Instead of leaving Xitter, they left Mastodon. Proton’s trend is not inspiring confidence and this feels like another step backwards.

  • ShotDonkey@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Yes, for a reason. You have to register with a name and an address to obtain/buy a custom domain at a third party. Your identity could be traced back via this. This is against their very strict and consistent ‘zero knowledge’ policy.

    • Scrollone@feddit.itEnglish
      1·
      4 days ago

      Hmm I don’t agree. You can always sign up using a foreign mail provider with a domain privacy service.

        • Scrollone@feddit.itEnglish
          2·
          4 days ago
          1. I register a domain using a service in a country outside of the EU (since Posteo is German).
          2. I also apply a “privacy protection” service, which means my data won’t be visible in the public whois (the domain will be officially registered by the privacy service that I use).
          3. I sign up to Posteo and configure my third-party domain.

          This means Posteo doesn’t know anything about me, and even if the police raids Posteo they can’t find who I am.

          Of course they could, in theory, find out who I am, but that means going to the provider that I used to sign up for my domain, which may be on the other side of the planet outside of German police jurisdiction.

          • ShotDonkey@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            21 hours ago

            Thanks 🙏, but what you describe is a theoretical option, right? Posteo doesn’t offer to integrate such a custom domain afaik - but please correct me if I’m wrong! Do you use Posteo with a custom domain?