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E2E is mentioned in the article as a target for few of the alternatives mentioned but how do you trust these companies to build the E2E tech safely unless it is
by actuator 5y ago
E2E is mentioned in the article as a target for few of the alternatives mentioned but how do you trust these companies to build the E2E tech safely unless it is open and if not E2E, I would trust them way less than big companies like Google to keep my data safe as data security is hard. Almost every other day some service gets breached.
If ads on Gmail are a concern, it is mentioned briefly in the article, you can get Google Workspace for yourself as a single user. It is way cheaper than the alternatives as well and after trying out Hey last year, I personally prefer Gmail.
Here is an excerpt from Google's workspace page (https://workspace.google.com/security https://workspace.google.com/security):
> No ads, ever. Google does not collect, scan, or use your data in Google Workspace services for advertising purposes and we do not display ads in Google Workspace. We use your data to provide Google Workspace services, and for system support, such as spam filtering, virus detection, spell-checking, capacity planning, traffic routing, and the ability to search for emails and files within an individual account.
- mark_l_watson 5y agoI used to do this, but stopped. The deal breaker for me was that I use my personal gmail account to buy Google Play books, TV shows, and movies. I have YouTube subscriptions. Etc… I found switching between Google accounts irritated me.
- MiddleEndian 5y agoGoogle has always been really weird with accounts. Back when they were still pushing Google+, I could not register with my Google Apps account because it didn't end in @gmail.com lol. I have a permanently grandfathered free plan, but if I were paying for it and I cared about Google+, I would have been pissed.
- voisin 5y agoI concur. I just moved away from Nest because they stopped supporting accounts that don’t end in gmail.com. It’s pure madness. I’ll never buy another Google hardware device again.
- shadowangel 5y agoGmail is not workspaces. Gmail is designed for ease of use the default security policy is very poor and easily abused.