Surprise: Proton wants us to add tracking links to our website. That is an odd ...

2026-05-22 15:19:20 CEST

Surprise: Proton (npub19kd…t56d) wants us to add tracking links to our website. That is an odd suggestion coming from a “privacy” company. Should we take their bribe?

We get a lot of weird suggestions by e-mail but only one company (#nordvpn) tried to bribe us before: https://fedifreu.de/@switchingsoftware/114223190053914164

#proton #protonmail #protontracking #tracking #affiliateMarketing #pricacy #privacywashing

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wss://relay.momostr.pink

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2026-05-22 15:19:20 CEST

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