I went with Fastmail just because it's not hosted in the US (they're in Australia)
All the comfort of the hemisphere least likely to suffer nuclear fallout coupled with the familiar warm embracing hug of the five eyes security panopticon.
Yes
Fastmail is an Australian company, but their servers are located in the US [0]
[0] https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/1500000280221-Ho...
Re:Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left
by Citizen_Lame on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @07:09AM
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They are hosted in the US, legal entity is in Australia, so nothing was gained.
Re:Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left
by thisislife2 on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @12:26PM
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Unfortunately, I remember reading that Australia now has weak privacy laws:
> The Telecommunications Assistance and Access Bill (TAAB or AssAccess) require technology companies like FastMail, Google, Apple, Cisco to provide Australian law enforcement and security agencies with access to all communications without any judicial oversight, transparency, or reason. The only restrictions offered to protect people’s privacy is the vague terms “reasonable and proportionate.”
Re:Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left
by ymolodtsov on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @06:12PM
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What issues do you see? I've never had issue with any mass operation there.
Fastmail handles the same things with aplomb and has much better screen real estate usage, for one.
The only thing I kind of want with Fastmail is if it had some EU-based datacenter.