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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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From its start, Gmail conditioned us to trade privacy for free services (www.engadget.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (4 children)

its honestly weird that email is still a thing. it is an outdated protocol which is a privacy nightmare even without big tech usurping it.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

What's the alternative that everyone has and you can make a new one without much issue or privacy infringement?

~~SMS~~

~~Facebook~~

~~Telegram~~

~~WhatsApp~~

~~Signal~~

~~Session~~

~~XMPP~~

~~Matrix~~

We still use email because it's ubiquitous. Boomer to Zoomer, everyone has at least one email address.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

It's not outdated. The chance of a newer electronic communication method being ubiquitous and also relatively open (e.g. not associated directly with a company) is slim. PGP encryption (another "old" technology) solves the privacy nightmare piece. People just have to use it.

Also I recommend selfhosting email. Mailinabox.email is pretty brainless.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

It isn't surprising that something outdated is still used

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

It's the only decentralized communication protocol for personal messages that is widely adopted. And yes, it's a privacy nightmare.