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Can FReepers recommend a free or inexpensive EMAIL service which is not instituting facial biometric logons (looking to get away from GMAIL). Is PROTON email reasonable re security?
4/15/2024
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Posted on 04/15/2024 5:56:15 PM PDT by ransomnote
I've gotten a few FReepmails asking for email services recommendations and I don't have the technical background to either warn against or recommend such services. One FReeper said Google is soon going to implement facial recognition or thumbprint ID etc. - is there anything out there still 'reasonably' private and not shifting to biometrics...yet? PS: Yes, I'm logged in. ;D
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: biometrics; email; facialrecognition; gmail; mail; proton; thumbprint
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To: ransomnote
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posted on
04/15/2024 5:59:59 PM PDT
by
Lockbox
(politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting…)
To: ransomnote
We’ve been on ‘netzero.com’ for years. I think it’s $29/yr or something. Of course you could use your freepmail. LOL!
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posted on
04/15/2024 6:00:21 PM PDT
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
To: ransomnote
Bookmarked. I have GMail as well and I want to get away from it. I don’t know how they could implement facial recognition or thumbprint identification from a home PC, but if they start with that kind of nonsense it’s bye bye Google.
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posted on
04/15/2024 6:06:35 PM PDT
by
ducttape45
(Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
To: ransomnote
To: ransomnote
I don’t really trust anything in this world, but Proton advertises itself as very private and secure. Email is encrypted. It’s based in Switzerland and at least pays lip-service to its opposition to surveillance.
It’s free, and I believe you sign up with just an existing email account.
If you have a “throw away” email account, you can use it to initiate your Proton account. Total anonymity is never possible, but you can start off as a pretty blank slate that way, and if your email traffic is automatically encrypted, then you’re not terribly visible.
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posted on
04/15/2024 6:07:33 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(It's not "Quiet Quitting" -- it's "Going Galt".)
To: rktman
Proton is excellent. It’s free, for pay is more storage and fancy doodads
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posted on
04/15/2024 6:07:51 PM PDT
by
C210N
(Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
To: ransomnote
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posted on
04/15/2024 6:09:15 PM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(If it's Boeing, I ain't going!)
To: ransomnote
Proton.me
Excellent service! Everything is encrypted big time.
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posted on
04/15/2024 6:10:11 PM PDT
by
Macho MAGA Man
(The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects Trump is being given the Alex Jones tr)
To: ransomnote
Homing pigeon with memory card.
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posted on
04/15/2024 6:10:17 PM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: SpaceBar
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posted on
04/15/2024 6:15:29 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
(The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
To: ransomnote
Protonmail has by far the best security.
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posted on
04/15/2024 6:16:07 PM PDT
by
Zathras
To: ransomnote
We use proton, have been for several years ... love it.
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posted on
04/15/2024 6:16:10 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
(The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
To: ransomnote
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posted on
04/15/2024 6:16:19 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
( Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love being on the government watch list, along with all of you.)
To: Zathras
Can I use my email client, Thunderbird or MS Outlook, with Protonmail or is it webmail? Even though I have a Gmail account, I access it via POP3 and download my emails unto my computer.
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posted on
04/15/2024 6:18:53 PM PDT
by
ducttape45
(Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
To: Zathras
I just answered my own question. Protonmail does not offer POP3 support. That sucks.
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posted on
04/15/2024 6:22:37 PM PDT
by
ducttape45
(Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
To: C210N
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posted on
04/15/2024 6:23:28 PM PDT
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
To: ransomnote
I don’t see how any make a difference as you have no control over recipient if for no other reason. Besides has anyone here had a documented problem? I use Gmail because (1) I am not doing anything illegal and (2) no one blocks Gmail servers.
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posted on
04/15/2024 6:24:04 PM PDT
by
Reno89519
(If Biden is mentally unfit to stand trial, he is mentally unfit to be president. He needs to resign.)
raise your hand if you have your own email server — had my own for ~30 years
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posted on
04/15/2024 6:26:25 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist! )
To: ransomnote
Reagan.com
Small fee, but you’re worth it!
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posted on
04/15/2024 6:28:03 PM PDT
by
MountainDad
(A strong man stands up for himself. A stronger man stands up for others. Support your local militia.)
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