Submitted by Dirtbagleftist in freeAsInFreedom
I've done a bit of research and every service I've come across is either free and secure, but is still monitored, and when it is completely secure, it has an annual fee.
Any suggestions?
Submitted by Dirtbagleftist in freeAsInFreedom
I've done a bit of research and every service I've come across is either free and secure, but is still monitored, and when it is completely secure, it has an annual fee.
Any suggestions?
Seconding self-hosted. It used to be much more of a pain. But Ive heard great things about solutions like Mail-in-a-box that make it much, much easier.
Obviously self-hosted wont be for everyone, but if you have the skills this is the best, most controlled, and secure (if configures properly) method.
I figured that much.
Thanks anyway. I'll check that out later!
Let them eat PGP.
Protonmail is pretty good, but it's not free software.
Since that's changed, is it now objectively the best choice?
Protonmail is what I use.
Yeah, I'm actually required to use Google services for school.
Riseup.net is pretty good, but they are invite-only. I have an account, but I can only give out invites to trusted people.
Aw you don't trust little ol' me?
I don't think I've seen many of your posts. But if you post a lot here, and generally show yourself to be a good person, then sure.
I have been using https://www.autistici.org/ since quite a while and they rock
I'd also suggest Protonmail. I used the free version for almost a year before moving to a paid plan. If you're diligent about keeping below your quota (and don't mind deleting your messages instead of archiving), there's no real need to use the paid plans.
I use tutanota for web mail, it is GPLv3 and has a free version*, it uses end to end encryption by default and you have one alias, however the servers are in Germany which I believe it's part of the eyes but you get EU privacy laws. It does not support IMAP and is not as feature rich as Gmail.
* The paid version increases the amount of storage, have more alias and can set your own domain among other stuff which I don't care about. Unless you really want those, you're not missing much.
posteo.de is the best paid service, hands down
riseup, resist.ca, autistici, activix and espiv are as close to free as in freedom as you'll get, but they all have some form of invite only/application process
google is not your friend. don't use it. ever.
As I stated before I don't have a choice in whether I use Google or not. In order to access and turn in assignments I have to use Google services, with the exception of Duck Duck Go.
If you have a friend who knows a bit about computers and networks, they can make an email host. My buddy did that for all of us.
Eh, if i'm going to go down the route of setting up an email host i'd rather learn how to do it and do it myself. The only person I know with experience in that area is my Dad, and as you can probably imagine he might be a little suspicious as to why I need my own host.
If you don't mind doing a little reading Linode has some good tutorials here: https://www.linode.com/docs/email .
That may just be what i'm looking for! I'll have to check it out later when I have the time.
Thanks for the suggestions everyone.
Hah. Yeah, fair enough. I've been told it isn't that hard though.
josefStallman wrote
You aren't going to find something that's free as in freedom, free as in beer, secure, and private.
Protonmail is pretty good, but it's not free software.
If you want the best possible email experience, host your own. There's been plenty of self-hosted email services posted to /f/freeasinfreedom.