Re:“My Google account got suspended because of NewPipe”
by catacombs on Monday October 14, 2019 @11:31AM
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Fastmail isn't as privacy-safe as other alternatives. I used Fastmail for a while and recently switched to mailfence.
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Re:“My Google account got suspended because of NewPipe”
by StavrosK on Monday October 14, 2019 @11:35AM
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In what way?
Re:“My Google account got suspended because of NewPipe”
by Macha on Monday October 14, 2019 @01:05PM
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Australian laws allowing the government to compel backdoors
Re:“My Google account got suspended because of NewPipe”
by joecool1029 on Monday October 14, 2019 @02:32PM
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I weighed this for awhile because it was a concern for me. I finally did end up moving my organization off Google Suite to Fastmail and I haven't looked back.
Australia's government sucks ass, yes. But Fastmail seems focused on its product and has been conveying their positions and opposition to such legislation. Google does not do this, they run Google Suite like it's an automated hobby project. I'm quite certain that it's more likely that our data with Google would be used to provide data sets that could be used for advertising or sold/adapted to state surveillance (sensorvault anyone?). Even if it wasn't, we're still worse off when they arbitrarily suspend accounts and only provide us with outsourced customer service lacking an escalation path that only takes calls overnight.
Fastmail wrote a blog post about the law: https://fastmail.blog/2018/09/10/access-and-assistance-bill/