Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 17:31:00 -0500 (CDT) From: "Valeri Galtsev" <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: "Polytropon" <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: "Dewey Rahn" <dewey@mm.st>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (no subject) Message-ID: <45833.128.135.52.6.1461709860.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <20160427001522.2f745942.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <c76a06f6a1cc339c9ff7cfa56d0d36c5@posteo.net> <20160425014410.GC47422@neutralgood.org> <1461549170.22294.0.camel@michaeleichorn.com> <1461591281.2701002.588800193.46793393@webmail.messagingengine.com> <cb405912-8075-777e-0bb8-94b33001a611@radel.com> <1461632622.55975.589473041.1F2F5A65@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20160426031022.3f2999ae.freebsd@edvax.de> <1461673939.1626909.589940673.2B2DBEA5@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20160427001522.2f745942.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Tue, April 26, 2016 5:15 pm, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 08:32:19 -0400, Dewey Rahn wrote: >> Thank you. Can you recommend a dependable, secure, private email >> service? > > Well, any service should be secure and private as long as you apply > good end-to-end encryption. PGP is a very common tool. With a virtual > server (or a real one) it's easy to run your own service where you > fully control its actions. There are several tutorials and guides > found on the web on how to achieve this. If you don't mind "getting > your hands dirty", you can adjust all the parts (MUA, MDA, MTA) > according to your needs. If this is not to your taste, just make > sure you have good transfer encryption in place. Keep in mind that > the biggest threat to your privacy and security is always the weakest > part of the chain in communication: If you mail to someone who is > running a compromised system, it's more or less "game over". Doing > some investigation on the web will reveal more truth. :-) > Someone estimated that about half of our e-mails end up in gmail accounts, so, you can safely forget about privacy of about half of your e-mails. For the rest 50% of e-mails Mr. Polytropon's advise is the best, the only thing I would add: keep your private mail server at home, at least they will have to come to your home with subpoena, and then you will know that they looked through your e-mails. Valeri ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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