http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2zddrk/protonmail_accepts_bitcoin/
I posted it there too, to get more people to notice it. Other service providers are good and they have great features, but they share your information or they bombard you with Ad's or they snoop on your private conversations.
These guys host their own servers and they operate from a neutral country, with it's own laws. Do not use them for illegal activities... your account will be suspended... but have some more privacy.
They explain everything on their site.
Yes.. there is a waiting period, because they are high in demand {That should tell you something} but with more crowd funding they could grow quicker and have instant account activation like the rest of them.
I support them, because they support Bitcoin donations....
How they did this? If they encrypted your email, And how the receiver open it, if their use another mail provider?
that is nice sharing really good to get encrypted email for free, i just sign up there for my invitation link,
it take how much time to use my email there
it take how much time to use my email there
Im using them 
They had a crowdfunding campaign on July 2014 which perk had 'instant invitation'. I missed it, so I had to wait a lot.
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