Izityhilelo zika-Edward Snowden zibe lutshintsho kwihlabathi lezonxibelelwano. Nangona sasingazi ngokupheleleyo ngobuntlola obunokwenzeka boorhulumente bethu, ukusukela ngoko ukukhusela ubumfihlo kokubini ekuphequluleni nakwi-imeyile, eye yaba yinto ephambili. Isikhangeli seTor siphumile ekungaziwa ukuba sibe sesona sikhangeli sisetyenziswa kakhulu ngabasebenzisi abanenkxalabo ngokhuseleko lwabo.
Inkxalabo yabasebenzisi malunga nokhuseleko lonxibelelwano lwabo yayisesinye sezixhokonxa zabaseki beProton Technologies, inkonzo yoguqulelo oluntsonkothileyo ye-imeyile ebifumaneka kuphela ngesikhangeli. Kodwa abafana baseProtonMail, bezazi iinkxalabo zabasebenzisi, bebesebenza kwiinyanga zamva nje ukuphuhlisa isicelo kuzo zombini i-iOS kunye ne-Android. Zombini ii-apps ngoku ziyafumaneka ukuba zikhutshelwe kwiivenkile zeapps ezifanelekileyo.
Okokuqala, kufuneka sikhumbule ukuba isicelo seProtonMail ayisosicelo se-imeyile esisinika ukhuseleko kunxibelelwano lwethu, kodwa endaweni yoko. Esi sisicelo semeyile sokulawula iakhawunti yethu ekhuselekileyo yenkonzo yakho yeProtonMail. Xa uvula isicelo, inyathelo lokuqala ekufuneka siyenzile, ukuba singabasebenzisi bale nkonzo, kukongeza idatha yeakhawunti yethu. Ukuba asikho, isicelo sisinika ithuba lokwenza iakhawunti entsha kule nkonzo.
Imiyalezo ethunyelwe ngesi sicelo iquka i-PGP encryption kwaye isebenze phantsi komgaqo-nkqubo othi "zero access", oko kukuthi, akukho ndlela yokufikelela kwii-imeyile ezithunyelwa phakathi kwee-akhawunti zenkonzo efanayo, ekubeni ii-imeyile zigcinwa zifihliweyo kwiiseva. Ukususela kwisicelo sinokuthumela ii-imeyile ngokukhuselekileyo ngokukhusela ii-imeyile nge-password kunye nokongeza umhla wokugqibela eya kuthi ngawo itshatyalaliswe nokuba ifundiwe okanye ayifundwanga. Ukuba umyalezo ukhuselwe igama eliyimfihlo, umamkeli we-imeyile uya kufumana i-imeyile enekhonkco lokuwuvula kodwa kufuneka azi igama eliyimfihlo. Ngokucofa ikhonkco, iphepha elikhuselekileyo leProtonMail liya kuvula ukufikelela kulo kwaye apho sinokuphendula khona.
Ngokusebenza, iProtonMail sisicelo se-imeyile esifana kakhulu nezo sele zifumaneka kwi-iPhone, kubandakanya nezandla zokulawula ii-imeyile ngokukhawuleza nangendlela elula. Inkonzo ye-imeyile efihliweyo yeProtonMail isimahla, kodwa yamkela iminikelo evela kubasebenzisi ukugcina inkonzo. IProtonMail ifuna ubuncinci iOS 8 kwaye ifumaneka ngesiNgesi kuphela. Iyahambelana ne-iPhone, i-iPad kunye ne-iPod Touch.
