G mail is fucked

[Aleister Crowley]

I GUESS u get what u pay for.
Now they are asking me for my pasword 4-6 times a day , wtf ?
its full of spyware , malware , data mining... and is about as private as smoke signals.
Its taken me along time to figure this out , actually i figured it out long ago , but felt trapped and did not want the bother and hazzle of transferring all contacts etc , over to a secure private paid , peofessional server........Gmail is sooooooooo fucked !!! :eyebrows:
I,m following all my friends and going to a paid mail server that is secure.
HUSHMAIL :clap2:

 

[UhOh]

Isn't it normal for it to ask for your password everytime you log in?
I hate gmail but for accounts I want to keep secure I access only from a secure computer. Google can access anything they want that passes through their email service and your employer probably can with any exchange email service. So what ya gonna do.

 

[retriever]

I GUESS u get what u pay for.
Now they are asking me for my pasword 4-6 times a day , wtf ?
its full of spyware , malware , data mining... and is about as private as smoke signals.
Its taken me along time to figure this out , actually i figured it out long ago , but felt trapped and did not want the bother and hazzle of transferring all contacts etc , over to a secure private paid , peofessional server........Gmail is sooooooooo fucked !!! :eyebrows:
I,m following all my friends and going to a paid mail server that is secure.
HUSHMAIL :clap2:

I've never experienced a problem with gmail. I'm on a Mac so most things don't get through. Don't assumed privacy exists with any public server.

Isn't it normal for it to ask for your password everytime you log in?
I hate gmail but for accounts I want to keep secure I access only from a secure computer. Google can access anything they want that passes through their email service and your employer probably can with any exchange email service. So what ya gonna do.

Gmail only asks me for a password if I leave it up for days. My computer and their server fill in the blanks when I log in. Again I wouldn't trust sensitive info to a public server.

 

[sevenofnine]

I use gmail not a problem with it.


What I have a problem with is google chrome. the advertisements that keep getting in the way, redirecting me. Its shit actually, fighting through the ads and redirecting me,

 

[PierreCoeur]

I use G-SPOT and my messages get through right away ! If you can't find it, then you aren't sending the right messages.

 

[EuroSZabina]

I use G-SPOT and my messages get through right away ! If you can't find it, then you aren't sending the right messages.

Lol, so funny)

 

[PlayfulAlex]

I've never experienced a problem with gmail. I'm on a Mac so most things don't get through. Don't assumed privacy exists with any public server.

Gmail only asks me for a password if I leave it up for days. My computer and their server fill in the blanks when I log in. Again I wouldn't trust sensitive info to a public server.

Ditto...no problems whatsoever!

 

[vancity_cowboy]

one good thing eric snowden did is point out that there is NOTHING private about email. even hushmail - if they're still in business, then that means they are handing over personal passwords to NSA. that's just a plain fact

so the only thing that counts now is that the email provider is convenient to use. but is it the email provider that is the problem or the way you use it? do you completely shut it down each time you use it? do you clear your cache each time you finish a session? what are your security settings? there's lots of little things you can do to help it be more convenient to use

having said that, gmail just wants to get into your life in the worst way. every couple of weeks it wants to know my mobile number, 'just in case' i forget my password someday. oh, and while they're at it they want to know all my other email addresses that i have, again 'just in case...'

but it's free and it's virtually unlimited storage so it's useful if you email a lot of big attachments and want to keep a record of it on their server

 

[Miss*Bijou]

one good thing eric snowden did is point out that there is NOTHING private about email. even hushmail - if they're still in business, then that means they are handing over personal passwords to NSA. that's just a plain fact

so the only thing that counts now is that the email provider is convenient to use. but is it the email provider that is the problem or the way you use it? do you completely shut it down each time you use it? do you clear your cache each time you finish a session? what are your security settings? there's lots of little things you can do to help it be more convenient to use

having said that, gmail just wants to get into your life in the worst way. every couple of weeks it wants to know my mobile number, 'just in case' i forget my password someday. oh, and while they're at it they want to know all my other email addresses that i have, again 'just in case...'

but it's free and it's virtually unlimited storage so it's useful if you email a lot of big attachments and want to keep a record of it on their server

(Note: His name's Edward Snowden - Not Eric. )

Yup. Hushmail is not any better (or worse) than Gmail. None of them are because they're all the same!

Lavabit's founder and why he decided to shut down his service makes this very clear.


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Given the disappearance of Lavabit and Silent Circle, people are looking for alternatives that protect privacy.

Hushmail should not be considered an alternative.

To quote from an article in The Register:

Hushmail has updated its terms of service to clarify that encrypted emails sent through the service can still be turned over to law enforcement officials, providing they obtain a court order in Canada.

September court documents (pdf) from a US federal prosecution of alleged steroid dealers reveals that Hush Communications turned over 12 CDs involving emails on three targeted Hushmail accounts, in compliance of court orders made through the mutual assistance treaty between the US and Canada. Hushmail is widely used by privacy advocates and the security-conscious to send confidential emails.

Hush Communications, the firm behind Hushmail, previously claimed "not even a Hushmail employee with access to our servers can read your encrypted email".

However an updated explanation states that it is obliged to do everything in its power to comply with court orders against specified, targeted accounts. Unlocking targeted accounts involves sending a rogue Java applet to targeted users that captures a user's passphrase and sends it back to Hush Communications. This information, when passed onto law enforcement officials, allows access to stored emails and subsequent correspondence sent through the service.

The possibility that law enforcement officials can tap targeted accounts exists whether or not Hushmail users use the supposedly more secure Java applet option or a simpler web server encryption set-up. The updated terms of service explain:

"Hushmail is a web-based service, the software that performs the encryption either resides on or is delivered by our servers. That means that there is no guarantee that we will not be compelled, under a court order issued by the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Canada, to treat a user named in a court order differently, and compromise that user's privacy."

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/11/hushmail_turns.html
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2007/11/encrypted-e-mai/
http://www.cybercrimereview.com/2012/11/hushmail-provides-unencrypted-e-mails.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/20/hushmail_update/


(From: http://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1k03w4/hushmail_is_not_a_secure_email_provider/ )

Although they aren't email providers, I've found these helpful:


HTTPS Everywhere is a Firefox and Chrome extension that encrypts your communications with many major websites, making your browsing more secure. Many sites on the web offer some limited support for encryption over HTTPS, but make it difficult to use. For instance, they may default to unencrypted HTTP, or fill encrypted pages with links that go back to the unencrypted site. The HTTPS Everywhere extension fixes these problems by using a clever technology to rewrite requests to these sites to HTTPS.




DoNotTrackMe add-on (Chrome / Firefox)

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If you are looking for basic technical information on how to protect the privacy of your data — whether it's on your own computer, on the wire, or in the hands of a third party --> Surveillance Self Defense




Tor project


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Although even Tor isn't full proof..

 

[PlayfulAlex]

Thanks for sharing this, Miss B...you really are an internet whiz-kid!