Comment Zero knowledge (Score 1) 91
That's why you always choose a zero knowledge provider. Someone that provides you a service but doesn't have access to read the content.
I'm pretty happy with ProtonMail in that area. They are not only located in Switzerland, with much stronger privacy laws, but also, they encrypt end-to-end, and therefore, have no access to the content. Mail between users in ProtonMail are automatically encrypted, while mail to someone outside the system can be sent as a URL the receiver has to have a password to access (and can be time-deleted).
Of course, it's not Google Inbox in terms of features, but it gets the job done. You can always do full PGP with any service, but you have to know what you are doing.
Until things get insanely simple, in this day and age, you've got to learn, and do what you can for your right to privacy.
I'm pretty happy with ProtonMail in that area. They are not only located in Switzerland, with much stronger privacy laws, but also, they encrypt end-to-end, and therefore, have no access to the content. Mail between users in ProtonMail are automatically encrypted, while mail to someone outside the system can be sent as a URL the receiver has to have a password to access (and can be time-deleted).
Of course, it's not Google Inbox in terms of features, but it gets the job done. You can always do full PGP with any service, but you have to know what you are doing.
Until things get insanely simple, in this day and age, you've got to learn, and do what you can for your right to privacy.