If the owner of the standard notes will now be a proton, doesn’t that contradict this principle? I have a proton email account but I don’t want it linked to my standard notes account. I don’t strongly trust companies that offer packaged services like google or Microsoft. I prefer to have one service from one company. I am afraid that now I will have to change where I save my notes. What do you guys think about this?

  • TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    7 months ago

    I wasn’t even aware of those alleged falsehoods coming from Tutanota…

    IMAP server that returns the PGP emails and requires your mail client to handle the decryption? Yes.

    Essentially my point.

    . However, that goes against a major selling point of the product which is that it manages all that encryption for you (like a password manager). Nobody in their right mind would use that.

    Why not, if they actually do everything with open standards and by the book, why can’t they provide IMAP/SMTP access to everyone who wants BUT add the disclaimer that you’ve to use a PGP compatible e-mail client and configure it to deal with the encryption… but they don’t and that is a red flag. Most of their users are tech savvy people wouldn’t oppose setting that up.

    • Dark ArcAEnglish
      1·
      7 months ago

      Because you’re paying them so you don’t have to do that. Why would you pay them a premium if you’re just going to do it yourself anyways?

      Also that costs money to develop, maintain, and run. Which takes money/resources away from things most customers care about.

      There aren’t red flags here, everything is open source, this is all verifiable information. You’re just refusing to accept that.

      • TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        7 months ago

        Why would you pay them a premium if you’re just going to do it yourself anyways?

        Because they can provide other assurances with their service even if I’ve to setup the PGP in my e-mail client. Like knowing the entre thing is actually managed with privacy in mind, like not logging more than they should etc.