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Looking for email providers.

Hello all,

I'm looking to switch over to move privacy focused setup, so far i have a VPN, and will be making other changes. Is there any email providers that you know respect privacy, or how one would do this?

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  • Another plus one for Proton with your own domain.

    Self hosting sounds good, but it’s fraught with mines that if you don’t know what you’re doing can take from “can’t send email because my domains been back listed” to “everything in my network is now sending spam to the entire world”. Sure, many folks self hosting sounds with no issues, but the price for configuring something wrong can be steep and IMO is just not worth the trouble and risks when there are good options for encrypted, privacy protecting email services for a reasonable price.

  • I use Posteo. Their privacy policy seems to be more sane than the others, with riseup and disroot coming in first and second, but I'd rather not use email providers that present themselves as a "safe" place for activists and journalists.

  • Use end-to-end encrypted email if the people you're emailing are willing to set that up (not hard, but a lot of people have learned helplessness when it comes to tech), and/or you could host your own email. I don't think there's much point to looking for an email provider that "respects privacy" because that's simply working on a pinkie promise that they don't read your unencrypted emails. I suppose it's better if they claim they don't read your emails, than if they don't make that claim at all, but beyond that I don't think it matters with external email providers.

    • yeah, im hoping thoese who i talk to will use E2EE email, but i'll be using it mostly for personal stuff. The last two things is a browser, and phone, but the last one might be impossible.

      • You mean getting a privacy-respecting phone? You could get a Pixel with GrapheneOS as one of the most popular options. There are also a number of OSes and phone manufacturers competing in the privacy-concerned market you could look into. Note that privacy is not the same thing as security, and for security, GrapheneOS is the clear winner.

  • Self-hosted if you have the skills for

    PS: I don't know your needs but emails are inherently insecure, if possibly avoid it

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