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Just for the moment assume that the NSA wants to scan your emails--what would stop it from doing so if you were using Yandex or any other provider? Nothing! There is nowhere to hide if you are up to something nefarious. And, it isn't just the NSA but every security apparatus in the world, including Russia I am 100% certain. For most of us our real worries should be ordinary security against phishing, malware, spam, etc., and general performance, features, deliverability, cost, etc. Gmail is at the top in the metrics that matter to most people, which is why they are the most popular email service in the world. Yes, there are very valid reasons for choosing other services, but the ability to evade national security apparatus spying on you is not one of them--every email service is vulnerable. I used to work for a small email marketing provider and we could read virtually everything if we wanted to, and we could even go into client databases and read almost everything without any special permissions. Digital privacy is nonexistent without taking extraordinary precautions that are impractical for most.
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