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I'm considering swapping from Proton Mail to Fastmail. The fact that it allows 3-year subscriptions is good (I'd prefer a lifetime plan but I understand why that's a non-starter), the fact that it's based local to me is good too.
EDIT: I wish it also at least offered a rolling 3-year subscription.
+1 for Fastmail
Since anything but fully on-device encrypted/decrypted mails is still inherently insecure due to being unable to control the receiving end I consider email an insecure medium by default.
That was my reason to go with fastmail when I moved away from Gmail a couple of years ago and I am very happy with their service and apps. I am also paying three years at a time and would like to pay even further ahead of time, but what can you do.
I tried proton but didn't like being locked into using their apps or hosting the SMTP bridge at which point I might as well use a less secure approach to begin with that is more comfortable to use.
Fastmail is hosted in Australia which has some iffy privacy laws thst may affect fadtmail (although fastmail won't sell your data at least) https://www.e4237161d240bc6333d6834ce-19834.sites.k-hosting.co.uk/showthread.php?s=23fc90acb4f52ac90ee43d800bb66a77&t=74082
I have moved to mailbox.org which has been great too. Just offering an alternative in case you are interested in a European host
In terms of escaping targeted government surveillance, Australia is not the country to be in. If the Australian government is targeting you, there's no escape.
In terms of escaping mass surveillance and of keeping your personal information private, Australia isn't that bad. Simply the fact gmail is allowed to operate in the country means it isn't great either though.
Strengthening privacy laws around rental property applications is currently the main privacy concern for me, and recent state law changes have marginally improved that.
Same. I moved from FM to Posteo (which is very cheap) AND Tuta. I use both email services for different uses. Tuta for more personal stuff like banking, medical, official gvt stuff like tax, vehicle registration etc. anything that requires my full identity. Then Posteo and Addy.io together for everything else. I never use my main posteo email address, I create aliases for everything. Am three services is only slightly more expensive than FM in total, but I feel it's a much more secure setup