[QUOTE=RChambers;4062613]ProtonMail is awesome! I've had it for a while now, I highly recommend it to everyone.
Not only do Google and Yahoo etc. Mine your email and sell info to marketers, they have backdoors giving access to the Gov't. Shit is no good for you.
What Yahoo's NSA Surveillance Means for Email Privacy:
[URL]https://protonmail.com/blog/yahoo-us-intelligence/[/URL]
Basic ProtonMail is free, but I'd happily pay for it if necessary.
More info on ProtonMail:
Snowden used Lavabit, which got busted. Protonmail is encrypted end-to-end between Protonmail users.
ProtonMail operates on servers in Switzerland.
ProtonMail: Why Switzerland? Switzerland is outside of US and EU jurisdiction.
[URL]https://protonmail.com/blog/switzerland/[/URL]
"A common misconception is that the EU offers more legal protection than the US, but many of the same surveillance directives that exist in US law also have EU counterparts, in particular, German law may actually offer less legal protection than American law.
Switzerland however, is NOT part of the EU, and Switzerland applies a very different set of privacy laws. This means that under Swiss law, ProtonMail cannot be compelled to backdoor our secure email system. As a Swiss company, ProtonMail also cannot be compelled to engage in bulk surveillance on behalf of US intelligence agencies.
This combination of factors means that a Lavabit like situation cannot occur with ProtonMail. However, ProtonMail has taken the Lavabit concept one step further and actually does not even possess the keys required to decrypt user data. As a result, even if ProtonMail was forced to turn over all our computer systems, email contents will continue to be encrypted. ".
Get a. Ch mailbox instead of. Com (it's your choice) mailbox, and stay far the hell away from the USG.[/QUOTE]Proton is the way to go. Use Firefox. As someone mentioned already duckduckgo is another good one. Add a VPN as well. (not a us based one or one that is part of "the 14 eyes" either) If you don't know the "14 eyes" are a list of countries that the US shares civilian intel with such as Canada, England, and several others and they share civilian info back to the US). I'm very concerned with the way things are going regarding our online activity / privacy. It's not looking good as it's already bad now. Major corp and the govt work hand in hand. I'm reading several books about this topic and it I'm not even half way through and it's already giving me the chills. But this topic is so vast we could talk about it till our hair turns grey and deserves its own website for discussion. Anyways, thought I'd just let you all be aware and try to navigate in a more stealthier way.
Happy hunting & happy holidays .
