The author shares their experience with Proton encrypted email, where suddenly emails from friends and family started arriving as PGP encrypted messages. They investigate Proton’s encryption process and discover that Proton automatically encrypts emails based on keys found in the OpenPGP Web Key Directory, even without user consent. The author questions the privacy implications of this automatic encryption and successfully stops the encrypted emails by removing their key from the directory. They express confusion and concern over Proton’s encryption practices and invite others who have experienced similar issues to share their experiences at a provided link.
https://matduggan.com/why-cant-my-mom-email-me/