“Neither message nor key are stored on ProtonMail’s servers, so there’s no way for government to get their hands on them, even with a court order.”
Hahaha! That’s exactly what someone looking to get access would want you to believe.
The truth is, the NSA can intercept traffic from one point to another along the internet, they don’t need to pull the mail directly from any server. Or, they could just hack into one of the user’s computers and install spyware. Then they could get the passwords from a keylogger, or get screenshots of the mail as the user read them.
There is no such thing as absolute security if you are plugged into a public network, and anyone who tells you different is misleading you.
When a communist country is seen as a safer haven for privacy and financial security, maybe it is a time to take a serious look at yourself. Kind of like when your bartender talks to you about joining AA.
I’m waiting for StatMail to go public.
https://beta.startmail.com/
The worst of it is companies are being forced to (cooperating) hand over personal information including profiles to the feds and are being protected by gag-orders.
Nothing is safe online, not even TOR. Your emails and browsing habits are scanned and profiled. Even Amazon shopping is profiled for the FEDS.
One week after buying hydroponic equipment for a hobby, I found two Sheriffs in my 5 acre wooded backyard claiming to be investigating smoke — which was an obvious lie as it stormed heavily recently and everything was soaked. They were actually in the fenced portion.
“government approval to encrypt emails.”
This is the problem - thinking that the all powerful government can approve or disapprove use of email.
“When we pressed the PayPal representative on the phone for further details, he questioned whether ProtonMail is legal and if we have government approval to encrypt emails.”
What effin business is it of yours, the givernment or anyone else how I communicate?
You don't think that the NSA has 'Einstein-level' cryptologists and mathematicians? They're fooling themselves.
PGP was the best military grade encryption available to the average consumer. I'm sure the NSA can probably break that by brute force or other methods. Anything built by man can be undone by men.