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> just a reminder that Fastmail is based in Australia. > However I would remind you that since Fastmail is based in Australia, its privacy is pretty limited.
by newscracker 4y ago
> just a reminder that Fastmail is based in Australia.
> However I would remind you that since Fastmail is based in Australia, its privacy is pretty limited.
And Fastmail’s data centers are in the U.S. I don’t know if they encrypt all data and logs at rest. They/the data centers could be compelled to hand over data to U.S. three-letter-agencies too, with an NSL (gag order).
- stjohnswarts 4y agoI'm sure the 3 letter orgs don't set up the paper trail for NSL until they need to for a court. They are scooping up all that stuff already, email/messaging is a goldmine of info too good to wait on warrants and such. Australia is a member of 5 eyes as well, so it's all basically the same, you can bet they all share information with little to no guard rails.
- neltnerb 4y agoCertainly an aspect of my willingness to switch was that email encryption end to end only worked with other protonmail users, and unencrypted emails in transit are already readable, and they could surely be compelled to capture my decryption password the next time I used it anyway. They're still subject to swiss law which isn't quite as libertarian as protonmail sometimes implies. I think that for most people (or at least me) the attacks that protonmail is good for aren't especially likely and can trivially be rendered useless by the kind of adversaries they would theoretically have worked against. Disclaimer: not a security expert, just based on my impressions. Sorry if I got any details wrong. At least fastmail isn't Gmail sending your info to marketers.