Email Providers

[liberatordeluxe]

Which email provider is the best for storing high security information? Is Outlook secure enough now they use SSL protection or are Internet Service Provider email addresses safer? Do you have to provide an email address if you do online banking for instance?

 

[mattl]

Try this.  I recall reading about it from a member here, sorry I can't recall who posted it, but I have been following it and am on the waiting list.

http://https//www.indiegogo.com/projects/protonmail

 

[washer111]

Data which is sensitive that needs to be stored securely needs to be kept on a computer that is OFF-line.
Basically, user a "POP" email address, have it downloaded to your computer THEN back it up to some other machine.

No email provider is the "Fix-all solution" they make themselves out to be. My computer-geek friend (more so than I) suggests that all email is encrypted, and will still be spied upon by the relevant spy agencies whether you think they are or not. And even if they are "safe," I imagine the relevant agencies might get upset over such a service...
For some group that insists on your own privacy so much, I am concerned this "ProtonMail" company has at least 5 tracking bots following my every move on their site.
And they make you pay - so not only are they harvesting your personal data and selling it to some firms that we have no clue of (Which IS THEFT!), but they are making you pay some servicing fee too.

 

[liberatordeluxe]

Currently use Outlook.com for high security as don't like Gmail. I use a strong password, phone number, google authenticator and 2 step verification so suppose can't get more secure can I.

What email providers are POP?

 

[whirlcool]

It's a joint venture between MIT and the Swiss. They claim they have the most secure e-mail of all. E-mails are encrypted from the time they are sent to the time they are opened. The e-mail is always encypted on the users hard disk and is only decrypted at the time of reading. When reading is done, the e-mail is re encrypted on the users hard disk.

 

[liberatordeluxe]

My definition of high security is anything personal relating to name, address and phone number. So would Outlook suffice for that for like general correspondence with friends, family and internet shopping? Like i say i use strong passwords and use 2 step verification plus i delete the mail box after i have recieved a confirmation of an online order.

But for signing up to websites and anything that doesn't require an address i just aol.

So not much more i can do is there?

 

[whirlcool]

Outlook has been hacked and spywared so often over the past I wouldn't even bother with it. There is always Thunderbird by Mozilla. It's free and has some good security features in it.

 

[liberatordeluxe]

So even with the 2 step verification its a waste of time and not really secure?

I have looked at Thunderbird but to sign up you have to have @gandi.net account. Not sure how one goes about that.

 

[liberatordeluxe]

Ive just looked at Thunderbird and you do have to pay but its only a small amount for the year. Do you personally use Thunderbird?

 

[DADoES]

 
Thunderbird is a free e-mail client companion to Firefox browser.  Where are you guys seeing a charge?  I've been using Thunderbird for *years* and have never paid anything for it.

It supports both POP3 and IMAP for receiving mail, and of course SMTP for sending.  The server being used determines which receiving protocols are supported, Thunderbird simply connects to the server accordingly.

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