Free providers don’t take care of our data, but the good news is that you don’t have to take out a bank loan in exchange for security.
During the evolution of the Internet, countless forms of communication have already failed, but e-mail has been doing its job for more than half a century: the first message, still familiar today with the structure cimzett@domainnév.com, was sent in 1971, on the ARPANET, considered the predecessor of the Internet across). During this time, many things have changed, for example, today the need to protect our data has increased significantly.
Users who care about their own security also think about protecting their messages in addition to strong passwords or VPN clients. Unfortunately, most popular free email providers like Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo do not. On the one hand, none of them use end-to-end encryption, and Google also browses the content of our emails in order to display personalized ads based on this. In addition, the mentioned companies do not have a very exemplary certificate when it comes to data leaks, so those who are sensitive to such things would do well to specifically look for a service where the emphasis is on data protection. Let’s see what the best options are!
The Proton brand name has been synonymous with online security since 2013: the company was founded by scientists from the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN. Its headquarters are in Switzerland, where data protection is taken seriously anyway, it is no coincidence that the ProtonMail considered by many to be the best secure email provider.
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