• WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Protons’ copy is always encrypted. E2EE doesn’t apply when the recipient is on an external mail server (unless you explicitly encrypt it with their public PGP key).

    This still provides the major benefit of encrypting your email archive, and protection from data breach.

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      1 month ago

      Or from Police forcing them to provide data. Because all they can provide is encrypted data.

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      1 month ago

      I’m not well versed in encryption, can’t they just decrypt them at will? When I use their webmail I just login, I don’t provide any decryption pass