On 05/05/2019 03:12 AM, Stefan Claas wrote: > Hi all, > > appologies for posting this, but I think it could > be of interest for GnuPG users, because ProtoMail > uses the OpenPGP protocol too. > > Some of you may have signed up with ProtonMail and > enjoy the service, due to it's ease of use and they > think they are anonymous, when using this service. > > At least ProtonMail says so on their main page. > > I have a different understanding of what anonymous > email is, because not only PGP usage but also the > use of anonymous email services is a hobby of mine > which I use since the mid 90's. > > O.k. lets get started with a little test (I did a > while ago): > > Fire up Tor browser and register at the ProtonMail > site for a free email account and use as a user > name a string from random.org. > > https://www.random.org/strings/ > > When ProtonMail ask you for verification (...????) > of your email account select SMS and use as > SMS service a free one like:
Well of course that's not anonymous! So what you do, if you want ~anonymity, is to use their Tor onion site. That doesn't ask for anything beyond an email address. <SNIP> _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
