Protonmail is an independent email provider with no ads, instead using a traditional monthly subscription business model.
You can follow them at:
➡️ @protonmail
Their website is at https://protonmail.com
They also have Fedi accounts for their VPN service (@protonvpn) and Calendar service (@ProtonCalendar).
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@protonmail @ProtonCalendar @protonvpn @FediFollows I suggest avoiding #ProtonMail until they fix their #CAPTCHA problem. Protonmail is forcing people to solve an #hCAPTCHA. And worse, it's occasional, so users may only encounter the CAPTCHA after they've distributed their @protonmail address to others, at which point users are trapped.
@resist1984 @protonmail @ProtonCalendar @protonvpn
I've been using Protonmail for several years and have never seen a captcha. I have no memory of it happening even once.
I'm not denying it has happened to you, but it probably isn't as widespread as your wording implies?
I have a paid account, maybe this is something related to free accounts?
@FediFollows @protonvpn @ProtonCalendar @protonmail I've also not seen CAPTCHAs for yrs which is likely due to that fact that #Google charges a fee to use #reCAPTCHA. It was very recent (like less than a month) that #Protonmail switched to a CAPTCHA that /generates/ revenue for them (hCAPTCHA), so expect them to become more common. Certainly they've placed the CAPTCHA trigger in a position of high frequency (at login not on sending).
@resist1984 @protonvpn @ProtonCalendar @protonmail
Most of the comments in the github discussion (https://github.com/ProtonMail/WebClient/issues/242) are in favour of hcaptcha over recaptcha.
If there's a problem with hcaptcha and you have a better alternative they should use, please tell them about it in the git thread I have linked to.
Not a developer, but get the impression from quick read of the thread that there is a lack of viable alternatives.
@FediFollows @protonmail @ProtonCalendar @protonvpn That's not what I consider an open discussion platform.. that's exclusive for MS #Github users. Github is not a good venue for FOSS tools with a security/privacy mission. Solving an hCAPTCHA or reCAPTCHA prior to /reading/ email is unacceptible. There are lots of CAPTCHA alternatives, but as users we seek alternatives to bad tools. E.g. Tutanota does not impose CAPTCHA upon login.
@protonvpn @ProtonCalendar @protonmail @FediFollows The CAPTCHA problem is an extension of another #Protonmail problem: there is no POP3 service. If users had pop3 service, there would be no CAPTCHA problem. Paying customers can get a "bridge" which perhaps circumvents the CAPTCHA, but users of gratis accounts do not have that option.
