Post by @_elena@mastodon.social

The journey of tech empowerment and liberation from tech bros can be a long, bumpy road.

The biggest tech regret of my adult life is that I didn't use a custom domain name as my main email address, so that when things invariably go south, I can simply hop to a new email provider.

The hundred or so email aliases I made with #Proton are a real headache right now. Time to clean up my mess.

What am I talking about? This ICYMI: https://www.404media.co/manifestos-fear-and-loser-thinking-inside-protons-ai-reckoning/

#NoAI #enshittification #ProtonMail

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Scotty Trees

@scottytrees@mastodon.social 6 sec. ago

@_elena I was supposed to leave for work 10 minutes ago. Can anyone ping me and give me a quick TL; DR? Ty

Graeme 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@pa27@mastodon.social 31 min. ago

@_elena Well, he was already controversial, but had mostly been given the benefit of the doubt. But that's it for Proton. A shame.

Oliver :europe:

@hrafnagud@niflheim.social 59 min. ago

@_elena Next one, unfortunately. Liked the idea that Proton transported years ago but although I like Mail and VPN there, I am glad to use my own domains AND a service like @mailbox_org here in Germany. The numbers of trustful services seem to decrease week by week at the moment, that’s a sad fact.

Michel Patrice

@MichelPatrice@jasette.facil.services 59 min. ago

@_elena

"The journey of tech empowerment and liberation from tech bros can be a long, bumpy road."

"La route est longue, mais la voie est libre."(Framasoft)

Angel

@ngel@ruby.social 1 hr. ago

@_elena I’m in a similar scenario. Just weighing alternatives. Any thoughts?

Elena Rossini 🌈

@_elena@mastodon.social 55 min. ago

@ngel I'm waiting to see how Proton reacts to this catastrophic, reputation-destroying story. If Yen and the AI-pilled CTO step down, I may consider sticking around. My unlimited plan renews in May.

For the time being I am changing my "from" email address and using a custom domain name to make the transition easier... I'm also looking at Tuta (where I already have an account)

Anthony

@abucci@buc.ci 47 min. ago

@_elena@mastodon.social @ngel@ruby.social In case you're not aware, Tuta is flirting with using AI too and already has a bit: https://mastodon.social/@Tutanota/117518311002072172

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Michael Santaly

@wonkothesane@mstdn.social 1 hr. ago

@_elena I’m in the exact same situation and I’m kicking myself because when I decided to de-google and move to Proton I was aware of custom domains but it seemed like to much to learn at the time. Now I have a million alias through SimpleLogin (a service I’ll really miss) and I’m not sure how to handle that

Paul - Antifa. LGBTQ+ safe.

@paulk@writing.exchange 1 hr. ago

@_elena Aye, this shocked me a big one too. I don't use their mail option a lot but I have Proton Pass. Seriously considering the move back to KeepassXC now.

Elena Rossini 🌈

@_elena@mastodon.social 1 hr. ago

@paulk totally understand, ESPECIALLY for something as sensitive as passwords. They've lost my trust... the only way forward for them is to fire Andy Yen AND their AI-pilled CTO. This is catastrophic for their image and reputation, I don't see any other way to recover

Paul - Antifa. LGBTQ+ safe.

@paulk@writing.exchange 57 min. ago

@_elena Too bad as they were off to a good start. They now seem to be set for a 'good end'.
Really glad I once did the exercise to move once before, to test KeepassXC.

Indeed, a clean slate would be best for them, but the damage is done. That goes fast and reaches far.

Marc 🇵🇸 🇺🇦🌱

@marc_eu@mastodon.green 1 hr. ago

@_elena @paulk
There's a list of EU alternatives, but there should also be a list of products and services that don't push AI in development.

Sebastian

@sebastian@mastodon.com.pl 1 hr. ago

@_elena so many aliases! I have much more less and consider, what should I do. Maybe can you share yours ideas how to resolve it?

Elena Rossini 🌈

@_elena@mastodon.social 1 hr. ago

@sebastian so I read reports by people who used a free account for a month and then did not pay that aliases ALLEGEDLY still work, even when plans expire. Still, I want to create a personal system where I do not rely on one big company for such a key feature.

I'm happy I never used ProtonDrive and ProtonPass, that's for sure.

Elena Rossini 🌈

@_elena@mastodon.social 11 min. ago

@sebastian Sebastian, sorry I have an important addendum. People report that aliases created inside ProtonMail still work (after the end of a subscription), whereas those created directly inside ProtonPass are immediately disabled. So please beware. The discussion is here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1xis0n2/proton_aliases_what_happens_to_them_if_i/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1xis0n2/proton_aliases_what_happens_to_them_if_i/

Andy Carolan

@andycarolan@social.lol 1 hr. ago

@_elena Yeah, I'm so thankful that I picked my Domain for my main email addresses. So nice to be able to change provider if the one I'm using chooses the dark side.

Andy Carolan

@andycarolan@social.lol 1 hr. ago

@_elena i should add that I managed to convince my wife and son to do the same. Best decision ever.

Elena Rossini 🌈

@_elena@mastodon.social 1 hr. ago

@andycarolan amazing! I grabbed a domain name for my child a month after she was born and I will definitely encourage her to use it - when she's old enough

Fairness4All

@closeted_unionist@mastodon.social 1 hr. ago

@_elena I find it ironic proton fight big tech by using big tech (ie claude). Any alternatives? I was hoping for proton to be a more viable alternative to gsuite

Edit: typo

Elena Rossini 🌈

@_elena@mastodon.social 1 hr. ago

@closeted_unionist huh I do not use Claude. I picked ProtonMail 6 years ago because of its reputation for security and privacy and moved there from Google. I did not expect the company to take such a turn (in 2020 LLMs were not a thing)

ticho

@ticho@mas.to 1 hr. ago

@_elena Oh, look, another one of the "they're on our side" corporations ends up betraying its users. Who could've seen it coming? 🙄

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