It's free?........................
Posted on 04/09/2018 7:43:00 AM PDT by Spacetrucker
In light of the data issues that have been publicized as of late, I am seriously looking to dump Gmail, Fakebook, et. al., would like some suggestions for other email services that I would have less concern about my data being taken. I already use DuckDuckGo, so that part is good.
TY RB for answering ;) Glad I’m not the only one who is aware of it :)
Also, Thunderbird is free.
It's free?........................
Hehe.. don’t we wish it was that simple ;^D
Protonmail is the answer to secure email. There are free accounts and paid accounts depending on what you are looking for.
There is also Tutanota, I haven’t used it yet but plan to to compare it to Protonmail. Tutanota is free.
I recently switched to TorGuard. I’d also recommend Reagan.com
Not necessarily so. Encryption simply prevents prying eyes while mail is in transit. WhatsApp and Skype have interesting owners now.
Email is not a reliable protocol like HTML. Look it up, it means something other than what you might think.
You can avoid your helpful host harvesting all your stuff. You do understand the concept of FREE EMAIL, right?
1. Own your own domain.
2. Have a host you can trust and pay for that privilege.
3. Pick your email engine carefully in consultation with your host. This is more important than you think.
Round numbers, my host charges me about $120 per year for unlimited accounts, managing spam, watching for runaways (compromised users), and tech support which I rarely need now. Domain renewals and fees add a little more. You get what you pay for.
Otherwise, may I suggest FAX? It’s point-to-point and as secure as each endpoint is, unless you have someone listening in with a warrant or a snoop in the office.
Why not just add multi factor authentication to your gmail account.
This...
Bkmrk.
I have a question. You said that since you registered your own domain that no matter what service you use that with forwarding, your address will never change. Please explain how that works for you. Thanks.
ProtonMail linked with Thunderbird.
Even NSA won’t be able to break it with good passwords and servers are in Switzerland so outside reach of USA.
Another vote for ProntoMail. Yes, they have apps. Speaking of apps. If you have smartphones, use Signal as your text message app. Encrypted, just like ProntoMail is.
Of course, I don’t know if that will stop google from seeing everything on an android device, since it’s their operating system.
KDE is working on open source phones. Nexus phones for now but others later. They’re not building hardware and it won’t come pre-installed. You basically have to jaiilbreak the phone and then wipe it and then install Plasma Mobile. I have no idea what kind of apps it will be able to run. Haven’t looked at it that much. Still in Beta.
Fastmail.com
An Australian company. You pay for it, and they don’t sell your data. TANSTAAFL. I’ve used them for about ten years. Great outfit, good value for the money.
“Gmail” does not provide your your basic Internet service. That is provided by some true “Internet Service Provider”, like a telco, cable company and the like, not Google.
Most Internet Service Providers DO provide at least one free Email address via their services (like johndoe@verizon.net).
Recognize that and claim that Email address, but don’t necessarily use their website/browser from of access with it.
Use an Email-client product - like Thunderbird from Mozilla, and set up a “POP” account in Thunderbird for your Internet Service Providers Email address they let you have. If you have used Outlook from Microsoft, the third party Email-client applications like Thunderbird work very similar to Outlook.
You can set up a POP account so it (a) tells your Internet Service Provider’s system it is logging in to your Email account, (b) asks your Internet Service Provider’s system to send your Email to your Email-client application on your PC (or mobile device), and (c) if you choose, tells the Internet Service Provider’s system to delete from its servers all the Email it just passed you to. You don’t even need to keep “Contacts” and the like with your Internet Service Provider. They can be kept in files belonging to your Email-Client application, on your PC/mobile device. In all I have described as possible, at no time was anything done with the user using their Internet browser application to go and sit, and work, on the Internet Service Providers live, online Email web pages. The work between the Email-client application and the system of the Internet Service provider is all done in the background.
I have also found the systems of the Internet Service providers have been hacked into less often than the systems hosted by the likes of Yahoo and Gmail. What is the pity is neither Yahoo or Gmail are necessary. ANYTHING that is accessible via the Internet, is as a “location independent” (does not matter where you are) as stinkin Yahoo or Gmail.
Just because you have an Android phone does not mean you are required to have a Gmail account.
Why?
“Enigmail is free software. It can be freely used, modified and distributed under the terms of the Mozilla Public License.”
1. Can you choose, Email by Email to encrypt or not encrypt your messages. (I would assume that if I did encrypt an Email, the recipient would likely need Enigmail in their Email app/apps in order to decrypt an encrypted Email I sent them.)
2. Can you send and/or receive messages not encrypted, that is not encrypted at all.
I don’t know either answer, since I do not use it.
Try here:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/enigmail/versions/
Only way to get the app updates and access to the apps. I am using an old decommissioned android cell phone to control stuff around the house and listen to music. I created a dummy gmail acct. I stripped all personal information too.
You either need an email account or phone number otherwise the phone is a door stop.
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