V.T. Eric Layton Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 The Truth About Protonmail What think ye about this? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrke Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Shoot. Thanks a lot, Eric. I was already having a not-very-good day. I know--I won't shoot the messenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 Someone posted this on Diaspora earlier. It didn't "make" my day, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 I was warned off Protonmail ages ago but mainly because it's a spammers' hotspot. This makes me thankful I followed that advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 That's strange. I've NEVER, not once in three of four years, seen an email in my Inbox that could be classified as SPAM. . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 Josh, do you still use ProtonMail? Do you think this article is accurate? The best email security is just plain ol' PGP w/ Enigmail in Thunderbird. That bad part about that is you must get all your email chums to also use PGP or else it's worthless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 1 hour ago, V.T. Eric Layton said: That's strange. I've NEVER, not once in three of four years, seen an email in my Inbox that could be classified as SPAM. Spammers send from Protonmail, not especially to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturnian Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Interesting comments posted by "TauSigma5" here. Hm, I use ProtonMail. And I still use GMail, too. I guess I'm doomed. The phrase "privacy is an illusion" comes to mind. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlim Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 I have a protonmail address though I rarely use it. I guess this, in the article says it all Protonmail Developers Do Not Use Protonmail I'll see if Bruce Schneier has any remarks in next month's newsletter. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 5 hours ago, saturnian said: Interesting comments posted by "TauSigma5" here. Ah... see, that was one of my problems with this revelation. I could not find any corroborating news stories that didn't name this one source as their source. Good find @saturnian! Thanks. 5 hours ago, saturnian said: And I still use GMail, too. I have a very old Gmail account, but all I use it for is to receive newsletters and tech updates. I rarely Send from that account. 14 hours ago, sunrat said: Spammers send from Protonmail, not especially to it. Ah... gotcha'! 29 minutes ago, zlim said: I guess this, in the article says it all Protonmail Developers Do Not Use Protonmail Yup... but there again, I am very skeptical of the source of this story. So far, nothing public posted by ProtonMail to refute any of this. I'm pretty sure they're aware of it by now. Also, I figure I'm not going to become the next Ed Snowden any time soon, which reminds me of THIS excellent, but quite detailed and long, article re: ProtonMail. Peruse it. It may be worth your time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturnian Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 1 hour ago, V.T. Eric Layton said: Also, I figure I'm not going to become the next Ed Snowden any time soon, which reminds me of THIS excellent, but quite detailed and long, article re: ProtonMail. Peruse it. It may be worth your time. Thanks for that link! Interesting info in that review. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 5 hours ago, V.T. Eric Layton said: "20 hours ago, sunrat said: Spammers send from Protonmail, not especially to it." Ah... gotcha'! I've seen spam logs from Debian User Forums so not making that up Shame the forum software doesn't do nested quotes any more. Sometimes it is needed for the context. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 17 minutes ago, sunrat said: 17 minutes ago, sunrat said: Spammers send from Protonmail, not especially to it." 17 minutes ago, sunrat said: Ah... gotcha'! Shame the forum software doesn't do nested quotes any more. Sometimes it is needed for the context. Sure it does nested quotes. You have need to have the MAGIC, mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 2 hours ago, V.T. Eric Layton said: Sure it does nested quotes. You have need to have the MAGIC, mate. Spill the beans (magic beans? ). I can't work it out. Forums are hard difficult. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 Heh... when you highlight with your mouse a text in the post you want to quote, the "quote prompt" will pop up. Click it. When you have two or three quotes in your positing area, hover over them to expose an X move icon. Click it and move one quote into another to nest. Clear as mud, eh? Well, blame that on the bourbon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 Hmm... interesting. https://ctemplar.com/about/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 Seriously, though, Roger.... if that didn't make any sense, it's OK... it didn't make any sense to me either just now when I re-read it. I'll explain more plainly tomorrow when I'm sober. Rock on, my Down Under brother! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 @V.T. Eric Layton it made sense and I get it now. That's why I put a Thanks on your post. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 That nesting method definitely is NOT intuitive. I'd guess that probably 0 people had figured it out so far. I think I found out about it by accident while hovering over one of the quotes in my posting box. Well, now... I expect to see lots of nested quotes in your replies now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 On 12/19/2020 at 5:28 PM, V.T. Eric Layton said: Heh... when you highlight with your mouse a text in the post you want to quote, the "quote prompt" will pop up On 12/19/2020 at 2:16 PM, V.T. Eric Layton said: Sure it does nested quotes. You have need to have the MAGIC, mate. On 12/19/2020 at 9:59 PM, sunrat said: I get it now hey, not bad , not bad at all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted December 25, 2020 Author Share Posted December 25, 2020 Yes, but you're not "nesting" in the above post. You're just multi-quoting. To nest you have to drag one quote within the other... On 12/19/2020 at 4:56 PM, sunrat said: Shame the forum software doesn't do nested quotes any more. On 12/19/2020 at 5:16 PM, V.T. Eric Layton said: Sure it does nested quotes. You have need to have the MAGIC, mate. On 12/19/2020 at 8:11 PM, sunrat said: Spill the beans (magic beans? ). I can't work it out. On 12/19/2020 at 8:28 PM, V.T. Eric Layton said: Clear as mud, eh? Well, blame that on the bourbon. Now you're nesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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