This is a collection of links to pages that say why it is not a good idea to use certain email providers

Gmail

• • http://www.threadwatch.org/node/3707
  • http://www.threadwatch.org/node/2963
  • http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/03/google_mail_is_evil_privacy/
  • http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3602745.stm
  • http://www.epic.org/privacy/gmail/faq.html#1
  • http://www.epic.org/privacy/gmail/faq.html#13
  • http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/10/google_microsoft_redux/

Yahoo!

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  • http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2005/09/06/warning-yahoo-wont-protect-you/

Both

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  • Google keeps extensive, non-anoymized records on its users

Hotmail

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  • http://www.zenatode.org.uk/ian/internet/hotmail.xhtml
  • Hotmail does not reply to abuse and postmaster mails. That’s is against RFC, not nice, anti-social etc.

Hushmail

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  • http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2007/11/encrypted-e-mai/?utm_source=Contextly&utm_medium=RelatedLinks&utm_campaign=Previous

PROTONMAIL

ProtonMail Did It Again: Secretly Changed Transparency Report from ProtonMail

Protonmail’s case on real-time surveillance article is not available in 2020

There is a copy on the webarchive There are, however, reports and comments on the article now deleted:

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/protonmail-voluntarily-offers-assistance-for-real-time-surveillance.417157/ screenshot for good measure?