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Help me with an email provider! (lemmy.nerdcore.social)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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Hello, I've been looking into email providers. I'm not an activist, just a regular user concerned over privacy.

I used CTemplar in the past until it shut down. Had a cockli email and although it isn't Google the privacy isn't stellar either. I tried to get into Proton, but being unable to use Thunderbird on he free plan was a massive turn-off for me since I like switching easily between different accounts.

After a bit of searching the following came across for me as the best services: [free] Autistici, PARANOID, Disroot. [paid] Posteo, Elude.

Assuming I theoretically got invites for all the free services (they're all reliant on manual approvation), which one would you recommend?

@edit: After reading a bit on the free services, I decided that I will choose them in a Disroot > Autisci > PARANOID order of priority,

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[–] 2 points 3 years ago

I have used mailbox.org before migrating to my own server. Pretty solid.

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    [–] 1 point 3 years ago*

    I'm not sure what the official advice is but, I've been pretty happy with Proton Mail. They have a free and several tiers of paid options.

    I missed the line about proton. I've seen others be successful with thunderbird but idk there may be some breaking things going on.

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    [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Proton Mail, Tutanota or Skiff would be my recommendations.

    Nowadays my daily e-mail provider is Skiff.

    Can’t link to Thunderbird but that’s the price to pay for E2EE. Personally I’m fine with that but I understand that my needs are different from every other person.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 years ago

    Proton retains your data definitively, and although it is encrypted, they're the ones who generate your encryption key as well. If they want to act maliciously, they are totally able to. Also can't register using a VPN or Tor without giving personable identifiable info. Tutanota has the second problem as well.

    Skiff collects the pages you visited before using their webmail - creepy:

    Automatic Data Collection. In order to protect you and our platform from malicious activity and to prevent fraud, we may collect certain information automatically when you use our Services, such as your Internet protocol (IP) address (temporarily), user settings, and Skiff-provided authentication cookies. We may also temporarily collect information regarding your use of our Services, such as pages that you visit before, during and after using our Services, the frequency and duration of your activities, and other information about how you use our Services.

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    • [–] 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Mailbox or Migadu

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    • [–] 0 points 3 years ago

    Form all the services I picked tutanota. They have their values and you have to pay a little bjt overall they seem likeca solid company.

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    [–] 0 points 3 years ago*

    Can second what /u/GreatWhiteBuffalo41 said. I've been a free user of ProtonMail for years now, since they're beta years. Their service is solid. Their development cycle may be S L O W but their product is fucking STABLE.

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