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I also use Fastmail and I am a happy customer. My eyes are open. I make no assumption that my mail is private. I think the email analogy is actually very acc

by mulmen 3y ago

I also use Fastmail and I am a happy customer. My eyes are open. I make no assumption that my mail is private. I think the email analogy is actually very accurate. It’s as secure as postal mail. Maybe slightly more secure than a post card. I’m happy to be supporting a slightly smaller provider. I don’t have to admin anything and I still feel like I’m contributing to an open ecosystem. Plus I own my domain so I can always change providers. I have made peace with the compromise.

greyface- 3y ago
I'm in essentially the same place. I do wish their marketing pages didn't make such strong claims of privacy - it's an impossible promise. https://www.fastmail.com/fast-private-email/ https://www.fastmail.com/fast-private-email/
- mulmen 3y ago
  “We’re more private than Gmail” doesn’t have the same ring even if it’s true.
  - Andrex 3y ago
    That's honestly kinda table stakes for anyone attempting to spin up a new email provider. Being slightly better than the incumbent doesn't make it attractive enough to switch for most people.
prussia 3y ago
Well, it's a lot easier to automatically scan and store emails than postcards (eg, flagging all emails with certain keywords or in certain languages)... I guess nowadays they can use OCR to scan postcards, but that would be of doubtful value to any of the 3 letter agencies.
- mulmen 3y ago
  The USPS literally scans and stores all mail sent through the USPS.
  - kayodelycaon 3y ago
    And it's a feature, their Informed Delivery service will send those scans to you in an email.
  - tristan957 3y ago
    All they get are equivalent to email headers. They don't know what's in the box or envelope unless you've had to declare it with them for some reason.