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Leaving Gmail for Mailbox.org

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351 points giuliomagnifico | 1 comments | 22 Aug 25 17:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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selkin ◴[22 Aug 25 18:14 UTC] No.44987784[source]▶
> The problem with email is that everything is transmitted in plain text.

That's not a Gmail problem, and no reason to migrate. Some use cases just don't fit email, and for those, we have other, more fitting platforms.

> So, I went with mailbox.org that still offers integrated PGP encryption, and if you want, you can always use external PGP too (which I was already doing with Gmail).

Ok, so now you have two problems.

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charles_f ◴[22 Aug 25 21:06 UTC] No.44989825[source]▶
> That's not a Gmail problem, and no reason to migrate.

It is a problem with Gmail, because they're helping themselves into your email, as was explained by the author in the sentence immediately after the one you quoted:

> Technically, Google can store every message you receive and know everything, and U.S. agencies can request access to that data

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selkin ◴[22 Aug 25 22:29 UTC] No.44990682[source]▶
(If it's a problem) it is a problem with every Email provider. It is part of the design.
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