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 G’day all.. my first post on nostr.  Worked in IT for nearly 40yrs. Big fan of decentralisation... 
 Book.io doesn't like privacy.

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Blockchain has nothing in common with privacy. 
 Tutanova has one of the scamiest marketing in the privacy space. Always publicly fuding and lying... 
 Protonmail doesn't support Subjects encryption, they keep your private keys. You cannot even generate own private keys protected with passphrase. 
 You should be...

"Crypto AG rejected these accusations as "pure invention", asserting in a press release that "in March 1994, the Swiss Federal Prosecutor's Office initiated a wide-ranging preliminary investigation against Crypto AG, which was completed in 1997. The accusations regarding influence by third parties or manipulations, which had been repeatedly raised in the media, proved to be without foundation."" 
 If you and your recipient are capable to use pgp then don't use protonmail. Just use regular e-mail provider even Gmail.

Bear in mind that Protonmail officially scans all unencrypted e-mails.

 
 What's the difference? They scan all encrypted e-mails before they "encrypt" them with private keys without password which they keep.

 
 :)))

Happy New Year! 
 First of all what is the purpose of importing the key?

I can generate my key and export it to Protonmail. 
 I agree with you. E-mail is a history.

The point is that Protonmail and Tutanota have nothing in common with privacy and security. They use those words to fool people. It's marketing.

If you are capable to use pgp, it's better to use it in yahoo, gmail or other email provider with pop3 imap access. 
 GrapheneOS officially recommends Sandboxed Google Play instead. Many FOSS Android apps are also i... 
 DivestOS doesn't recommend Google services. Which approach is the best for privacy?


'microG is NOT supported and NOT recommended, however it can work in an unprivileged fashion on DivestOS 17.1 and higher after the July 2023 update.

    Note: microG on DivestOS is only visible to other apps in the same profile as itself.'