I’ve been using skiff. com for sometime, as they claim to be a fully privacy preserving app suite like GApps or proton. One thing I like is they provide 10GB storage even for free accounts, where proton eventhough much bigger provides only 500MB.

But that got me wondering… Are they trustworthy as proton? Is there a chanve they end up being a honeypot? Does data actually gets encrypted before sending to the servers in a trustworthy way?

  • Oliver Lowe
    11•10 months ago

    I’ve never heard of Skiff. Beyond studying the protocols and system design, here’s a couple of things off the top of my head to help:

    • Follow the money. Are they charging enough to not be tempted to sell data about their users?
    • Who is in charge? Have leadership demonstrated respect towards their user’s privacy in the past? See their About Us page
    • Read their privacy policy
    • Keep up-to-date. Lots of services start out with good intentions, but over time they get acquired, acqui-hired, big investments… and policies change.