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Re:The EU Commission accepts high error rates when checking ... by ho_schi on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @06:07AM (#32562610)
Before I miss it. Here are the "good guys" at work (paywall): https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/technology/google-surveil...

We can see "AI" at work. And even if a human checks it you are doomed, because you don't fit in the business plan. Therefore never upload private data on a strangers computer. The cloud is by definition a strangers computer! It is nice that you can find your lost phone with their website but you shall not store any private data on the computer of someone else. If you want keep data in sync across multiple devices multiple providers providers and tools allow for that:

  * https://syncthing.net/ (recommend: everyone)
  * https://git-scm.com/ (recommend: it-professionals)
  * https://mailbox.org (recommend: everyone, including mail, calendar, contacts, notes)
  * https://posteo.de/ (see above)
  * https://nextcloud.com (recommend: hobby and it-professionals)
The situation changes somewhat if you pay with money for service instead with data. Now you are the customer and not the people working with your data. Shared-Hosting usually comes with readily usable E-Mail and other stuff, sometimes with automatic setup of nextcloud or similiar.

Does someone have recommendations for US based E-Mail providers which are reliable and "not free"?

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Re:The EU Commission accepts high error rates when checking ... by mayoi on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @06:41AM (#32562845)
> Does someone have recommendations for US based E-Mail providers which are reliable and "not free"?

Buy a refurbished server rack and mount it anywhere in US, install and configure email software with everything else that you need.

> The situation changes somewhat if you pay with money for service instead with data

Yeah, now company is profiting not only from your data, but from your bank account aswell, that's the difference.

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Re:The EU Commission accepts high error rates when checking ... by jaywalk on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @07:22AM (#32563186)
> > Does someone have recommendations for US based E-Mail providers which are reliable and "not free"?

> Buy a refurbished server rack and mount it anywhere in US

Not anywhere. You won't get very far trying to host an email server on a residential Internet connection.

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Re:The EU Commission accepts high error rates when checking ... by mayoi on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @07:46AM (#32563394)
As the old saying goes... Works on my machine.
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Re:The EU Commission accepts high error rates when checking ... by jaywalk on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @08:49AM (#32564120)
You're very lucky, then. It's probably been 20 years or so since I've even bothered attempting using an email server on my residential connection.
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Re:The EU Commission accepts high error rates when checking ... by PeterStuer on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @08:36AM (#32563965)
"'The situation changes somewhat if you pay with money for service instead with data.'"

In most cases that means you pay and they still monetize your data to the fullest

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