HumbleBundle Software ProtonMail €25 Credit for €1

GalwayGaillimh

The HumbleBundle software bundle Tier 1 this month gives you for about €1 a €25 gift coupon for Proton Mail a secure email client so if you purchase the bundle 3 times its €75 switch to a different email use your revolut and voila you can have €150 towards a decent secure email client based in Switzerland developed be CERN scientists.
Also includes system mechanic for pc 1 year license along with a months trial of PIA a pretty good vpn.

www.humblebundle.com

bidiots

Why go through the hassle for an email client?

grogi

bidiots wrote: »

Why go through the hassle for an email client?

And how can you ensure confidentiality of your messages stored on the server?

If you dencrypt them at the server - why bother? Sure - you could potentially decrypt in the browser, but they are notoriously known for not being too secure either...

MOH

grogi wrote: »

And how can you ensure confidentiality of your messages stored on the server?

The messages that are encrypted and decrypted client side?

If you dencrypt them at the server - why bother?

What? You don't

grogi

MOH wrote: »

The messages that are encrypted and decrypted client side?

Hence the client software?

Asus X540L

I don't email any kiddy pictures or whatever so gmail is just fine for me.

They're more than welcome to mine the data of my emails. I really couldn't give a toss what they do with it and I really resent having to click I accept these cookies on every ****ing website I visit cause the tinhat bridage wouldn't STFU about stuff they know nothing about like data protection and data mining and all that ****.

ps: Thanks for the free email service, Google.

MOH

Asus X540L wrote: »

I don't email any kiddy pictures or whatever so gmail is just fine for me.

They're more than welcome to mine the data of my emails. I really couldn't give a toss what they do with it and I really resent having to click I accept these cookies on every ****ing website I visit cause the tinhat bridage wouldn't STFU about stuff they know nothing about like data protection and data mining and all that ****.

ps: Thanks for the free email service, Google.

How nice for you. Oddly, many people who do know stuff about topics such as data mining and data protection feel quite differently. I hope you soon recover from the RSI incurred by clicking on all those dialog boxes. The internet would truly be a poorer place without your insightful wisdom.

Monotype

Maybe too many people realised that it was a good deal; the tiers have changed and this is now $15.

GalwayGaillimh

Monotype wrote: »

Maybe too many people realised that it was a good deal; the tiers have changed and this is now $15.

Yes they copped on and put it up to $15 still 25 Euro credit for 15$ is better than what protonmail offer even on Black Friday...but at 1$ was a steal :-)

Hang on can someone explain this to me? What do you use the €25 credit for? Isn't email free? I don't see the deal here.....

GalwayGaillimh

Remember if the product you use online is free it means you are the product...
Privacy online costs money these days unless you don't mind the data they harvest from your email account being sold to 3rd party's...

machiavellianme

GalwayGaillimh wrote: »

Remember if the product you use online is free it means you are the product...
Privacy online costs money these days unless you don't mind the data they harvest from your email account being sold to 3rd party's...

Also remember, if you haven't built it yourself from scratch, there's just as much chance that you are also the product, except you've paid handsomely for the privilege. Even if you pay cash for something, there's absolutely no guarantee that your data isn't mined with the rest, either by the hosts, their backers or hackers. The only difference here is that you've already highlighted that you have something to hide or that may be of interest by the fact that you are willing to pay for "privacy". False senses of security are worth their weight in aluminium foil!

GalwayGaillimh

machiavellianme wrote: »

Also remember, if you haven't built it yourself from scratch, there's just as much chance that you are also the product, except you've paid handsomely for the privilege. Even if you pay cash for something, there's absolutely no guarantee that your data isn't mined with the rest, either by the hosts, their backers or hackers. The only difference here is that you've already highlighted that you have something to hide or that may be of interest by the fact that you are willing to pay for "privacy". False senses of security are worth their weight in aluminium foil!

I guess that's possibly true...if it can be transmitted it can be received is the first rule of communications 😠As for having something to hide that's not the case no more than the next person but your email if compromised unlocks everything for a hacker...2 factor authentication definitely helps...

machiavellianme

GalwayGaillimh wrote: »

I guess that's possibly true...if it can be transmitted it can be received is the first rule of communications As for having something to hide that's not the case no more than the next person but your email if compromised unlocks everything for a hacker...2 factor authentication definitely helps...

Agreed.