Encrypted mails are the new trend in the age of data mining and surveillance

Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo and other free email services are still the ones that most people use in the world to send messages, files and store sensitive information in their email.

Have you ever wondered why it is so easy and free to use these services without paying for them?

Because two of the most important technological giants such as Google and Microsoft offer a good storage capacity to collect your data and create with them a more accurate profile (fingerprint) of you, along with other data that you leave on the Internet when using your browser, social networks, shopping websites and more that are not "friendly" with privacy.

This information helps them to get to know you better and to send you personalized ads that target you on the Internet. But also to sell them to third parties in the gigantic market of the sale of data.

Sooner or later this data accumulated day by day, year by year throughout your digital life, becomes a significant source of information used by companies, governments and security agencies which can be used against you.

With this information they can know your preferences as consumer, ideological, religious, sexual, political and much more.

A first step to limit the amount of data these companies collect from you is to use encrypted mail services such as Proton Mail and Tutanota. All of them are based in Europe in privacy-friendly countries with laws that defend this fundamental human right.

Some features of these mail services that benefit you:

They offer free basic free encrypted mail plans.
Offer free encrypted calendars
Password and 2FA access
Zero-knowledge access: the companies behind these services cannot access your messages.
Have web and mobile app versions
Are open source and reviewed by third parties
Their companies are activists who fight for digital privacy
And much more...

Their paid plans offer more features for those who want to take advantage of the full potential of these services and support privacy paid for by users and not by third parties with hidden interests. This helps those who cannot afford to pay for encrypted mail services in oppressive countries to access them for free.

And you, do you already use an encrypted email service?

Proton Mail: https://proton.me/
Tutanota: https://tutanota.com/