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protonmail blocks account creation through tor (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by cookie019@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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so now proton completely blocking account creation through their onion adress? I have standard protection, javascript enabled. Time to swith for those who use this service as they are ditching tor and switzerland?

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[–] coffeetastesbadlikecoffee@sh.itjust.works 23 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

I previously commented I would write the support, now I actually read the docs first and found out why:

If you want to create an account over tor you can, just not via the clearnet URL, probably due to rate limiting by IP adress. However if you use their Onion Link as specified in this article by their support (https://proton.me/support/tor-setup) it works just fine (as far as I just tested). So great! Because using .onion services is far more secure than accessing clearnet over Tor anyway.

Here the url, verify it with the link in the support article tho: https://protonmailrmez3lotccipshtkleegetolb73fuirgj7r4o4vfu7ozyd.onion/

[–] cookie019@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

The onion link was used, please see my screenshot first...

[–] coffeetastesbadlikecoffee@sh.itjust.works 2 points 15 hours ago

Huh, that's wierd. Because it worked for me... they must be rate limiting Tor.

[–] EngineerGaming@retrolemmy.com 2 points 17 hours ago

I checked that (together with the clearnet link) a few times recently, got a nondescript error like "sorry something went wrong" every time.