[tor-talk] Proton Mail and Tutanota - not exactly Tor friendly.

[Mirimir]

On 05/03/2016 04:29 AM, blobby at openmailbox.org wrote:
> On 2016-05-03 01:34, Mirimir wrote:
>> On 05/02/2016 02:41 PM, blobby at openmailbox.org wrote:
>>> I signed up for Proton Mail only to be asked for SMS validation (just as
>>> Gmail does). Tutanota did not ask for SMS checks, but my account has
>>> been suspended for up to 48 hours while they manually check it (which
>>> doesn't sound too unreasonable since it's free). However, both these
>>> services proclaim they are pro-privacy but they are more or less
>>> anti-Tor.
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Tutanota has nuked accounts that I've created via Tor.
> 
> How do you mean "nuked"? Existing accounts just vanish? Or you are never
> allowed to send / receive mail?

I mean that the account is gone the next day.

> Openmailbox (which I am using now) used to allow signups via Tor but now
> any form of Tor or VPN signup is banned.

That's better, in a way :)