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As the saying goes if it seems to be good to be true it is. But I wanted to be hopeful maybe just once more that maybe something could be great. Encrypted email with an unlimited sized inbox ?!!? Yes please !!!

Welp sadly it seems it’s once again to good to be true.

I made an account just to see how it was. I was immediately greeted with link to buy their premium for a year, using my initial email I selected. When I finally figured out how to say no I was able to use my “backup option” for free. I found this all too off putting. But no matter I wanted to keep going, maybe it’s just bad UI.

Moved onto my tracker test using a standard browser. And sadly it failed immediately. On the main info site atomic mail tries to use 6 trackers. Within the login / inbox they try to throw on another 3, one of their own scripts (maybe innocuous) and two from cloud flare. Those trackers are Google related !

For the privacy email they claim had no tracking I found this sinister.

I immediately deleted my account.

Unless someone can speak up to what those trackers are and why I shouldn’t worry I’ll recommend everyone avoid it.

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[–] glitching@lemmy.ml 1 points 36 minutes ago

I automatically assume I'm in an adversarial position vs such a thing and don't care what kinda shit they try to pull - they're met with the full arsenal of privacy enhancing tools at my disposal.

as for me, an email provider that asks for no backup email or other verification methods can come useful in everyday life, thanks for mentioning them.

don't like the email domain, the UX is nothing to write home about, and they're obnoxious with the upsale pitch, but with a few tweaks here and there this can be useful for signups, transactional emails, and the like.

[–] badgrandpa@lemmy.world 18 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Keeponstalin@lemmy.world 11 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I had a feeling from the asshole style logo

Seriously, why is it always an asshole?