Proton Mail is famous for its privacy and security. The cool trick they do is that not even Proton can decode your email. That’s because it never exists on their systems as plain text — it’s always…
For most people this‘ll be, so what? — they still trust Google and Microsoft with all their stuff. But Proton’s whole pitch was much more than that. And Lumo walks that back a long way.
Proton’s Lumo chatbot is a pile of openwashing and securitywashing using Proton Mail’s previously solid reputation to sell you something where the security is: cross your fingers and trust us.
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