Switch to Protonmail Reason #48: Make sensitive email less accessible to the provider that stores it
A provider is a powerful intermediary.
Encrypted Email
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Switch to Protonmail Reason #38: Give non-Proton contacts a secure way to reply to a password-protected message
A protected first message is only half a conversation if the response returns through ordinary email.
Switch to Protonmail Reason #37: Protect conversations with other Proton users without configuring PGP yourself
Security that requires elaborate setup is easy to postpone until after a sensitive exchange has already happened.
Switch to Protonmail Reason #26: Check a message's lock icon before assuming it was encrypted end to end
A secure-looking inbox does not mean every route to an outside recipient had end-to-end protection.
Switch to Protonmail Reason #21: Send password-protected encrypted mail to someone outside Proton
Ordinary email to another provider may be readable by that provider.
Switch to Protonmail Reason #5: Reduce what your email provider can disclose about message contents
A provider cannot casually hand over readable stored contents it does not possess in readable form.
Switch to Protonmail Reason #3: Protect stored messages received from outside providers with zero-access encryption
An outside sender may use ordinary email, but that does not mean the copy in your long-term mailbox should remain readable to your provider.
Switch to Protonmail Reason #2: Automatically encrypt messages sent between Proton users end to end
Private correspondence should not require every sender to become a cryptography expert.
Switch to Protonmail Reason #1: Keep your stored mailbox from becoming a readable corporate dossier
Years of receipts, family notes, and account messages can disclose the shape of a life.