The FastMail Security Mindset

Post by eridius » Tue, Dec 05, 2017, 6:54 PM UTC

joering2 wrote: post #24

ta98789878 wrote: post #14

Any lawyers care to comment on this claim of theirs? It has been pointed out to us that since we have our servers in the US, we are under US jurisdiction. We do not believe this to be the case. https://blog.fastmail.com/2013/10/07/fastmails-servers-are-i... As a non-lawyer I would expect the US to be able to serve their host with a warrant to get whatever data the judge said they could have.

You are correct but from lawyer perspective (IANAL btw) it is important they use the word "believe". As I was explained by a friend who is attorney, if you never had experience with certain law, like in this case perhaps never been subpoena for records by US, then you have a right to say you "believe" something is not the case. This is still not deceiving statement. But the moment you have been proven wrong by US Gov…

Post by tptacek » Tue, Dec 05, 2017, 6:56 PM UTC

arghwhat wrote: post #18

gst wrote: post #2

> Just as important as what we do do is what we don’t. For example, we don’t do full message encryption (e.g. PGP) in the browser. In theory it means you “don’t have to trust us”. However in reality, every time you open your email you would be trusting the code delivered to your browser. If the server were compromised, it could easily be made to return code that intercepted and sent back your password next time you l…

ProtonMail's web client is open source, and can be deployed locally if you wish to avoid scenarios where an evil application is deployed. Their native apps are unfortunately not open source, though.

Post by news_to_me » Tue, Dec 05, 2017, 6:57 PM UTC

bovermyer wrote: post #34

news_to_me wrote: post #7

Wow what a coincidence — I switched from Gmail to Fastmail exactly 1 year ago today. I couldn't be happier. I mostly use native clients, but the Web client is a joy to use, and everything I've observed about Fastmail gives me confidence in their service. I never used the Gmail-exclusive features like labels, so switching was pretty easy. I highly recommend it to anyone considering it. Keep up the good work, guys.

The only thing that I complain about with Fastmail is the lack of ability to use the calendar outside of the web UI. The email side is fantastic.

Post by goerz » Tue, Dec 05, 2017, 7:01 PM UTC

news_to_me wrote: post #7

Wow what a coincidence — I switched from Gmail to Fastmail exactly 1 year ago today. I couldn't be happier. I mostly use native clients, but the Web client is a joy to use, and everything I've observed about Fastmail gives me confidence in their service. I never used the Gmail-exclusive features like labels, so switching was pretty easy. I highly recommend it to anyone considering it. Keep up the good work, guys.

Post by news_to_me » Tue, Dec 05, 2017, 7:01 PM UTC

ProAm wrote: post #27

333c wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm considering switching (in fact I just registered for the FastMail trial). I'm especially interested in the ability to use catchall addresses with a custom domain, which would allow me to give out an address like , and thus determine who shared my email address if I start receiving spam at that address. This is partly possible with Gmail, as you can use addresses like , but not all sites support emails with a + in…

Im curious how FastMail and ProtonMail are comparison wise?