ND Gmail confidential mode is not secure or private (protonmail.com)
356 points by rahuldottech 2461 days ago | 218 comments on HN ~lite vlite-2.0
Summary ~lite
Proton criticizes Gmail's confidential mode for lacking end-to-end encryption.
Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai-psq · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal · 2 evals
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Audit Trail 4 entries
2026-03-17 03:05 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.280 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-17 03:05 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive)
2026-03-17 02:57 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.34) - -
2026-03-17 02:57 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.34 (Moderate positive)
reasoning
Editorial stance discusses Gmail's security and privacy concerns, Transparency indicators are mostly visible.