Hi, I've been a happy Protonmail user and recently purchased pro-services. Basically I also looked for answers to the same question and Proton seems a very reasonable one. Regarding the domain: I've now purchased my own domain name to be able to redirect it accordingly and never depend on a single provider. Let's see how that works :)
Cheers, Raymundo Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Sunday, 8 de March de 2020 22:24, Roberto Beltran via libreplanet-discuss <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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? > > It may not be secondary but it's a separate concern. Perhaps you're not > concerned with surveillance from the United States but you are of some other > country, like China. > > > 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. > > 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. > > I would say, unless you have some actual concerns about Nine Eyes (like you > have a specific reason to stay off their radar), stick with what you have. > And if that were the case, your email provider choice isn't really going to > save you anyway. Presumably, you're going to contact someone that has a > provider that gets spied on by Nine Eyes at some point. You would also need > much more secure communication than email to even stand and underdog's chance > in 2020. Life is too short to stress about something like that just because. > > > 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? > > I would say don't stress it too much. Again, even if you were to do all that, > I'm guessing you spend a considerable amount of time around people with cell > phones. > > On the other hand, I think it would be cool to see more services out of > Brazil. > > Kind Regards, > Roberto Beltran > https://libremiami.org/ > > libreplanet-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
