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#3 "We do use a third party to operate our email service, so we remind you to carefully read #1 again." #1 "If privacy is of utmost concern, we recommend that

#3 "We do use a third party to operate our email service, so we remind you to carefully read #1 again." #1 "If privacy is of utmost concern, we recommend that you refrain from communicating any personal data to us since plain-text email is not a safe media for communication. If necessary, use PGP-encrypted email." So, it sounds like emails are stored on a third-party server, encrypted or not? This is sort of unavoidable for email as I understand it.

ajklsdhfniuwehf 5y ago
most email protocol depends on plain text changing hands along the way. if you care about privacy and even considers plain text email... i don't even know what to suggest you.
risho 5y ago
sorry when i say they dont collect emails, i mean they don't collect your email address. they don't know your email when you use their service. your "username" is just a random string of numbers. there is no email. there is no password. i dont know anything about how they store their personal email stuff. since they don't have my email address and i've never needed to send them an email, i'm not particularly worried about it. i should have been more clear though (and i updated my original comment to reflect this)
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gumby 5y ago
> So, it sounds like emails are stored on a third-party serve...This is sort of unavoidable for email as I understand it. They don’t have to store the mail on a third party server. Email is by definition stored, at least until you retrieve it, so that’s unavoidable. They could use some public key scheme where they encrypt incoming mail and only the user could decrypt it, but it definitely would be a lot of work. A read buffer’s worth of plaintext would exist briefly in their server’s RAM. I suspect this is more work than any but a tiny number of users would want to deal with.

ajklsdhfniuwehf 5y ago

most email protocol depends on plain text changing hands along the way. if you care about privacy and even considers plain text email... i don't even know what to suggest you.

risho 5y ago

sorry when i say they dont collect emails, i mean they don't collect your email address. they don't know your email when you use their service. your "username" is just a random string of numbers. there is no email. there is no password. i dont know anything about how they store their personal email stuff. since they don't have my email address and i've never needed to send them an email, i'm not particularly worried about it. i should have been more clear though (and i updated my original comment to reflect this)

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gumby 5y ago

> So, it sounds like emails are stored on a third-party serve...This is sort of unavoidable for email as I understand it. They don’t have to store the mail on a third party server. Email is by definition stored, at least until you retrieve it, so that’s unavoidable. They could use some public key scheme where they encrypt incoming mail and only the user could decrypt it, but it definitely would be a lot of work. A read buffer’s worth of plaintext would exist briefly in their server’s RAM. I suspect this is more work than any but a tiny number of users would want to deal with.