I’d like to move off from the shackles of the Google menace and transferring my Gmail related accounts over including steam but I’d like some solid advice of any well regarded and better alternatives (including open source if that is possible)

I did search but was unsure of what was best as I did hear some shoddy things about Proton.

Do you know anything that could be the “aegis 2fa” of email providers?

Thank you and have a good day/night.

  • heavydust@sh.itjust.works
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    7 days ago

    I would say Tuta or Runbox or Posteo, but the truth is that any paid account that is not Google or Microsoft is way better than anything so as not to be profiled too much with their trackers and privacy-invasive practices.

    On the technical side, no email is ever safe from being read either by the sending server or the receiving one. Email hasn’t changed for the past 50 years.

    • kitnaht@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      no email is ever safe from being read either by the sending server or the receiving one

      Which is why you should learn to set up PGP

      • Libb@jlai.luEnglish
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        7 days ago

        Which is why you you and your recipient (which makes it a lot more difficult) should learn to set up PGP

        • kitnaht@lemmy.world
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          6 days ago

          So it sounds like, we need a push for someone to set up a system that makes that easier to do; like Let’s Encrypt! did for SSL certs.

  • zkfcfbzr@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 days ago

    I’ll vouch for Proton. The recent controversy wasn’t great but it’s also a single negative incident for a company that has otherwise had a pretty stellar track record. I recommend reading his responses in the reddit AMA he did after the incident. I still think he’s a fool, but I don’t think he’s fascist or that there’s any reason at all to doubt the privacy, security, or direction of the company, which is both partly open source and regularly audited.

    I’ve been using ProtonMail for probably around 7 years now and it’s been great.

    • kitnaht@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      Lots of Lemmy is reactionary. I mean, they’re on lemmy, so they’re generally going to be the quickest to jump ship on anything. I don’t think his takes are bad either tbh - They’ve still proven themselves to be quite reliable.

  • deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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    7 days ago

    Pick a provider which lets you bring your own domain and you’ll never need to change address again if you move providers.