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Privacy-wise, all your emails are stored in Germany, and govt can just flip the switch at any time and just confiscate the servers.
by linhns 3y ago
Privacy-wise, all your emails are stored in Germany, and govt can just flip the switch at any time and just confiscate the servers.
- byyll 3y agoAnd privacy-wise, the data can be encrypted.
- hnarn 3y agoSo what? The assumption is that the data is encrypted at rest. If your threat model is "physical seizure by a nation state" then obviously you shouldn't be storing your encrypted data at a SaaS provider in a location out of your control anyway, but I don't see why it would be a reasonable assumption by default that Tuta willingly uses weak (or no) encryption.
- byyll 3y ago> I don't see why it would be a reasonable assumption by default that Tuta willingly uses weak (or no) encryption. Quite the opposite even, according to them at least. They are one of the first pioneering post-quantum encryption in email.
- nicce 3y agoIt does not matter where the emails are stored if you have zero trust policy and use proper encryption protocols.