We always like discover a new app and in this case it is ProtonMail, an email client that has become open source and that is great for us to make you known, which advocates privacy with that end-to-end so that emails are always encrypted both on the sender and the transmitter.
This email client has today one million users all over the world. It consists of a version for Android, iOS and web to be able to access our inbox from practically any device. Its mission is clear: to protect the privacy of users. Go for it.
ProtonMail becomes open source
The fact that now go open source It is more than important to make it clear that it is not only in encrypted contacts, VPN service and even end-to-end calendar called ProtonCalendar. The reality of putting your code on Github is to give even more clarity to your XNUMX million users who trust this client.
From his blog he has taken a post to make it clear that they advocate transparency and how they are serious about making themselves known, presenting their code and how they keep their code private. A great initiative that we have seen in other apps Renowned as Kiri Browser has been a week ago or the same Press SMS 4 months ago.
It is not the first Proton app to become open source. The web app was since 2015 so that later it was iOS. The ProtonMail Android app has been the last to put its code on Github. In fact, for the Android version, it hired an independent company to audit the app and find no vulnerabilities. The fact that the code is now on Github will allow third parties to keep an eye out for security and privacy flaws.
The best features of ProtonMail
ProtonMail is characterized by that privacy that is taken to the end-to-end for all your emails, end-to-end encryption compatible with OpenPGP, the emails are stored in encrypted format and not even the same app can read them. With these options for privacy it becomes an email client to take into account.
As a detail linked to safety, the ProtonMail servers are in Switzerland, a country known for having the strongest privacy laws in the world. In fact, ProtonMail itself allows us to create a new protonmail.com email address with automatic management of PGP keys.
And when we go to the mail management, ProtonMail offers us timers so messages can be destroyed Once sent, organize messages with gestures and those overriding labels, incoming push notifications, and sending password-encrypted emails to non-ProtonMail email addresses.
It has a interesting interface to the extent of what we can expect from a modern email client and from the feedback received, it is a client without many flaws, although it does have them. Of course, they are aware to quickly get in touch with users and thus resolve various errors.
Plus version of ProtonMail for € 4,00 per month
La free version offers us 500MB of storage, 150 messages sent per day, 20 labels, 1 address and limited support; more than enough for our day to day. But if we want something else we can go through the Plus version with € 4 per month; yes, you have free applications like Spark that offer all that, although perhaps not so dedicated to privacy.
These are its advanced features:
- 5GB storage
- 1000 messages sent per day
- Custom filters and labels
- Send encrypted messages to external recipients
- Use of own domain
- 5 addresses aliases
ProtonMail is an interesting email client that it has become open source on Android and that it is positioned as one to test, especially if we have those privacy needs.
