Should you trust vendors who use ProtonMail?

https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/6z6s5u/protnmail_not_what_it_stands_for_anymore/dmu7oih/

https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/83ju2f/protip_protonmail_is_not_what_it_seems_use_pop3/

Vendors using ProtonMail could be putting their customers at risk, if they are relying on ProtonMail's built in snake oil encryption.

Remember to always use GPG for all dark net related messages.


Comments


[8 Points] KnowsAboutShrooms:

Vendors using protonmail are looking for a reliable email service. Use PGP and rest easy.


[2 Points] KittyRow:

If they use pgp it's fine


[1 Points] savingfluffybunnies:

mhp with some wisdom https://www.reddit.com/r/DarkNetMarkets/comments/6v8kts/which_email_service_should_you_trust_none/

The only feature you should be interested in is if it's going to stay up and not disappear taking your emails and contacts with them. Any talks about encryption and not being able to read them should be taken with a grain of salt and at best, a bonus, not your first line of defense. When using email for DNM (or illegal in general) activities you should assume they are reading your emails, being hacked, logging IPs and are literally the FBI, just like the markets. Basically do these 4 things and you're golden.

PGP encrypt anything remotely sensitive

Use tor and preferably the sites onion

PGP sign all messages

Don't talk about yourself/life.

And just like that the issue of whether they are safe goes out the window. I just signed up for cock.li (more specifically cocaine.ninja lol), the same email grams uses, his real identity is known and he will comply with all warrants and fully admits it. Why is this a good thing? No false sense of security as I know I have to watch what I say, but I also know the site isn't gunna shut down suddenly due to LE pressure or intervention and I know it's not run by an amateur and riddled with bugs/exploits.

If you're using email for illegal activities properly how trustworthy they are shouldn't really matter.

Better yet, screw emails and switch to XMPP or bitmessage. Follow the same rules as before and you're double golden. Just my two cents on the matter.


[1 Points] JeffSessions_DNM:

Stock to Hotmail. Without a doubt.


[1 Points] RIP_Meth_9000:

I use Protonmail, but I still use PGP inside of the encryption they offer, same with my Tutanota account :-)


[1 Points] pmagician:

it's pretty much just steroid dealers who do this, but yeah