Have people noticed how much popretary java code ProtonMail requires when using a web browser for email?
Also, why the required login on their free VPN service if they are all about privacy and encryption? Why do they want someone’s network traffic in order to use their free VPN?
Over the past 6 months my suspicion grows bigger and bigger of who is behind Proton, the agenda behind starting the service, and how it caught on? Why don’t free encrypted anti-government services catch on?
Until ProtonVPN removes login requirement and release VPN server code under open source license like RiseupVPN or CalyxVPN which are anonymous VPN’s, no account, I will choose to treat Proton like a spy agency.
OP, I think you need to articulate your concerns more appropriately, because I see a huge gap in the OPSEC perceptions here between you and regular users. Are you a user who uses the stricter kinds of email providers with no webmail, or are you a regular webmail client user like others? Are you approaching this from a “spy agency” POV, while being vague about ownership questions?
If you are so concerned, go use Riseup or some other email provider. Or provide better arguments against ProtonMail, like articles from Moon of Alabama.