On 07/03/2020 18:22, Jorge P. de Morais Neto wrote: > Hi. I need ethical online service providers that respect my privacy and > my four software freedoms. > > Regarding email service, the FSF [recommends][] picking one "located in > a country that won't cooperate with governments that you're particularly > concerned about privacy from." I think this recommendation also applies > to other online services such as social networks. I also think that the > unethical governments in question include all members of the Fourteen > Eyes and their accomplices. > > [recommends]: https://www.fsf.org/resources/webmail-systems > > However, that same FSF article appears to send mixed signals because, > after that recommendation, it then recommends services such as Posteo > and Riseup -- respectively based in Germany and the USA, both members of > the Fourteen Eyes. Does that mean the recommendation about avoiding > unethical governments is secondary to other issues such as an > organizational commitment to user privacy and software freedom rights? > > I currently use multiple [Disroot][] services. I am satisfied with > their quality, ethics and cost-effectiveness (they ask for modest > donations), but they are based on the Netherlands -- within the Nine > Eyes[1]. Should I change to [Kolab Now][] for email, addressbook, > calendar and Nextcloud services? It is well recommended by the FSF, is > located on [Switzerland][] -- outside the Fourteen Eyes -- and charges a > reasonable price. > > [Disroot]: https://disroot.org/ > [Kolab Now]: https://kolabnow.com/ > [Switzerland]: https://protonmail.com/blog/switzerland/ > > However, it would be a lot of work to tell all my contacts that my email > address changed again (as I recently migrated from Gmail to Disroot); to > change all my numerous mailing list subscriptions and online accounts to > the new email address; and reconfigure my email setup. Besides, Disroot > provides more services for the same suggested price. Furthermore, > should I believe Switzerland has no secret agreement with the Fourteen > Eyes? After all, despite the *heroic* effort of Snowden, we only know > about a small part of our surveillance predicament. And should I > believe that Switzerland privacy advantages will last? I don't want to > change providers again next year. > > Also for social networks (GNU Social, Mastodon and diaspora*) should I > insist that the provider is outside the Fourteen Eyes? > > Regards > > Footnotes: > [1] The members of the Fourteen Eyes include the members of the Nine > Eyes, which in turn include the members of the Five Eyes. >
Hi Proton mail ( https://protonmail.com/ ) is based in Switzerland which is not a EU member state, they have pretty good privacy laws as I understand things, so that is one option, They are also open sourcing more of their products. As well as e-mail they also offer VPN services, If you pay then you get extra features such as custom e-mail address for example. Hope this helps Paul Sutton -- Paul Sutton https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/ gnupg : 7D6D B682 F351 8D08 1893 1E16 F086 5537 D066 302D _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
