• drascus@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    17 hours ago

    Probably just whatever the public metadata is. metadata is super powerful especially if you have a lot of it. if the email was protonmail to protonmail they will get nothing. If it’s gmail to protonmail they will know that user X is talking to User Y in gmail. They will also have the email header information which is basically just going to be clear text. so they can still ascertain who you know, who you are talking about, and maybe a bit about what the conversation has to do with.

    • EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      8 hours ago

      Oof, yeah I forgot about the metadata… What you say is certainly true and is worrisome.

      Plus, most people who use email don’t use encrypted email so even if they can’t get a transcript of a conversation from my account, they can certainly get everything from the other account if they also scrape that platform.