Privacy now means privacy-nothing more, nothing less! ProtonMail is the new security guard’s name.

Privacy is a much sought-after celebrity. I call it a celebrity as its sightings are as rare as a celebrity is in real life as compared to reel. We all seek it, but none actually gets it. So once, one is assured (or, rather, duped) by the privacy policy stated by each and every website out there, we go on to sign up and enjoy the perks being offered by it, only to realize in time how susceptible it to attacks, are we.

And, this disloyalty on most service providers’ part stings more than a disloyal spouse. It stings and it bites back in time when a malicious person decides to access what is rightfully yours. The NSA reports, early this year shed light on names of such traitors who have played with the mass’s trust in the past (and are still at it).

In the wake of the uproar, a group of developers developed ProtonMail.

Another e-mail service provider, not again!

It’s not just another mail service provider, it is mail that is as secure as secure can get. Nobody can keep a tab on your movements as it uses end-to-end encryption. End-to-end encryption? The makers in time have access to the encryption data, but not the encryption key. And how was it possible? The makers decided to encrypt the data on the browser, by way of which the data is encrypted by the time it hits the server. Meaning? In simple words, the most important part takes place in your system which the creators and none of the poke-their-nose-in-other’s-business characters can access.

But, Gmail is somewhat akin to this, right?

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. Gmail, irrespective of its claims has both the lock and the key to it, that is,  the encrypted message and its key which assists it in decrypting the message. ProtonMail is nothing like that.

But encrypted email users need a tech brain, right?

Maybe with others, but not with Proton Mail! There is no tedious download and installation, one just has to sign up and the best part, it would smoothly function with other mail users (non- ProtonMail users, that is), as well.

Does privacy come for a price?

If you wish to shell out some cash then, yes, they have a paid account. But, they have a free account service, as well, which is as private as the paid ones. They (the creators) believe that privacy should be for all without any discrimination.

Compatibility and Credentials

Credentials they need none, neither do they need your IP address.
ProtonMail is compatible with every device you can boast of.

How do I know I would be secure in the future, as well?

You know, where are they based? America? No! EU? No!  They have strategically based themselves in Switzerland, which means no intervention from the nosy American and EU government bodies. The Swiss government has some strict laws when it comes to privacy. They have no track record of seizing and abusing records and tapes.

Rest assured and sign up for a Proton account today.