Before I miss it. Here are the "good guys" at work (paywall): https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/technology/google-surveillance-toddler-photo.html https://www

Before I miss it. Here are the "good guys" at work (paywall): https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/technology/google-surveillance-toddler-photo.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/technology/google-surveil... We can see "AI" at work. And even if a human checks it you are doomed, because you don't fit in the business plan. Therefore never upload private data on a strangers computer. The cloud is by definition a strangers computer! It is nice that you can find your lost phone with their website but you shall not store any private data on the computer of someone else. If you want keep data in sync across multiple devices multiple providers providers and tools allow for that: * https://syncthing.net/ (recommend: everyone) * https://git-scm.com/ (recommend: it-professionals) * https://mailbox.org (recommend: everyone, including mail, calendar, contacts, notes) * https://posteo.de/ (see above) * https://nextcloud.com (recommend: hobby and it-professionals) The situation changes somewhat if you pay with money for service instead with data. Now you are the customer and not the people working with your data. Shared-Hosting usually comes with readily usable E-Mail and other stuff, sometimes with automatic setup of nextcloud or similiar. Does someone have recommendations for US based E-Mail providers which are reliable and "not free"?