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0 pointsdngray4y ago0 comments

> This is false - google stopped doing this for personal accounts many years ago.

Does seem to be the case https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jun/26/google-wi...

> (and never did for paid corporate).

We weren't talking about Workspaces.

However that said, people logged into gmail generally use google search so they get to use all the data collected from that and youtube videos you watch so I don't think it really matters too much. https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/7019460?hl=en

With ProtonMail they can't actually read the contents of your emails, even for law enforcement, whereas Google certainly would be able to hand over entire copies.

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jjcon4y ago

But if Protonmail can be compelled by a proxy foreign government to start logging an individuals IP, they could easily collect your decryption key and therefore your emails with a targeted attack as well.

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