schizoidman@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agoProton Mail Discloses User Data Leading to Arrest in Spainrestoreprivacy.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: privacyguides@lemmy.oneprotonprivacy@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkProton Mail Discloses User Data Leading to Arrest in Spainrestoreprivacy.comschizoidman@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square54fedilinkcross-posted to: privacyguides@lemmy.oneprotonprivacy@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squareazalty@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoProton does require a recovery email address if you sign up to a mail forwarding service or similar, right after creating the account. In that case the account remains locked if you don’t, so that’s just a lie
minus-squareSetarkus.LW@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoIn the article it says that that’s a one-time verification address. Though that leaves the question if/how long it’s stored
Proton does require a recovery email address if you sign up to a mail forwarding service or similar, right after creating the account. In that case the account remains locked if you don’t, so that’s just a lie
In the article it says that that’s a one-time verification address. Though that leaves the question if/how long it’s stored