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Originally Posted by ChinaLamb
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.
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This is specifically about the Australian privacy law. I simply have a problem with using a service that must abide such a draconian law.
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Fast mail gas been a great service provider that exists not primarily to provide servitors, but to provide great email service. Privacy is not the main 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.
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It's a matter of principle for me. The Australian govt has gone too far.
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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!
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Those do not protect you from the Australian govt. They can literally force Fastmail to give them backdoor access, and Fastmail isn't even allowed to inform customers about it
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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.
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The same happens regularly in the US. I consider the US government hostile too. And don't get me started on what they do outside the US.