[tor-talk] Email provider for privacy-minded folk

[Joe Btfsplk]

On 2/13/2013 3:47 PM, Joe Btfsplk wrote:
> On 2/13/2013 3:58 AM, bvvq wrote:
>> On 12/02/2013 3:15 PM, Joe Btfsplk wrote:
>>> Here's an article someone pointed out on email providers & privacy; if
>>> allow signing up w/ Tor, etc.: the_simple_computer
>>> <http://www.thesimplecomputer.info/articles/email-for-privacy.html>
>>> They all have + & -, depending on needs.  For many, if read TOS &
>>> Privacy Policy closely, they may be better than gmail, but not as
>>> private as their hype says.
>>
>> Great link. Interesting site.
>> (It's amazing that the web is so vast that after 15 years online, 
>> there are still websites tucked away that I haven't seen.)
>>
>>
>>> I took the info from The Simple Computer article & made a chart, plus
>>> current data (some not in the article) from several providers' 
>>> sites. If
>>> anyone was interested & if I knew how to (easily) get it uploaded -
>>> somewhere - I could do that.  It's not the be all & end all, but has
>>> current info on several providers, including how long they retain data.
>>> It's now in pdf and / or .ODT format.  I don't know if it's possible to
>>> attach small files to tor-talk emails.
>>
>> I would be interested in your data. Do you have any problems 
>> uploading it to mainstream file sharing sites? You could encrypt it 
>> and send tor-talk the passphrase. Or perhaps upload it to a .onion (I 
>> don't know any off-hand).
>>
>>
> Sure - there's nothing private about it.  Most data I took right off 
> the provider's TOS & Privacy Policy (or verified The Simple Computer 
> site's data).  I didn't fill in all "items" on all the providers.  
> Some policy specs weren't mentioned by some providers. You can ask CS 
> if they don't have some "privacy" issue in writing, but a verbal / 
> email reply probably doesn't mean much (legally, at least), if it's 
> not in their official TOS / Privacy Policy.
>
Here's link to the email provider comparison chart.  I didn't cover all 
that were on The Simple Computer list, because wasn't interested / 
didn't think private enough / some policy not acceptable to me, etc.
If I couldn't find the info in TOS or Privacy Policy, I didn't include 
it, even if some users say it was a provider's policy. Simply because, 
policies change & I was using official TOS & Privacy Policies.  There 
may be features (or practices) not mentioned in some TOS or Privacy 
Policies.
http://bayfiles.com/file/F4Ix/TI09mE/Email_provider_comparison.pdf
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