thoughtcrimeboss on Nostr: I spun up a new protonmail address over TOR like I've done many times before and was ...
I spun up a new protonmail address over TOR like I've done many times before and was immediately told my account was restricted and couldn't be used to sign up for third party services until I either verified a phone number, another email address, or paid money.
So I tried fastmail's 30 day free trial and my account was also restricted but only so that I couldn't send emails. I was able to use it to sign up for the service I needed.
I wonder if Proton and Fastmail are doing this for non TOR users or just TOR....
Published at
2026-10-27 05:43:18 UTCEvent JSON
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