Web User - UK (2019-12-11)

Workshop2

54 11 -26December2019

Keep your email secure

with ProtonMail 4

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Youcanlink ProtonMail withProtonVPN. InSettings,click

the ProtonVPN category.^1 If youdon’t havethe VPN

installed,selectyourOS^2 and download it,^3 then use

the onscreen credentials^4 tosign in, linking the accounts.

If you’reconnectingtoProtonVPN withadifferentclient,

the detailsyouneedarein the OpenVPN/IKEv2 section.^5

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Thefirstmajor change in ProtonMail4isaredesigned

Settings menu.It’scleaner, moreintuitiveand should be

fastertouse than the oldversion.Clickthe icon in the bar

alongthetop^1 todisplayahandy sidebar of categories.^2

Thesame settings arealso displayedonthe main page,^3

soyoudon’tneedtohuntaroundforthe options.

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Thesettings nowinclude anAccount Overview.This

appearsatthetopofthe home screen andcontains

details ofyour username,recovery email, two-factor

authentication and Proton product management.^1

Alternatively,gotoAccount^2 and usethetoggleswitches

toeasilycontrol and manageyour account.

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Another newfeatureduetolaunchsoonis the abilityto

customise ProtonMail’sappearance.For now,togiveyour

inboxanewlook,gotoSettings, Appearance.^1 Here,

youcanswitch the layout,^2 turn onStickyLabels^3 and select

HTML or plaintext inComposer Mode.^4 Atthefootofthe

pageis theoptiontocustomiseyourowntheme using CSS.

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eepingyourdataprivateisn’talwayseasyonline.Even

ifyourcomputerisarmedwithtopsecurityadd-ons,

youcanstillleakinformationwithoutknowingit–

especiallyviaemail,whichdespiteitspopularityiswoefully

unsecure.Whenstandardemailproviderscan’tbetrusted,

itcouldbetimetoswitchtoProtonMail.

Weexplored thisfully encryptedemail provider backin

Issue 444(bit.ly/webuser444), andit’snowhad amajor

updateadding moreprivacy-focusedextrastoyour

inbox. Version4givesthedevelopersmorecontrol

overrolling outadditional features so this betais part

of anongoing process. InthisWorkshop,we

examinethe newfeatures you can try right now,

and those coming downthe pipeline.

ProtonMail:beta.protonmail.com | 20 mins | Any browser

SteveClarksays

Thebasic ProtonMailaccount is totally

free touse.Aswith thefree ProtonVPN,

it won’t compromise your securitybut

therearelimitations.For instance,you

can onlysendup to1 50 messagesaday

and createthree folders or labels, while

storage capacityiscapped at0.5GB. If

youwant the full Proton experience,

consider upgrading toaProtonMail Plus

or Professional subscription for between

£5 and£8amonth.

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