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ChinaLamb · 30 Sep 2019, 08:27 PM

I still maintain that there's additional risk to using a service that's explicitly encrypted and exists solely for the privacy of it's users. You draw attention to yourself and the more eyes are on you, the more creative people get with trying to get access to your data.

Fast mail has been a great service provider that exists not primarily to provide servitors, but to provide great email service. Privacy is not the central marketing point, never was.

In my opinion, after working in countries throughout Asia and with people in the middle East, Western governments accessing the server data is not my primary concern.

Phishing protection, two factor security using physical keys is the most important security defence. Increasingly, security sms codes and even 6 digit authenticator codes are being intercepted and used to access email of journalists and other actors in the region. We've moved to physical keys as a result. Thank you fast mail for providing this!

The single most important issue is physical device security. Stolen devices necessitate that encryption is used on the device. Alone with good passwords protecting the device.

The methods hostile governments outside the West are using, is less and less hacking into email servers, but gaining access to individual computers and handheld devices. Unfortunately, most people I know make it all too easy to let these foreign actors Access their devices.... Facial recognition is just one horribly insecure method. Police point phone at your face, and they have it unlocked. Simple, done. Face unlock is the worst "security" method ever. Fingerprints are easy too. Police grab your hand, extend your finger and tough your finger to the sensor.

30 Sep 2019, 08:27 PM	#79
ChinaLamb The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: a virtually impossible but finitely improbable position Posts: 2,320	I still maintain that there's additional risk to using a service that's explicitly encrypted and exists solely for the privacy of it's users. You draw attention to yourself and the more eyes are on you, the more creative people get with trying to get access to your data. Fast mail has been a great service provider that exists not primarily to provide servitors, but to provide great email service. Privacy is not the central marketing point, never was. In my opinion, after working in countries throughout Asia and with people in the middle East, Western governments accessing the server data is not my primary concern. Phishing protection, two factor security using physical keys is the most important security defence. Increasingly, security sms codes and even 6 digit authenticator codes are being intercepted and used to access email of journalists and other actors in the region. We've moved to physical keys as a result. Thank you fast mail for providing this! The single most important issue is physical device security. Stolen devices necessitate that encryption is used on the device. Alone with good passwords protecting the device. The methods hostile governments outside the West are using, is less and less hacking into email servers, but gaining access to individual computers and handheld devices. Unfortunately, most people I know make it all too easy to let these foreign actors Access their devices.... Facial recognition is just one horribly insecure method. Police point phone at your face, and they have it unlocked. Simple, done. Face unlock is the worst "security" method ever. Fingerprints are easy too. Police grab your hand, extend your finger and tough your finger to the sensor. Last edited by ChinaLamb : 30 Sep 2019 at 08:53 PM.