7mo ago

Mistakes have been made. Fastmail is hosted in the US

Slowly moving services away from the US. Went with Fastmail, which I used before. Was reading their privacy page only to find out they're hosted in the US, even though they're an Australian service.

https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/1500000280221-How-Fastmail-provides-a-secure-service

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Thanks for this. I’ll be moving to Mailbox.org (in Germany)
- I don't want to influence you but take your time and compare every other option. Mailbox is the clunkiest and ugliest UI I've ever seen. Their 2FA feels like a dirty hack too. I'm sure they're good technically though.
  
  They support IMAP, right? That’s really all I need.
- Oh, Tuta? The same Tuta that may or may not be a honeypot?
  Idk, I've looked around for more on this, but all I could find was articles about Ortis saying they are, and Tuta saying they're not. They may or may not be a honeypot, there's no hard evidence I could find, but that may come to light in the near future....or not.
- Yea, I guess I'll go with Tuta eventually
I recommend Posteo. They are German and run on German servers using open-source software. Also highly affordable with numerous payment methods.
Been with them for years and have zero complaints.
The lack of details about the second facility is unintentionally funny, leading to the assumption it has none of what the PHL facility does and is in a den of thieves underwater running on gerbil wheel power.
Looks like posteo mail is for me!
God damn it. It's the best provider I found that has all the features I want. Now I don't know where to move...
They always have been. The passwords to those servers are keht in austrillia so there isn't much that being in the us means other than physical access vulnerabilities
- Although I am not an expert in this field, I believe that a law or an executive order could be passed requiring that if an external entity (Fastmail) wishes to engage in business with a US entity (server provider), end-to-end encryption must be enabled with a backdoor.
  Additionally, when an individual pays Fastmail, they are essentially making payment to the server provider located in the United States.
  
  Evecutive orders are not law and mean nothing if you do not work for the government.
  backdoors are wanted by some but just down the hall are those who are supposed to protect americans and they oppose them.
https://purelymail.com/
- US based?
  https://purelymail.com/about
  
  Yeah nevermind I'm silly :3

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