For some reason I have it in the back of my mind that they were at one point accused of being a honeypot for US intelligence because of their association with MIT. Probably complete BS, but maybe not. Are they as open source as they claim to be? Looks like they’re on github. F-Droid seems to think they have some Google libraries or whatever that they use.
ProtonMail users, how do you like/dislike it?
They have open sourced their client software and libraries, but the core of what they provide is closed source software that runs on their servers.
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210710030151/https://twitter.com/ProtonMail/status/1309380464118030342
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https://libreddit.pussthecat.org/r/ProtonMail/comments/b847n7/it_has_been_7_months_since_protonmail_said_we_are/ejysilb/
Have a look at their Wikipedia article as well:
“The source code for the back-end remains closed source.[26][27] However, Proton Mail released the source code for the web interface under an open-source license.[28] Proton Mail also open sourced their mobile clients for iOS and Android,[29][30] as well the Proton Mail Bridge app.[31]”
Thanks!
I wouldn’t really call the BE service “core” to what they provide. All the truly interesting code is in the clients. The server just an email service that stores the email in an encrypted format and talks their custom API.
An open source ProtonMail back-end won’t help you in any way unless you’re trying to host PM yourself I guess?