Email Privacy

Zero-access email suits lawyers, journalists and privacy-minded teams, but costs you easy recovery and search. Here is who it fits, who should skip it, and the trade-offs.

Mailfence is a Belgian email provider built around OpenPGP and a paid-first model. Here is what each plan really includes (IMAP needs Entry, not Base), how its encryption works in practice, and who it suits compared with Proton Mail and Fastmail.

Proton Mail is one of the strongest mainstream choices for limiting what your provider can see, but the design has real costs in search, desktop clients and support. Here is who it suits, what it really protects, what each plan costs in 2026, and when I would pick Fastmail instead.

Gmail is faster and better connected. Proton Mail cannot read the mail it stores. Here is how they compare, what I gave up, and who should stay.

Mailbox.org is a paid German email provider with own data centres, custom domains from €3 a month, standard IMAP and usable PGP and S/MIME. Here is what changed in its 2026 plans, why the free trial can't test real email, and who it suits.

Posteo costs €1 a month and is far more serious than that sounds: no personal details at signup, an optional zero-access mailbox and green power. It has no custom domains, which is why it isn't my main inbox. Here is who it suits and how it compares with Proton Mail and StartMail.

There is no single meaning of secure email. Here are six, what each protects, who can still read your mail, and how to choose the right level for your needs.

Email pwned? What it means in Have I Been Pwned, whether HIBP is safe, and the steps to take after a breach: passwords, 2FA and aliases.

Gmail launched in 2004 as an invitation-only beta with 1 GB of storage and became the default inbox through reliability, search and integration, not privacy. Here is how it happened and what it costs.

Fastmail is the best pure email service I've used: fast, private and built on open standards. So why does my mail now run through Google Workspace? An honest long read on what I loved, what I miss, and why I still left.

Zero-access encryption stops your provider reading stored mail, but not metadata or inbound mail before it arrives. Here is what it covers, how it differs from end-to-end, and the trade-offs.

An address on your own domain stays yours when you change provider. This guide covers what it costs, which providers support custom domains, how to move without losing mail and how to protect the domain.