AOSP GSI user here.
foxjaw It's the same thing with microG but you should read the info in our responses above.
foxjaw The FCM library used by the app and the server are the same closed source code with microG. microG itself has major privacy and security issues and you're still using a Google service with the same proprietary libraries and server. It's a misconception that apps cannot simply use Google services themselves directly and many of the libraries do that.
foxjaw It's better to just use Tutanota or sign up for Posteo.mailbox.org if you want IMAP. I do not like when a company that claims itself privacy focused still uses FCM to send push notification.
foxjaw Only for desktop through proton mail bridge.
Murcielago Beware that proton can write anything in their blog. As long as they don't back it up, we're never sure.
de0u Beware that anyone can write anything anywhere at anytime. As long as they don't back it up, we're never sure.
xYz do you know if the push notifications for Proton Mail
This was brought up in Proton's AMA 5 days ago to which their CTO, Bart Butler answered:
we anticipated this years ago, which is why we end-to-end encrypt all push notifications between our servers and users' devices. That said, we will continue to use Apple and Google push notifications when the services are available on the device because unfortunately they are favored heavily by the operating system in terms of performance and battery life. We are also developing an alternative push notification framework to support web, desktop, and de-Googled devices.
As for Tuta Mail....
and Tuta Mail are E2EE?
They published this on their blog back in 2020 and updated it 5 days ago too.
Tuta was already aware of this potential risk years ago and in 2017 we entirely replaced Google's notification services with our own push notification service. If you are using Tuta on Android, no push notification data is shared with Google. Your privacy is safe with us.
