So all in all, the answer to the question of who can read your email pretty much boils down to -- yep -- "Google and Microsoft".
Even if your domain doesn't use one of their mail servers, chances are that whoever you are sending mail _to_ does.
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So all in all, the answer to the question of who can read your email pretty much boils down to -- yep -- "Google and Microsoft". Even if your domain doesn't use one of their mail servers, chances are that whoever you are sending mail _to_ does. 4 comments
Alright, that's all for today. Gotta go and fix my postfix DMARC setup and block a bunch of spammers or something. And if you don't like social media threads or want to share this outside of Mastodon, here's all of the above in a single blog post: |
Now these companies are probably doing a much better job running and securing your mail than you would, and outsourcing often makes good sense.
But still, this is another example of increasing centralization: our businesses and personal online lives are concentrated in the hands of just a few companies.