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They represent vastly different philosophies. Fastmail is direct alternative to Gmail with good UI and UX but they're based in Australia and against message enc
by Leace 7y ago
They represent vastly different philosophies. Fastmail is direct alternative to Gmail with good UI and UX but they're based in Australia and against message encryption as it impacts their UX (for example it's not possible to index encrypted messages). Protonmail is an OpenPGP company (they directly invest in OpenPGP.js) but have issues supporting other standards. For example IMAP/SMTP is available only through a bridge.
- robin_reala 7y agoThey’re based in Aus, but their servers are in the US (which is why I decided against switching from GMail to them in the end, and picked someone a little more local).
- Whatitat90 7y agoThat means their servers cannot be directly accessed but since they're based in Australia the company can be compelled to install decryption software without notifying anyone. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW-OMR-iWOE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW-OMR-iWOE
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- arosier 7y agoFull text search will be coming to ProtonMail later this year (already available using the bridge).