dontvisitmyintentions wrote on October 23, 2021 at 5:52 PM

Fastmail is based in Australia, which subjects it to the "Assistance and Access Bill" which introduces secret warrants, gag orders, and backdoors. Like VPNs in similar jurisdictions, you can not take seriously any claims to deleting logs or other privacy trust.

Rambler wrote on October 24, 2021 at 1:10 AM

Is it based there, as in, that is where the company is registered?

Or is it based there, as in, that is where the servers are?

If that's just where the company is registered, no big deal really. (As far as I know) If the servers / infrastructure for the service is there, then that is more worrisome.

dontvisitmyintentions wrote on October 24, 2021 at 8:32 PM

It's registered in AU and they have operations there, but they claim the "main servers" are in the US.

The CEO griped that secret code added to their platform, required by the law, could foul their operations or get accidentally fixed, so they certainly think they're subject to it.

BlackWinnerYoshi wrote on October 23, 2021 at 6:20 PM

Fastmail location is not really a problem, but there are others that make it the second worst e-mail provider, the first one being Hushmail. I would only use it for its JMAP thing ltt.rs supports, but most people use IMAP instead, so why bother? Just use Riseup (or Disroot if you don't have the invite code) - you don't even have to pay for it!

dontvisitmyintentions wrote on October 24, 2021 at 8:35 PM

How friendly to free speech is riseup? It certainly doesn't present itself as such.

For example, would it be less likely to kick off somebody using their email service in a flyer they don't like than Protonmail? Everybody gushes over these little services, yet the first change they have of calling you a racist for something you didn't even do with their service, they will cut you off.

What's the point of feeding communists, who hate me, all my data voluntarily?