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Looking for Thoughts on Email (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago by paranoidandroid42@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Looking to leave GMAIL and am currently testing Proton for a $1 a month. So far it's pretty good and the issue I have is not with Proton, but with who I'm sending messages to. If I send an email to a gmail account my information is still sitting on a Google server. So is Proton worth it? Is something like Fastmail just as good over all due to how email works? With Fastmail I can get email for my whole family for $14 a month. I won't have the VPN, ProtonPASS and other Proton apps, but are they worth the $12 a month for one person?

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[–] tekato@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If I send an email to a gmail account my information is still sitting on a Google server. So is Proton worth it?

Due to the nature of email, assume privacy is impossible and just use whatever is easiest (yea, Gmail). Like you mentioned, the message will be in their servers anyways. That is, unless you explicitly only email other Proton users.

[–] jello@programming.dev 8 points 2 weeks ago

I think this is a poor mentality. You're essentially giving in and increasing Google's network effect, making privacy harder for everyone. Choosing to use a more private service where possible will shift the power slowly, and there's really no downside with email. You can do this with a free tier, no money required until it's worth it for yourself.