Secure email providers to consider if security is a priority
Everyone knows that WhatsApp has end-to-end encryption. It makes people feel safer in their communication (who they think is reading and cares about their chat hock, I’m not sure). But most people don’t think twice about the security of their emails. Think about it; you’ve probably included information in your emails that you care more about than your block chat. While standard email providers don’t offer much protection from prying eyes, the following are secure email providers to consider if security is a priority.
ProtonMail — It’s Swiss owned and based and lives up to Swiss privacy values. It offers end-to-end encryption, utilizing a zero-knowledge proof approach, meaning that no one working in the company can read any email you send using their service. Protonmail can be used on iOS and Android devices. They offer a free account that includes 500 MB of storage (for comparison’s sake, Google offers 15 GBs of free storage). Paid subscriptions start at $6 a month.
Hushmail — They offer plans geared to specific verticals, like health care, law, small business, and personal use. They are HIPAA compliant, which is good news for health care providers. Hushmail is available as an iOS app, and an android app is in the making. They don’t offer a free plan. Professional plans start at $5.99 a month and personal plans start at $49.98 a year.
Zoho — They offer end-to-end encryption, and they’re more affordable. Their encryption is both in the delivery and in the resting data (meaning it’s unreadable if intercepted or while it’s stored on their servers). They generate automatic reports if there’s suspicious activity and offer two-factor authentication and SSO — single sign on. Zoho is also part of a larger suite of productivity tools that may be convenient to integrate with. They offer many tiers of service, with their Zoho Mail Lite starting at just $1 a month with 5GB of storage.
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