diff --git a/content/posts/my-stack-2017/index.md b/content/posts/my-stack-2017/index.md index 3e0f083..47162c8 100644 --- a/content/posts/my-stack-2017/index.md +++ b/content/posts/my-stack-2017/index.md @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ I currently switch between [Firefox](#browser) and [Chromium](https://www.chromi I've switched around password managers _a lot_, but I'm currently settled on [KeePassXC](https://keepassxc.org/), a community fork of [KeePassX](https://www.keepassx.org/), which is a cross-platform fork of [KeePass](https://keepass.info/). When it comes to cross-platform password managers, there's very little out there that's also open-source. I can access password on both my linux machines, and [my phone](https://github.com/PhilippC/keepass2android), and my windows OS when I occasionally have to use it. The [browser integration](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/keepasshttp-connector/) is also pretty nice too! # Email -My personal email provider of choice is [Mailfence](https://mailfence.com/), for now. I've experimented a lot with both [FastMail]({{}}) and [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com/) in the past. ProtonMail is great for security and privacy, but is lacking far too heavily in features. FastMail is the inverse, it's interface and feature-set are amazing, but their privacy / security policies aren't good enough for me. +My personal email provider of choice is [Mailfence](https://mailfence.com/), for now. I've experimented a lot with both [FastMail]({{}}) and [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/) in the past. ProtonMail is great for security and privacy, but is lacking far too heavily in features. FastMail is the inverse, it's interface and feature-set are amazing, but their privacy / security policies aren't good enough for me. Mailfence supports all the standard features a mail client should, and has a nice set of [security features](https://mailfence.com/en/secure-email.jsp). diff --git a/content/posts/protonmail-replace-your-email.md b/content/posts/protonmail-replace-your-email.md index c3a6565..8b29b5f 100644 --- a/content/posts/protonmail-replace-your-email.md +++ b/content/posts/protonmail-replace-your-email.md @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ --- title: ProtonMail - Can it replace your email provider? date: 2016-06-28 -image: https://protonmail.com/images/main-banner.png subtitle: Incredibly secure, easy to use, but are it's trade-offs worth it? tags: [security] --- @@ -10,7 +9,7 @@ Throughout my life, I've had numerous email providers, starting with [Hotmail](h Originally I thought the best way to keep things secure, and out of the hands of any government body was to host it all myself. This came with a number of problems, mostly due to my lack of experience running anything like this, which lead to problems with my spam filter blocking legitimate emails, and any emails I did send ending up in their spam folder. -After searching around for a while, I stumbled on _ProtonMail_, who claimed to be the most secure email host ever. One of their founders did a [TED talk](https://www.ted.com/talks/andy_yen_think_your_email_s_private_think_again), which sold me on the platform. +After searching around for a while, I stumbled on _ProtonMail_ ([now known as Proton](https://proton.me/news/updated-proton)), who claimed to be the most secure email host ever. One of their founders did a [TED talk](https://www.ted.com/talks/andy_yen_think_your_email_s_private_think_again), which sold me on the platform. ProtonMail uses a combination of [open-source technologies](https://github.com/protonmail), a closed-access platform, and swiss data centers to protect emails better than anyone else! The only way you can access your emails is by using their custom apps for Android, iOS, and web. Whilst this is annoying, and means it isn't accessible through protocols such as IMAP and POP3, which would considerably lower the security. diff --git a/content/posts/state-of-the-apps-2020.md b/content/posts/state-of-the-apps-2020.md index 7496088..525851f 100644 --- a/content/posts/state-of-the-apps-2020.md +++ b/content/posts/state-of-the-apps-2020.md @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ My current VPN of choice is [Private Internet Access](https://www.privateinterne ## Email -I've been a pretty loyal [Fastmail]({{}}) user for a couple of years now. It's not encrypted at rest like [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com/), but they claim very high levels of privacy, and the feature list is incredible! +I've been a pretty loyal [Fastmail]({{}}) user for a couple of years now. It's not encrypted at rest like [Proton Mail](https://proton.me), but they claim very high levels of privacy, and the feature list is incredible! As a client, I still quite like [Thunderbird](https://www.thunderbird.net/). I tried [Mailspring](https://getmailspring.com/), [Evolution](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution/), and just the web UI, but Thunderbird is really nice in terms of features and performance, and the calendar integration is really handy. Since Mozilla stopped supporting it, the community has picked it back up, and there's now full-time work being done on it, and it's improving quite a lot. But there's still quite a long way to go before it's really ready to start recommending to people. diff --git a/content/posts/state-of-the-apps-2021.md b/content/posts/state-of-the-apps-2021.md index 89fed81..95d61eb 100644 --- a/content/posts/state-of-the-apps-2021.md +++ b/content/posts/state-of-the-apps-2021.md @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ I'm currently still using my previous [PIA](https://www.privateinternetaccess.co ### Email -[Fastmail]({{}}) is one of the companies I've been using the longest. No they're not encrypted at rest, yes they're in a five-eyes country, but as a service they're amazing, and besides a small blip this year they've been rock solid. [Protonmail](https://protonmail.com/) is nice, and is something I want to use and support, but it's just so damn expensive if you use multiple aliases! +[Fastmail]({{}}) is one of the companies I've been using the longest. No they're not encrypted at rest, yes they're in a five-eyes country, but as a service they're amazing, and besides a small blip this year they've been rock solid. [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/) is nice, and is something I want to use and support, but it's just so damn expensive if you use multiple aliases! I've been tempted to try spinning up my own email server, but email is still pretty important in 2020, that downtime isn't acceptable. If you are thinking about doing this, i'd highly recommend [mailcow](https://mailcow.email/). diff --git a/content/posts/state-of-the-apps-2022.md b/content/posts/state-of-the-apps-2022.md index 4d62b4c..6a7373b 100644 --- a/content/posts/state-of-the-apps-2022.md +++ b/content/posts/state-of-the-apps-2022.md @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Perhaps my biggest gripe with them is the connection limits with WireGuard. Mull ### Email -Email is still alive and kicking in 2021, and sure isn't going anywhere in 2022. I try to use it for as little as possible, but there's no getting around it in some cases. As I have been for many years, I'm a happy [Fastmail]({{}}) user. They have the features, UX and pricing which can't be beat. Yes they're in a [five-eyes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes) country, but they have a strong focus on privacy and security, which is enough for me. Yes companies like [Protonmail](https://protonmail.com/) will probably be better, but their [pricing tiers](https://protonmail.com/pricing) are a complete dealbreaker for me. +Email is still alive and kicking in 2021, and sure isn't going anywhere in 2022. I try to use it for as little as possible, but there's no getting around it in some cases. As I have been for many years, I'm a happy [Fastmail]({{}}) user. They have the features, UX and pricing which can't be beat. Yes they're in a [five-eyes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes) country, but they have a strong focus on privacy and security, which is enough for me. Yes companies like [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/) will probably be better, but their [pricing tiers](https://proton.me/pricing) are a complete dealbreaker for me. Client wise, I'm still a pretty big fan of [Thunderbird](https://www.thunderbird.net/). I use it a lot for work (because Gmail is garbage), but I'll often find myself just using the Fastmail web UI for most things. Thunderbird is still showing its age, but the renewed focus from Mozilla and the community is slowly starting to show through (like the [rumored](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1712710) Matrix client support).