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It's a particularly small note in an otherwise huge story, yet it has major implications.īut how exactly does ProtonMail work? What exactly does self-destructing email mean? Here are all your ProtonMail questions, answered. "So you send them, and after they've been read, two hours later they disappear." "We set our ProtonMail emails with a self-destruct timer," he continued. "I'd like you to set up a ProtonMail account, please," Nix said, "because these are, now it's getting quite sensitive." The firm set emails to self-delete after two hours and urged clients to use the service as well, per footage captured of former CEO Alexander Nix talking to a journalist posing as a would-be client. Facebook's latest scandal knocked $40 billion off its market valueĬambridge Analytica - the data analytics firm that came under fire this weekend for maliciously collecting information on 50 million Facebook users - reportedly used a self-destructing, encrypted email service called ProtonMail to cover its tracks, covering up correspondence between the company and third parties, according to a Channel 4 News investigation (Opens in a new tab) published Wednesday.
