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Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client by stephenr on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @05:24AM (#16975276)
That only tells you what your browser sends to their server. It doesn't tell you what connections their server makes.
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Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client by crystaln on Thursday May 03, 2018 @03:15AM (#16983967)
Nothing will. The vulnerability of what happens to your data after it is sent to a third party is the same for any app, web or native.

The biggest difference is that it's way easier to see where you're data is being sent in a browser, since it has built in tools. It's very hard to monitor native app traffic that is sent over SSL.

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Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client by stephenr on Thursday May 03, 2018 @03:23AM (#16984004)
When the app is native there no requirement for a third party server.

You, Your mail (provider) server.

Vs

You, the server hosting the web app, your mail (provider) server.

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