Exactly, don't use a other email as a backup. Also, your emails are not encrypted if you email outside of proton (of course).

i mean they provide a roadmap for bypassing the logging they were compelled to do. which is very nice of a large company. proton works as designed. it just doesn't change the fact theyre a trusted 3rd party.

All I read is they do what they can to keep users safe and protected? Your note suggest they do not?

They can’t because it’s a 3rd trusted party and whatever Switzerland govt asks them to handle they will do it.

Well.. still better than almost any other provider... Only if you are a very serious criminal you might get in trouble

I agree!

"[..] Therefore, the authorities were most likely targeting email contents which might have provided further incriminating evidence. The fact that Proton Mail was not able to hand over any messages even under legal order proves that our encryption works, and very likely will be of great assistance to the activist in this case. [..]" The best they can do is hand over "metadata" like your IP address and when you connected to their service, but probably not even that, because I doubt the keep logs. The can't hand over e-mail contents, because it's encrypted and you hold the key. They even give tips to mask your IP using tor and suggest not using gmail or any other public e-mail service to recover your account. I think your quite safe using their products.