Switching from Gmail to FastMail

Re:Switching from Gmail to FastMail by tippytop on Friday July 19, 2013 @01:55PM (#6071757)

Snowden used lavabit.com, which is located in the US (and probably being scrutinized a bit more than usual these days).

I think it's more important to diversify services than to insist on airtight alternatives. My mail is not terribly exciting, but when combined with the rest of my searches, visited webpages [1], chats, news reading habits, social network connections, and phone location, all housed under Google's roof, it seems like I'm making it easier to piece together my life [2]. At least make it a little difficult by having to go to separate companies with court orders.

[1] And web developers contribute to the surveillance by installing analytics code.

[2] That of course is the Google AI wet dream, moar data.

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Re:Switching from Gmail to FastMail by matthewdavis on Friday July 19, 2013 @10:01PM (#6074024)

>Snowden used lavabit.com, which is located in the US (and probably being scrutinized a bit more than usual these days).

Any proof to this? And, no, twitter is not a source of record.

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Re:Switching from Gmail to FastMail by tujv on Saturday July 20, 2013 @03:21AM (#6074562)

http://english.ruvr.ru/news/2013_07_12/Snowdens-letter-to-hu...

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Re:Switching from Gmail to FastMail by junto on Friday July 19, 2013 @06:09PM (#6073291)

Thanks. I've just created an account at lavabit.com. Will consider paying for this as well, maybe for a custom domain. Nice tip.

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Re:Switching from Gmail to FastMail by mehrzad on Sunday July 21, 2013 @12:09AM (#6077743)

If you don't pay, it's not encrypted. https://lavabit.com/secure.html

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