A friendly reminder in the new year that email is a horrible place to start a privacy journey

It’s that time of year again, where some newcomers will come here and begin their privacy journey as their New Year’s resolutions. Many may think to start their journey by switching from their privacy agnostic email provider to something more “privacy respecting”.

Here’s the hard truth, switching email providers does little for privacy. Why? Because 99% of your email is going to be unencrypted anyway since you need widespread support for encrypted email or to be messaging from within a …

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