No I'm actually just worried about having all my eggs in one basket. I don't like relying on single company for everything.
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 4:42 PM, Lonnie Olson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 3:05 PM, S. Dale Morrey <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Now does anyone know of free privacy oriented email alternatives? I'm > > considering leaving gmail. This is nothing personal against google but > > I've realized I've gotten lazy and managed to put all of my eggs in 1 > > basket. > > Are you worried about Google specifically, or the NSA/Gov't. > > If the latter, moving to a new provider won't help you. > > Hosting your own mail may protect your data that is "at rest" from > government subpoenas and such, but it has no effect on data "in > transit", nor does it affect emails at the sender's storage (they > might be using Gmail). Email in transit can be snooped by lots of > people, including NSA/Gov't. To protect that you'd need to use > encryption, but that won't protect email to people that can't use > encryption too, nor does it protect metadata in the headers like > sender and recipient addresses. > > Email + privacy is extremely difficult. If you want real > communication privacy you shouldn't use email. Find something else, > like a private XMPP server w/ TLS and OTR. > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
