Egyptian “telecom companies” blocked proton.me domain, which belongs to the famous encrypted e-mail service.
we recommend using a VPN to connect to their services. In this case, you can use the ProtonVPN service, making sure that the connection is activated via the Stealth protocol.
As of June 4, we had received, via our helpline, complaints about the inability to access the website or connect to the applications of the e-mail service.
On our part, we conducted several tests that showed that the site was blocked using dpi technology (deep packet inspection), which is a technical tool used to block websites in Egypt, which meaning that the attempt to connect to the website does not leave “The digital borders of Egypt” at all, with another explanation: Internet communication is done through “packets”. This tool checks these packets and blocks packets that contain a connection to services that have been blocked from inside Egypt.
Proton is a company founded in 2013 in Switzerland. It provides several services, most notably an encrypted email service. It is one of the most private and secure email services currently available. It is characterized by end-to-end email encryption, a technology that ensures that Emails are only read by the original sender and recipient, and no other party, including ProtonMail itself, can access the content of the messages.
ProtonMail also provides a free and paid VPN service that provides users with the ability to protect their online privacy and secure their communications by encrypting traffic and hiding the real IP address. It also supports connection from within countries that warn contact with VPN services, so it is a good option to access blocked services.
