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29 Sep 2019, 09:49 PM | #76 |
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Much better privacy laws.
In US everyone from gov does access the servers. Especially if you are non American citizen you have nearly no rights concerning privacy laws. In EU it’s not that easy. |
29 Sep 2019, 10:55 PM | #77 |
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Still using them for now.. But I've been, and am, looking at alternatives, and it's 50/50 whether I migrate to another. I agree it's one of the best. And of course, this situation isn't the fault of FM. Still, it is what it is.
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30 Sep 2019, 03:03 PM | #78 | |
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30 Sep 2019, 08:27 PM | #79 |
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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. |
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For most of us the biggest real danger is phishing and other trick emails. Protection starts with spam and junk filtering. If state-level entities want your secrets there is no defense.
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1 Oct 2019, 03:05 AM | #83 |
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Absolutely, I'm just telling you how we see government interference, and the things we're dealing with, much more so than warrants through the official channels. There's so much more to talk about, what we're seeing, and what's happening. But mainly the greatest danger is physical access, and gaining physical access to devices.
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1 Oct 2019, 10:58 PM | #84 |
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You're right... And Fastmail with it's app-specific passwords is quite good there. But nevertheless the location of data/company also plays a role.
Maybe they will open an datacenter within Europe again? Many US companies are doing this in near future (if not already been done). |
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2 Oct 2019, 02:09 AM | #86 |
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They’re not that small as you think they are.
Fastmail is one of the biggest mail-providers worldwide. There are a lot smaller providers who have own servers (Posteo, ProtonMail, Mailbox.org,...) |
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2 Oct 2019, 02:53 AM | #88 |
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How big is Fastmail?
They do have more than 110.000 external domains under their control. Another one: https://www.marketjournal.co.uk/emai...-amazon/15264/ Own datacenter: ProtonMail and Mailbox.org do have own datacenters under their Control. Not only rented servers. They’re a lot smaller companies at all. |
2 Oct 2019, 03:02 AM | #89 | |
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110.000 domains isn't that much. Even if you should count 1 for each customer (I have several, so do many others), it's only 110.000 people/orgs. I would think the vast majority of Fastmail's customers are people who don't own domains. |
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2 Oct 2019, 04:09 AM | #90 |
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