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This is a big feature in terms of synchronization.
1) The mobile app does something similar: pulls from the phone contact.
2) For the desktop, once protonmail-bridge is done, you could use it with a 3rd party email client (e.g. thunderbird) which has access to the carddav contacts.
Nevertheless, adding such feature to the service as a whole would just make it more seamless and well integrated. Moreover, protonmail team already pitched a related feedback entry called "Carddav Server For Contacts (Synching Contacts)". This is the other way around, acting as a client.
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as much as a user would like it, it is just not feasible.
1) protonmail provides services, not commodities.
2) it's risky. as a company, protonmail can go to a different direction than you were hoping, and you're stuck with it for life.
3) to be economically feasible, it would have to be in sort of a insurance plan style, paying a premium price over some years. This would not be a popular choice
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ProtonMail offers encrypted contacts for both web and mobile applications (https://protonmail.com/blog/encrypted-contacts-manager/). Calendar and note functionality will be released in the future.
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vCard import/export for contacts is now implemented. what is left for synchronization is the ability to subscribe to a vcard server, such as an nextcloud instance.
using this, one would not have protonmail's encryption. however, such method is already in use for the mobile app, where the contacts are pulled from the phone's contacts. adding this to the webmail would be a nice touch.
This would be a wonderful feature! One of the things I'm still considering before really changing my email service.
Currently, "synchronization" of contacts can be partially done.
1) General: vCard import/export was recently implemented (with encrypted contacts for paid members).
2) Mobile: the app already pulls contacts from phone
3) Desktop: Protonmail-Bridge would allow usage with a third party client with synchronized contacts.
Providing a server (*and a client*) for carddav would make the synchronization more well integrated.
Wtih carddav *client*, one could sync it with e.g. nextcloud. One loses protonmail's encryption, but it is a nice feature, and the mobile app already pulls contacts from somewhere.
With carddav *server*, I agree with the comment of Bryce McNab: implement it nicely so that other software (such as android and thunderbird) can retrieve the data!