cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/40877

Email is inherently insecure. If you want or need secure communications, that’s what software like Briar, Matrix, or Signal (yes despite some drama).

Secure emails can always be done manually with PGP and will be a lot hardier than trusting an organization that gives away subscriber payments to Western-backed coup attempts and color revolutions.

  • HiddenLayer5
    41·
    3 years ago

    Use an email from a domain you own. That gives you the most flexability in jumping ship after stuff like thus happens without tearing your social connections apart. Many email providers support importing custom domains, and you can always self host using an open source encrypted email server, too. Use a reputable privacy friendly registrar that requires the least personal information and doesn’t display that info in the WHOIS.

    I’m in a rut where I use Protonmail but really want to switch, but I’ve had the email for years now and all of my acquaintances and collegues know me by it. I don’t pay for Protonmail, never have, so hopefully I’m not contributing to their “investments”, but when I finally get my act together, I will probably buy a domain name and spin up an email on that instead of simply going to the next provider-linked email address.

    • savoy@lemmygrad.mlOP
      4·
      3 years ago

      Custom domains where what I used to move off gmail years ago, it makes it so easy to switch, and it’s why I could never consider posteo (unless they now allow for custom domains). Just point it to the new provider and import old mail and you’re good