Switch to Protonmail Reason #34: Keep correspondence about health, finances, or legal matters encrypted in storage
Messages about a diagnosis, debt, or a dispute can remain in a mailbox for years.
Why this matters
Messages about a diagnosis, debt, or a dispute can remain in a mailbox for years. Privacy is easier to defend before this information is collected than after it has spread.
The protection
Proton's zero-access storage limits provider access to message bodies and attachments.
Take action
Use the encrypted mailbox for future sensitive records, while checking whether the other party's provider retains a readable copy. Email protection depends on the route and settings. Ordinary mail involving outside providers is not automatically end-to-end encrypted, and email metadata is not universally hidden.
Sources
- Categories: Proton Mail
- Tags: #Digital Self-Defense, #Proton Mail, #Email Privacy, #Sensitive Mail