Dear GNHLUG, A couple of (non-technical) friends of mine have expressed a desire to move away from Google's services in response to the latest publicised privacy/security gaffe. The big question is "where do I go from GMail?"--I don't think I'm familiar enough with the options for me to be comfortable making a recommendation at this point..., and I'm wondering if maybe some of you can provide some insight.
I remember hearing about fastmail.fm from my brother *years ago*, and taking a look at them now... they look decent, I guess. And they still exist, which I guess says something. You can become an `actual customer' for about $5 per year, which presumably means that they're actually serving you as their primary interest. There's nothing about them that says `don't trust them' to me; but I don't really know much `positive' about them other than `I've never seen them show up in the news for having screwed up'. Oh, and Opera Software bought them some time back..., which doesn't mean anything either positive or negative to me--should it? lavabit.com looks... pretty serious. Their policies and promises look (re)commendable. I'm a little confused by the `asymmetric encryption using only a passphrase' bit in their explanation of why my data would be safe with them, though (umm...?). I also wonder if my friends would be able to handle a service that can't reset their password for them if they forget it. Maybe you guys can suggest other providers, or just provide some thoughts on the two I've listed above. I'm assuming that `someone who you actually pay for service as an actual customer' is going to have to be part of my recommendation, and that something on the order of $10 *per year* should actually reasonable to a normal person. Thoughts...? -- "Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr))))." _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
