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European providers for email aliases and temporary phone numbers? (programming.dev)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/privacy@programming.dev
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PrivacyGuide.net mostly has US providers for these and given the current situation with the US, let's say using US services doesn't feel very private at all, regardless of how strong the claims are.

I'm not looking for total privacy, but just to start being more private until the EU gets its ducks a row regarding payment systems (VISA and Mastercard still dominate and make you transparent or at least translucid).

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addy.io hosts data in Netherlands at upcloud according to their privacy policy adminforge.de also has public addy.io self-hosted server since its self-hostable at unbox.at

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Which alternatives do you propose then? Which service running in which country would you propose to use?

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Email aliases are typically used for account signups so said services have no way of connecting accounts. If the alias provider is at least as private and secure as your regular email provider it can be a net win. PGP is rarely an option here, and usual caveat that email is already a nightmare bad thing for authenticating accounts.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I am amazed thats what you took from my comment.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Do you mean to say e.g. Proton is not private?

    I'm aware of five eyes, but how would that make Proton not private? Simply stating "n eyes" and "agreements with America" comes across strongly as unfounded conspiracy. Can you be much more specific?

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    @IceFoxX @staircase Proton faces the same problems that any commercial organisation faces in that they have to operate according to their local laws and cooperate with their local law enforcement.They will offer a degree of privacy which is generally useful but you can't expect them to protect you if you are planning a revolution :)

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    • [–] 0 points 10 months ago

    Proton mail provides them

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