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Fastmail. I used mailfence for almost two years but was disappointed in their customer service. I tried out fastmail a couple of months ago and everything about

Fastmail. I used mailfence for almost two years but was disappointed in their customer service. I tried out fastmail a couple of months ago and everything about it is better/easier.

soraminazuki 5y ago
Most likely the OP wants to switch from Fastmail, an Australian service.
- auslegung 5y ago
  I wasn’t aware. But does it make a difference where the company is based? I’m asking in more objective terms rather than the OP’s preference where they may be “voting with their wallet.” Email is an inherently unsafe communication medium. If you want it safe you need to encrypt the message with the recipient’s public key and your own private key, but that is hardly ideal.
  - atatatat 5y ago
    > But does it make a difference where the company is based? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_disclosures_(2013%E2%80%93present) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_disclosure...
    - auslegung 5y ago
      I'm well aware of how companies are in various governments' pockets, 5 eyes, global surveillance, Snowden, etc. Have I dropped enough names for you? I said, "Email is an inherently unsafe communication medium. If you want it safe you need to encrypt the message with the recipient’s public key and your own private key, but that is hardly ideal." There is nothing about email the way it is now that is safe. It doesn't matter where it is hosted. If my email is hosted in an underground bunker in Switzerland, but I'm sending emails to a gmail user.... If I want secure communication I need to use Signal.
  - soraminazuki 5y ago
    I believe it still does make a difference. Email has transformed greatly in the past 10+ years. What has primarily been a communication medium has now become a key to our online identities. As our online identities gain further importance in real life, it is critical more than ever that we protect our email accounts both technically and legally. The technical aspect has been improving with more emails encrypted in transit using TLS, so email being inherently unsafe is only half true. We also need to care about the legal aspect too, and it makes sense to avoid email providers operating in countries without legal protection for users.
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Fastmail. I used mailfence for almost two years but was disappointed in their customer service. I tried out fastmail a couple of months ago and everything about it is better/easier.

soraminazuki 5y ago

Most likely the OP wants to switch from Fastmail, an Australian service.

auslegung 5y ago
I wasn’t aware. But does it make a difference where the company is based? I’m asking in more objective terms rather than the OP’s preference where they may be “voting with their wallet.” Email is an inherently unsafe communication medium. If you want it safe you need to encrypt the message with the recipient’s public key and your own private key, but that is hardly ideal.
- atatatat 5y ago
  > But does it make a difference where the company is based? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_disclosures_(2013%E2%80%93present) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_disclosure...
  - auslegung 5y ago
    I'm well aware of how companies are in various governments' pockets, 5 eyes, global surveillance, Snowden, etc. Have I dropped enough names for you? I said, "Email is an inherently unsafe communication medium. If you want it safe you need to encrypt the message with the recipient’s public key and your own private key, but that is hardly ideal." There is nothing about email the way it is now that is safe. It doesn't matter where it is hosted. If my email is hosted in an underground bunker in Switzerland, but I'm sending emails to a gmail user.... If I want secure communication I need to use Signal.
- soraminazuki 5y ago
  I believe it still does make a difference. Email has transformed greatly in the past 10+ years. What has primarily been a communication medium has now become a key to our online identities. As our online identities gain further importance in real life, it is critical more than ever that we protect our email accounts both technically and legally. The technical aspect has been improving with more emails encrypted in transit using TLS, so email being inherently unsafe is only half true. We also need to care about the legal aspect too, and it makes sense to avoid email providers operating in countries without legal protection for users.

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