Should I convince my mother to switch to ProtonMail? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by mypasswordis1234@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Hey, My mother is a non-technical person, she's a sole trader. She has been using Google services for many years and is probably used to them. A few months ago, I was able to convince her to set up an online password manager and calendar (up until now, she had been saving all her passwords in a handy paper calendar).

Should I convince her to withdraw from Google services? If so, how should I do it so as not to put too much pressure on her?

Thanks for all the answers.

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[-] ooli@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

ProtonMail had a non removable signature ad at the end of every mail you write (could be a deal breaker), last time I checked.

Good luck trying to have her abandon Google anyway

[-] nitneroc@lemmy.one 15 points 1 year ago

It's only for the free tier, and it's removable, just a little annoying cause you have to do it every time you write a mail.

[-] ooli@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I envy your patience if it is just a little annoying for you. I could send 2 mail before deleting the account I had just planned to be my new main email account

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

I agree with you. If I weren't already paying for other services, I wouldn't be able to tolerate that.

[-] Arbitter@mastodon-belgium.be 5 points 1 year ago

@ooli @mypasswordis1234 you can't remove it from your signature but you can remove it when composing an email.

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