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Topic: Secure email providers. Scryptmail, Protonmail, and Tutanota. (Read 3649 times)

sr. member
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I like services using encryption, but why not just use PGP to encrypt emails? It takes about 5 minutes to set up with an existing email address, including reading the how-to.
newbie
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I must say I really am enjoying scryptmail with the alias and disposable email features built in.  Smiley

Hi Matt,

It's great to hear that you are enjoying SCRYPTmail.

If you have any questions or feature suggestions please let me know.

May I ask how many aliases and disposable email addresses are useful for you in the free account?

Thanks!  -Ray
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Matt or Jack? Why not both!
I must say I really am enjoying scryptmail with the alias and disposable email features built in.  Smiley
newbie
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Hi everyone,

First of all thanks @rokkyroad for bringing up our service, and thanks all of you for taking the time to comment.

I would like to mention, that our table is a little old, as it was created few month ago, and honestly I didn't have time to follow up with other services to see if they add new features. I will remove it with our new version release.
Currently, there is very good thread that continue what I started, not related to any emails service, and each service submit their info: http://www.emailquestions.com/threads/encrypted-email-service-providers.10886/

Thanks again for your time.
legendary
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Terminated.
Scryptmail seems to be the best of the three according to their comparison on the login page. These services are needed and something we should consider using.

https://scryptmail.com/login
It is not. It's quite obvious that they are trying to market themselves as the best, however their comparison can only be subjective. An independent third party is needed to asses which one is the best.

They have already stated that there is absolutely no way to guarantee true zero data knowledge on a system, however they claim to have it.  Roll Eyes

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However, the fact that they are based in the US worries me a bit.

I agree to a degree. If everything is encrypted and they hold no private keys then it should not matter. However, like lavabit they could be forced to cease operations if pressure was applied.

I don't think Switzerland is the answer either. They have been in bed with the USA forever. Remember the soccer scandal a few weeks ago when they were cooperating with the USA to bring down those crooks?
You're putting apples and oranges in one bucket. What those officials have been doing is illegal and not related to spying. It was pretty obvious from their bank records that they've been using money from the wrong purposes. This has nothing to do with spying. Switzerland has excellent privacy laws compared to the USA, and you're pretty much unreachable with Protonmail.

Anything based in the USA should not be deemed as safe considering all events in the past year or two.
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They are all pretty decent. I've settled with https://tutanota.de

It can be used anonymously, it's open source, plus I mistrust the US too much to use any service with connections overseas. But everybody needs to decide this for themselves.
legendary
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However, the fact that they are based in the US worries me a bit.

I agree to a degree. If everything is encrypted and they hold no private keys then it should not matter. However, like lavabit they could be forced to cease operations if pressure was applied.

I don't think Switzerland is the answer either. They have been in bed with the USA forever. Remember the soccer scandal a few weeks ago when they were cooperating with the USA to bring down those crooks?
hero member
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Looking at their privacy policy it appears as though it could be a solid privacy oriented e-mail provider.

However, the fact that they are based in the US worries me a bit.
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Matt or Jack? Why not both!
I've been using Protonmail,  I never heard of Scryptmail. Looks nice though, perhaps I will try it, thanks for sharing.
legendary
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Scryptmail seems to be the best of the three according to their comparison on the login page. These services are needed and something we should consider using.

https://scryptmail.com/login



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