Brother John
Puritan Board Sophomore
I am interested to find out about email alternatives to Gmail. I would like a free or close to free service that is more private. Any suggestions?
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I am interested to find out about email alternatives to Gmail. I would like a free or close to free service that is more private. Any suggestions?
I thought Google had a good reputation for privacy, at least with its Gmail program.
I thought Google had a good reputation for privacy, at least with its Gmail program.
New privacy policy. They will now track user specific information across their various offerings.
I thought Google had a good reputation for privacy, at least with its Gmail program.
New privacy policy. They will now track user specific information across their various offerings.
That is my concern. After reading/talking to some computer "nerds" about the new policy I would like to look into different options. Even if it is just a short email to my wife telling her that I love her I would like for my emails to be as private as any letter I would mail. I am not paronoid but I am tired of giving up my privacy. So I may have to look into using a paid service.
Thanks, Edward. I hadn't read that. I guess I shouldn't skip the new policies when they request that I read them!
Privacy?
One word:
Pigeons!
that is just an alternative to outlook and doesn't provide email, just lets you read them without going to the site .Mozilla Thunderbird
It's a good question - alternatives to gmail. Gmail is my primary email service, though I worry about its intrusiveness and its pervasiveness. I removed my Google Desktop search app (which was very good!) because I found that Google in my Mac was constantly communicating with Google headquarters (I use an app called "Little Snitch" which monitors all communications from my Mac to the web), and I didn't like that.
Google has gotten too big, too indispensable, for my taste. In its desire to suck up as much information as possible (witness the lawsuits in Europe against it) it poses a danger, one never knows what a trove of info a government subpoena might yield.
The intelligence-gathering communities within government may someday turn their extremely efficient technologies against that sector of the populace which openly honors God's law above the law of the land were there to be any conflict between the two, and Google - along with Gmail - would be a powerful tool in the govt's hands. It makes me very nervous, even though it is a superb feature-filled service. I keep looking for viable alternatives.