Why use email?

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date: 2021-05-14 13:16:42

categories: messaging

firstPublishDate: 2020-06-12 11:54:10

I have a simple principle: my data is private, I select who can access my data.

I have been using online mail services like gmail, yahoo mail and others but stopped using them due to privacy.

The mail service I use runs on my own server, I'm the only person who has access to my mailbox. The setup of a mail server is long and complicated, but after the initial configuration, it just runs. If you want to setup your own mail, I suggest you look at the Dockerfile for

docker-mailserver

or look at

Mail in a box

.

A chat app I find promising is

deltachat

, it is chat app for chatting over email.

I don't want to use the following services because they violate my principle:

The data is well protected from external actors but used extensively within the companies running these services, which I find unacceptable.

That said, sometimes I make exceptions and buy ads on facebook, google, microsoft or use whatsapp. My usage of whatsapp is limited because I decided to not share my contact list and whatsapp allows me to only receive messages and calls.

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