[aklug] Re: Google: If you send to Gmail you have 'No legitmate expectation of privacy'

From: Arthur Corliss <acorliss@nevaeh-linux.org>
Date: Thu Aug 15 2013 - 09:52:59 AKDT

On Wed, 14 Aug 2013, Christopher Howard wrote:

> Just have to mention: If we all actually cared about any of this (there is
> very little evidence of that) - we could send PGP encrypted e-mails to each
> other through the gmail service, i.e., using IMAP/POP, third party e-mail
> clients, and GnuPG. The e-mails wouldn't be readable by Google, the
> government, nor any other third parties, even though G-mail was providing the
> hosting service.
>
> If we actually cared... (*sigh*)
>
> Of course, using a third party e-mail client (Thunderbird, Kmail, Mutt,
> whatever) would mean giving up that (*thick sarcasm*) amazing G-mail Web
> interface.

I've cared enough over the last fifteen years to host my own mail servers on
my own hardware. Still haven't seen an interface that works better than
(al)Pine, but that's just me...

         --Arthur Corliss
           Live Free or Die
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