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Andy Yen, the CEO of Proton, had a message for an employee in the company’s security Slack channel who urged the company to at least take a few days to pentest newly written code before pushing it live. “That’s bullshit and loser thinking. Of course it’s possible to be fast and secure,” Yen wrote in the channel at the end of August. “Stop thinking always of how to be slower, and focus more on how to be faster.”

In a follow-up message, Yen reiterated his point: “only losers think like that.” His ultimate message for the team was to “stop lovingly handcrafting all our code and use AI more.”

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[-] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Tuta, funnily enough, makes it very hard to send encrypted mail to people who aren't also using tuta. Maybe also look at Mailbox.org and Posteo. They have a lot less marketing/hype/fearmongering compared to tuta and Proton, but have similar features regarding encryption and security, with less walled-garden like restrictions.

[-] MrsDoyle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I just took mailbox.org for a spin and wasn't impressed, I have to say. No apps, which I can live with, I guess. There was an option for installing the various functions as apps - but apparently Firefox isn't compatible. So sadly it's a no from me, I need a bit more functionality from a paid service.

[-] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 23 hours ago

I don't want/need an app, and would say that there are more than enough mail clients on all platforms.

If you want one, though, I can see why this is a no-go.

[-] Ekpu@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I can give +1 for posteo. I have my posteo adress some years allready.

[-] plud_klem@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

Do you have experience with the office software or cloud drive from Mailbox.org? Proton’s spreadsheet app can’t even handle my modest flashlight collection and their Drive won’t mount as a drive on my Linux machine.

[-] FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 hours ago

For something like a personal flashlight collection, you might try LibreOffice Calc. Esp since you mentioned using your Linux machine. I use librecalc for random things kinda like what you described. It works great, and your files stay local.

[-] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 23 hours ago

No, I just let them run the mailserver, both the mail clients and all other Web applications we need are hosted by us.

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